I am forwarding this to home so I can remember to investigate this. Is it safe to download the entire set of fgfs files from CVS, yet?? :-)
Jon On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:05:15 -0500 "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >David Megginson writes: >> Perhaps you could explain the problem in more detail: we >>get a lot of >> "why does the plane pull to the left?" questions from >>people who don't >> know about adverse yaw, so we usually assume that's the >>problem. >> >> First, you mentioned that the plane veers to the left >>not only during >> power climb but during initial rollout. How big is the >>veer? Does it >> just drift off the runway slowly (as in real life), or >>does it turn >> sharply? >> >> If the turn is sudden, then you can test the problem by >>unplugging all >> joysticks, rudder pedals, yokes, and other controllers, >>then trying it >> using only the keyboard (hold down Page Up to advance >>the throttle). >> If the veer isn't as bad, then one of your controllers >>might be >> miscalibrated. > >For what it's worth, with the default JSBSim C172 using >keyboard >control (the assumption being there is no possible >joystick >calibration issues) I observe the following. > >After giving full throttle, at the beginning of the roll >out, I'm >forced to give full right rudder to keep the aircraft >rolling >approximately straight, but as the speed begins to pick >up I can >slowly back off the rudder. By the time I'm doing 40-50 >knots, I can >roll straight with neutral rudder. > >This almost feels to me like the nose wheel is completely >ineffective, even at low speeds, but I haven't >investigated closely. > >Regards, > >Curt. >-- >Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program > FlightGear Project >Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt > http://www.flightgear.org > >_______________________________________________ >Flightgear-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users
