It doesn't have everything you need but incase you haven't seen it: http:www.douglasdc3.com
On Wednesday 13 March 2002 07:49 am, you wrote: > Danie Heath writes: > > I work part-time at the South African Air Force Museum, and, seeing > > as we operate two DC-3's, I can get you any information you need. > > Tell me what you need, and I can get it. > > Thank you again for the offer. Here's my own wish list: > > 1. Aerodynamic coefficients > > You probably won't be able to find these anywhere, unless your > airforce once did wind-tunnel tests on a DC-3/Dakota, but these are > what JSBSim needs to model a DC-3 correctly. There will be a lot of > numbers or tables with headings like CLo, CLa, CDo, etc. (or maybe > CX*). I saw a story that someone once requested this data from > Douglas, and an old engineer at Douglas replied that the DC-3 was > invented before aerodynamic coefficients were (I doubt it, but it > makes a good story all the same). > > 2. Raw flight data > > It is also possible that someone has collected in-flight data from a > Dakota, and we might be able to use that to calculate some of the > coefficients: for example, there might be tables of the engine power > required to maintain altitude at different angles of attack, or the > climb or descent rate at different power settings and altitudes, etc. > > 3. The DC-3 Pilot Operating Handbook > > In an ideal world, a PDF of the whole POH would be very useful to > everyone working on the DC-3, but in reality, copies of the power > tables alone would make a big difference to our modelling efforts. > > 4. Wright Cyclone Engine Data > > Any engine performance or maintenance data for the Wright Cyclone (or > whatever the later DC-3 engine was) would of course be very helpful. > > 5. Interior and exterior 3-views > > I have some low-res 3-views of the DC-3, but any more detailed > drawings would be helpful, especially for the 3-D model. Detailed > drawings of the cockpit and control panel would be great for the panel > designers. > > 6. Pictures > > Lots of digital pictures of details, especially the cockpit interior, > would be very nice. > > 7. Any unexpected surprises > > You'll probably find things we didn't even think of; please let us > know. > > > In addition to all of the dry archival work, you are more than welcome > to load my DC-3 3-D model into Blender or another modeller and fix it > up, especially if you have access to any real DC-3s/Dakotas for > comparison -- let me know if you'd like the latest version. > > > Thank you again, > > > David _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
