On Thursday 05 July 2012 15:21:24 Viktor Radnai wrote: > 1. When the aircraft is parked with no parking brake, it will usually > start to roll slowly backwards -- pushed by the wind and maybe the > runway slope. If I start the engine on idle, the thrust generated by the > idle prop might stop this roll. On tarmac, even a 3 knot wind is enough > to start pushing the plane back. On grass more is needed -- maybe 20 knots? > Hi,
In that case, even in real life, there's no other friction at play than the friction inside the wheel bearings, friction which is very low, almost ignorable. Regards, Emilian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
