Peter Stickney ... snip ...
> An addition/correction to my previous posting. > > Once it had reached the point > > where the turbosupercharger/mechanical blow couldn't supply the > > proper power conditions any more, power dropped off normally. Yes. That's known as the "full throttle altitude" or the "critical altitude", and is important in setting up the FDM. > As it turns out, the B-29's turboregulator control was a little bit > different from what I described. The "Volume Control" governed off > total system MAP. If you set the potentiometer to , say, '*8", it > maintained the overall MAP until the turbo reached its limits. So, > for example, you set the engines to Max Continuous, you wouldn't need > to twiddle the turbos as you climbed from Sea Level to 25,000'+. > Sorry if I cased some confusion, there. OK, all is clear. > "Zeno's Warbirds" has, IIRC, a Realplayer movie on flying the B-29. > That's a pretty good resource. An _excellent_ resource. Thanks for pointing us to it. Didn't show up on my Google search for B29. Odd for such a good site. Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
