On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:19, David Megginson wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > > Does the R have a 40 deg flap detent? > > No. The 172R and 172P allow up to 30deg flaps, but the 172M (mid > 1970s) goes to 40deg -- it feels like dragging a parachute.
That's typical. You get to a point with flap deflection where more deflection tends to only give more drag and no more lift. Of course, sometimes that's what you want ... > > > All the best, > > > David > > -- > David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -- Tony Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know Linux is great ... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. -- attributed to Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
