On Friday 25 July 2003 23:33, David Culp wrote: > > Stopping distances - I wondered if we were modelling these correctly on > > any aircraft - specifically on the larger ones such as the b52 and 747. > > In JSBSim we have reverse thrust and spoilers available. We don't have > anti-skid, autobrakes or autospoilers AFAIK. > > > > Fuel Burn - I think someone mentioned this once (and probably it was > > modelled) > > I believe YaSim uses a fixed 0.8 TSFC. In JSBSim you can specify the TSFC. > The manufacturer's reported TSFC value is usually the "cruise" value, meaning > about mach 0.8 and thirty-something thousand feet. It actually varies a > little based on altitude and speed, but this is not modeled. > > Dave Culp > > -- > **************************** > David Culp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ****************************
You can specify the tsfc in YASim for a 'jet' entry - there have been a quite a few enhancments. tsfc defaults to 0.8 but I've not messed with that or any of the other new stuff yet. LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
