DATCOM+ could probably help, here, but it is not an easy tool for beginners. See www.holycows.net/datcom.
Jon > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Tatsuhiro Nishioka > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:41 PM > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] J7W Shinden > > > On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:09 PM, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > > > How did you get the aerodynamic coefficients? Is there any > > published data > > for this? > > > > Jon > > Well, no web articles or books are available for aerodynamic > coefficients of this aircraft, > so most of the parameters are guesstimate at this moment. > That's the big reason that I'm struggling with stabilizing this > airplane. > > All parameters except ones that can be obtained from three-view > drawings and some web articles or the book I have are guesstimate. > However, there're some articles that show the flight records in the > test flights. > I guessed the parameters for wings and mass balance according to the > record so the airplane flies as it is described in the > flight record (it's not that close at this moment though). > > If you expect the accurate data for this aircraft, then I'm sorry but > there's no such data available as far as I know. > If there are any, I'm very happy to have these. > > Tat. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
