I tried to find some more "sources to trust" on the correlation between Banking and Turn-rate. But the only one I found stating a direct relationship, and backing that up with a nice formula is our "FlightGear Manual" (FlightGear-2/data/Docs/getstart.pdf, page 101, ch. "7.4 Basic Turns") which I try to translate right now (that's where those nitty gritties come from) - and even there it is stated that that is true for a c172p. Other sources like C172 real Manuals, FAA, "Student Pilots Flight Manual" (1970), Manufacturer of TC, etc. just seem to see the Banking and Turn-rate as independent things. So I tested it once more on my FGFS 1.9 Ubuntu 10.04 - this time not trusting my Pilot Skills but taking: simulator fair weather, artificial coordination of Rudder/Aileron, constant height 2500ft at 120 kn over KOAK, doing 2 circles for trimming and then measuring 3 without changes: - the "old" c172p 3D with TI: 5:48 Min at Banking ~15° (1 min 56 sec) - the "new" c172p 3D with TC: 6:28 Min at Banking ~20° (2 min 9 sec)
Yes: I take that 15° back for the new version - with the "no human intervention during turns" that 2 min at 20° seems to be very much ok - sorry for my doubts. And thank you - that was an interesting discussion joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
