One should look at the angle of attack value at cruise and see if it's as expected. The question seems to be whether the flight dynamics is wrong, or whether then aircraft is drawn right.
JB > -----Original Message----- > From: James Sleeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:48 PM > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] c172p pitch at cruise question > > Heiko Schulz wrote: > > I didn't notice something with the cone at landing- landing speed > should be around 55-60 kias. > > > > The only thing I aware of is the empty weight seems to be a bit low > (1500 in fdm against 1642) > > > > > It does seem easy to sink the tail cone into the ground if you have > much > of a flare going on (just tried at K-SFO). > > In fact it's seemed easy to get it sitting stopped on the tail and > needed a burst of power to shift it forward (although I was on Nimitz > at > that time, so perhaps helped). > > Perhaps weighted a bit aft c-of-g? > > But not having flown in a real 172 I can't comment if it's accurate, > perhaps mr Cessna thought replacing tails would be good recurring > income ;-) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
