* Heiko Schulz -- Thursday 10 August 2006 18:28: > The rotor on the Bo 105 is rotating anti-clockwise - > so the fuselage has to rotate clockwise. Right?
Yes. And that's what it does. Just comment out the tail rotor in $FG_ROOT/Aircraft/bo105/bo105.xml and see. > But why is the Bo 105 rotating in the same direction > the rotor is rotating? Because of the tail rotor (anti-torque). Helicopter pedals are hardly ever evenly pressed, *because* that would lead to rotation in one or the other direction. The pilot has to find the position where the anti-torque counters torque. This depends on engine, weight, ... m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
