--- Frederic BOUVIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Culp wrote: > > Wow Fred! It's been a while since I tried the A320. That's a > fantastic > > model, and the gear door sequencing looks great. > > Thanks, > > It is still missing the speedbrakes, slat and reverse. > BTW, as a non native english speaker, I need some clarifications on > terminology. > > Am I correct when I say : > Slat are in front of the wing,
Yes. > Speedbrakes are on the top of the wing ( the extrados ? ) and can be > used flying, The panels on top of the wing are usually called spoilers but they can function as speedbrakes. Speedbrakes can, in general, be located anywhere on the aircraft. Though those mounted on the fuselage are usually on top (F-15) or somewhere aft of the wing (F-16). > Reverse are small doors on the engine nacelle that open once the > plane is landed and > try to stop before the end of the runway. Yes. Thrust reversers force some or all of the airflow out of the engine in the forward direction and slow down the aircraft. Note that depending on the design, the actual mechanisms involved can be quite large. > > Cheers, > -Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
