Andy, I'm really just exploring near stall modeling issues so that our simulation can be improved. Anyway you can get a bird in the air is reasonable, especially if it shows up weaknesses in modeling.
So, just for discussion's sake and noting that nobody with detailed knowledge of and experience with this aircraft has weighed in, I have questions. Isn't the L/D ratio at high angles of attack different (poorer) when in ground effect? If you can accelerate to above stall speed rolling on all three wheels, what happens when you start to lift. Wouldn't you expect the aircraft tend to nose up into stall? Regards, Charlie H. Cameron Moore wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Megginson) [2002.05.23 13:59]: > > Andy Ross writes: > > The tech drawings at > > > > http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3tec/dc3tec.htm > > > > (especially the big one at the bottom) suggest to me an angle of > > incidence of 2-3 degrees, but I haven't printed them out and measured. > > As far as measuring aircraft dimensions and such, I use Gimp's measuring > tool to measure things. Measure a known distance and record the length > in pixels, then you can measure whatever else you want and do the pixel > to feet conversions without haven't to print anything out. Pythagoras > is your friend. :-) > -- > Cameron Moore > [ Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? ] > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg." - Bjarne Stroustrup _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
