On 8/29/08, Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> What happens (with regard to the fly-by-wire system) is this:
>
> Speedbrake deflection causes a pitching moment which the FCS
> automatically compensates because there is no pitching moment requested
> by the pilot.
>
> Erik
Erik,
In the F16 aero config file I see there's indeed an increase in lift for
certain speedbrakes deflection, accompanied by the expected huge increase in
drag. But I don't see any pitching moment effect; from what I see in NASA TP
1538 <http://hdl.handle.net/2002/11034> I understand there is a pitch-down
effect from the speedbrakes.
Fabian
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