Josh Babcock > Vivian Meazza wrote: > > Josh Babcock > > > > > > > >>>Right now I've only researched the RR Merlin in any detail. Enough for > >> > >>our > >> > >>>current range of supercharged models. I don't know if Josh Babcock > needs > >>>anything special for the B29. > >>> > >> > >>I had done some research on the R-3350s, but it was a while ago. I do > >>know that the turbos are controled by an amplified rheostat, which I > >>think controls the the waste gate. > >> > >>Josh > >> > > > > > > Yes, that would be logical. > > > > Unless you have any turbo output pressure v height data, then I would > expect > > that the standard wastegate will model this well enough. Was there any > form > > of override which you would like to model? > > > > Are we going to get out hands on this model soon? I think there are > quite a > > few people looking forward to it, I know I am. > > > Weekly updates at http://jrbabcock.home.comcast.net/flightgear/superfort > I think Gerard was going to be commiting this, I'll have to check and > see what's up.
The link doesn't work. I think it might be time to consider giving aircraft designers cvs access for their own work. > I'm not sure if that main control qualifies as an override. It's just a > dial that goes from 0 to 10 with a small mechanical safety switch for > going higher than 8. The pilot was supposed to st it to different > numbers at different power conditions and phases of the mission. 9 and > 10 were for emergencies. Looks as if the pilot could adjust the wastegate settings in flight thus controlling the turbo output. This will need a bit more investigation in YASim. You are doing the B29 in YASim? V. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
