Alex Romosan wrote: > 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.
Sorry, I got the data from windtunnel test data performed by NASA. I tend to believe that over a first time experience from some one claiming he has had the time of his life. So until somebody can show me what exactly is wrong I won't change it and won't let anybody else make changes to it. Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
