> > Another issue is that, on landing with the dc3-yasim at a rather > > high speed (so that the angle of attack is near 0), the tail > > instantly falls onto the runway, but the aircraft nevertheless > > doesn't take off again, although the angle of attack just increased > > rapidly. Although I haven't ever been in a real-world taildragger, I > > don't think this is normal behaviour.
I assume you're doing this with flaps ? That will increase your angle of attack compared to what you're seeing in an over-nose view. I don't know whether YASim models ground effect; if it does, the tailplane becomes more effective in ground effect and sucks the tail downwards. That'll exacerbate the torque of the forward gear mounting position. > When I land the plane, I routinely get many bounces (I'm not very good > at landing taildraggers). Are you absolutely sure you're seeing zero? > Is it possible you're just not hearing the tire squeal sound being > played? The sound code has gone through some changes lately and I've > seen some sounds being missed, I think. It's just occurred to me that the taildrop of the landing may be increasing the AOA enough to put him on the back side of the lift curve in any case. I know a couple of DC3 pilots; when you feel the model is as good as you can make it, I'll ask them to take it for a spin and give you a critique. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
