On 12/02/2007 01:14 PM, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > In a C-172, for instance, ...there is a direct connection between the stick > and > rudder.
Yup. And that's not limited to little Cessnas, either. Additional examples to illustrate the same point include: DC-9 pilots say that DC stands for Direct Cable from stick to control surfaces ... no hydraulic boost. Similarly MD-80 stands for Mechanically Driven control surfaces. Virtually all aircraft from WWII and before (including transports and bombers) had unboosted controls. The B-24 in particular was notorious for its heavy control forces. B-24 plots trained for athletic strength and endurance. The mass of the control system is not relevant to the pilot in these cases. There is no relevant damping in the control linkage, either. On 12/02/2007 01:42 PM, Syd&Sandy wrote: >> the Robinson (in real life ) is very sensitive to minute control inputs Yes, that's another whole category of examples illustrating the same point. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
