On jeu 21 août 2008, Erik Hofman wrote: > gerard robin wrote: > > I mainly wonder if the basic calculation for the g-load is right. I have > > copied from the F16 (by Eric) the "g load corrected" which is > > > > <summer name="g load corrected"> > > <input>accelerations/n-pilot-z-norm</input> > > <input>-fcs/n-pilot-z-correction</input> > > </summer> > > It si both right and wrong. I reality when standing on a runway the > pilot encounters 1G positive due to gravity. This is (probably) what is > required for red-out and black-out situations. > > The corrected g-load is to compensate for gravity within the flight > computer. Without the correction it will pitch down when trying to > fulfill the pilots commanded 0G (or level flight). So the correction is > purely for fly-by-wire systems and should not be used for black-outs. > > Erik >
Eric, Thanks, I was not sure about it. That is the opportunity to say that your "new" F16 is, to me, a great pleasure to fly. Cheers -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ "J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire " ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
