David Megginson wrote: > Matt wrote: > > As we drew close to runway 25 she took over and started the > > approach. She then said '...and this is how we slow down in a hurry'. > > Adjusting the prop RPM lever and throttle to get us from 145 knots to > > 80 in around 4 seconds. Very impressive! Is this modelled in FGFS? > > Yes, we started on it a few months ago in JSBSim -- a windmilling prop > does increase drag -- but it's not really correct yet.
Random plug: windmilling YASim propellers produce drag. The point of zero torque isn't the same as the point of zero thrust. How much extra drag is correct is an open question, though. Andy -- Andrew J. Ross NextBus Information Systems Senior Software Engineer Emeryville, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nextbus.com "Men go crazy in conflagrations. They only get better one by one." - Sting (misquoted) _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
