>  Where did you get the
> data? Nicolai's book has T-38 data. Is that where you got it?
>
> Jon

Scrounging on the web, Raymer, Anderson, McCormick, Etkin, Roskam from the 
Lewis University library, and some cut-n-paste from Tony Peden's configs.
I then tweaked some things to make it more flyable.  The yaw values have been 
tweaked because I don't know yet how to model a yaw damper.  The "dihedral 
effect" is a hack, but it makes the airplane behave nicely.  An alternative 
would be to raise the z-location of the AC_AERORP.  Once I get smart on HUD 
design, I'll do more testing and make some final tweaks based on what I 
remember from flying it 20 years ago.

What I'd like to do is keep the entire <AERODYNAMICS> section in a separate 
file, which could be called generic_jet_fighter_aero.xml, or something like 
that.  Then people could more easily build 95% accurate models of any of the 
hundred-or-so jet fighters without having to learn aerodynamics.  Someone who 
wanted to model some weird behavior, lag the F-100's adverse yaw problem, or 
the F-104's roll-pitch coupling could always do it the old-fashioned way.  
Also, the same for the jet transport,  the <AERODYNAMICS> section of the 737 
configuration could become generic_jet_transport_aero.xml. 

Just trying to get product out the door  :)

Dave


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