Heiko Schulz schrieb: > You're generally right- but in your named case 30ft > (9m) are not much for autorotating - on the pics it > seems that he couldn't get rid of the cargo in time. > Hi HHS, I don't want to annoy you but as I think you are a real helicopter enthusiast, so I want to correct: I wrote 90 to 150 ft (this is very rough the original mentioned 30 to 50 m) and if you look at a "common" helicopter height-speed-diagramm (which is often referred to as "dead mans curve" you will see the big difference to your 30 ft: With 100 ft height and 40 to 50 knts forward-speed you are safe with most helicopters. This has to be modified depending on the actual weight and the air density (simple: summer/winter, terrain-height-level above sea).
> I meant accidents because due to swingings of the > loads from heavy inputs. Like you said, that's why > pilots hate external loads. > Yes, this is why it is so difficult for our coders to do it the right way for FG :-) > That's features I would like to see for more realistic > in FGFS. > Me too! > Regards > HHS > > Georg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
