Erik Hofman writes: > Alex Romosan wrote: >> >> I felt what happens! It seemed my face was being pulled from my >> skull. I couldn't believe how effective those speed brakes were. An >> F-16's speed brakes are located at the back of the fuselage either >> side of the engine nacelle, and really look diminutive. However, >> introducing even that much surface area to hang out in the 600-mph >> breeze has a pronounced effect on one's forward motion. We slowed to >> about 400 then he retracted the brakes and let the airspeed start >> increasing again. > > This says nothing about generating lift or not..
no, but it would seem to indicate that the speed brakes are quite effective at slowing down the aircraft which is not at all the case with the current model in flightgear. and nothing to do with the speed brakes, but this is a really cool video of an f16 dead stick landing: http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/SUPERGT/3384 --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
