On Tuesday 14 October 2003 22:59, Jon S Berndt wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:11:55 +0100
>   Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >Are you sure the differential tail deflections can't be done in JSBSim?  
> 
> Well, it's not so much that it can't be done. However, there are some 
> factors to consider. Depending on the flight conditions and modes, the 
> flight control system will control the ailerons and elevator 
> differently. The control surface mixer may command the aerosurfaces 
> differently depending on conditions and loading, and the flow over the 
> various surfaces is complex and the flow over the tail is especially 
> complex and partially affected by the setting of the aileron 
> (flaperons?).  These conditions don't lend themselves well to modeling 
> aerodynamic forces and moments via coefficients in lookup tables.  The 
> solution is to model the aerosurfaces by parts, for which JSBSim is 
> not **currently** set up to do.
> 
> Jon

Ta for the info, I had no idea if it was possible or not but as that's 
what I initially thought about YASim I thought it might be worth 
mentioning.

LeeE


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