On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:34, Tony Peden wrote: > 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 ...
BTW, I'm caught up in other things at the moment and probably won't be able to get to any of this for a while. So feel free make the needed adjustments yourself, if you care to. > > > > > > > > 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 -- 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
