On Tuesday 23 March 2004 17:53, Martin Spott wrote:
> Lee Elliott wrote:
> > On Monday 22 March 2004 16:01, Martin Spott wrote:
> >> Try this: Choose the YF-23, start FlightGear, set the autopilot for
> >> altitude (1000+ ft) and heading in the first step, set speed (some 350
> >> kts) as a second step and watch a wild horse riding through the air  :-)
> >
> > The latest YF-23 pending update (note name change from 'yf23') has an
> > auto take-off function in the AP that does pretty much that just by
> > selecting 'TO' mode.
>
> Great, the autopilot behaves much calmer than the previous one,
> although it still starts to oscillate a bit when I exceed 650 kts,
>
> Martin.

Ta for pointing out the high-speed oscillation problem - I've got to confess 
that all the recent AP changes were only tested at relatively low speeds i.e. 
flying circuits to check take-offs & landing.  I'll have a look into it.

LeeE

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