On Tuesday 27 July 2004 22:46, David Megginson wrote: > I've been frustrated with the tendency of the DC-3 (--aircraft=dc3) to > noseover during the takeoff and landing rolls, and of the J3 Cub > (--aircraft=j3cub) to nose over during wheel landings. I've fiddled with > the YASim files a lot in the past but have never found a good solution. > > Finally, today, I had a DUH! moment. On non-aerobatic planes, the > horizontal stabilizer is set at a negative angle of incidence so that it > will not stall before the wings (tail stalls are rarely recoverable). I > set the hstab on the J3 Cub and DC-3 to -3 degrees of incidence, and the > tendency to nose-over has virtually disappeared. The takeoff roll of the > DC-3 is a joy, and for both planes, I can now use the technique described > in STICK AND RUDDER for taildragger wheel landings -- just as the wheels > touch the pavement, push the stick or yoke full forward. > > > All the best, > > > David
I just saw the cvs entries go in - the ability to set the hstab incidence was a bit of a revelation to me:) One of those !!!!!??? moments:) LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
