Martin Spott writes:

 > > I'm sorry -- I haven't really worked on the PA-28 for ages.
 > 
 > No need for an excuse. I'm just curious - trying to fill my 'mission' for
 > "quality control"  ;-)))
 > 
 > > Here are some operational speeds for the PA-28-161 [...]
 > 
 > Oh, thanks - this is more detailed than I can cope with at the moment.

OK, but here's one more piece of detail you'll need if you want to
work on the flight model -- the indicated airspeed correlation table:

Full flaps:

  43 kias = 50 kcas
  50 kias = 55 kcas
  60 kias = 62 kcas
  70 kias = 70 kcas
  80 kias = 79 kcas
  90 kias = 88 kcas
  100 kias = 96 kcas
  104 kias = 100 kcas

No flaps:

  50 kias = 58 kcas
  60 kias = 65 kcas
  70 kias = 73 kcas
  80 kias = 81 kcas
  90 kias = 90 kcas
  100 kias = 99 kcas
  110 kias = 108 kcas
  120 kias = 116 kcas
  130 kias = 126 kcas
  140 kias = 134 kcas
  150 kias = 144 kcas
  160 kias = 153 kcas

We need to model this in FlightGear; otherwise, either (a) our flight
models will be wrong, or (b) the book numbers won't work with our
flight models.  For example, the PA-28-161 POH says that the plane
stalls at 50 kias at maximum gross weight -- if a user tries it when
the ASI is displaying calibrated airspeed (as it does now), the ASI
will indicate 58 knots when the plane stalls, and it will look like
the flight model is broken.


All the best,


David

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