> Agreed, that's the right question. > > The answer is that the flight dynamics is unrealistic, and has > been for years. Redrawing the aircraft won't help much (if any). > -- The lift curve is unrealistic, which explains the observations > that started this thread. > -- The drag curve is unrealistic, which explains the unrealistic > climb performance and unrealistic short-field landing > performance. > -- The effect of flaps on incidence is unrealistic. > -- The effect of flaps on drag is unrealistic. > -- The effect of flaps on trim is unrealistic. > -- The effect of engine power is unrealistic, especially the > interaction between flaps and power. > -- Et cetera. You get the idea.
I thought that one of the C172s had been extensively overhauled and improved in the past ... ? I've got a flight manual here. Maybe I can find time to take another look. We did have a C172 pilot a few years ago try it out and he thought it seemed pretty good. It can be tricky to make a comparison on "feel", but there are some performance numbers that can be looked at. JB ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
