Andy Ross writes:
> > Andy, for what it's worth, I suggest trying to take off from KSTL with
> > the yasim a4 and on the default runway.  Otherwise this is a very fine
> > explanation, but I don't think it's an explanation of the correct
> > problem. :-)
> 
> I'm confused.  I thought the bug reports were that the A-4 suffered a
> tail strike when you yanked back on the stick at 200 knots (something
> I know I've done in the past, which I believe to be correct behavior),
> *and* that it crashed 100% of the time during takeoff from STL.  No?

My reading was that their is a repeatable "flight crash" on takeoff
from KSTL and the reporter unfortunately described a hard pull back on
the stick in the same message.  I think it is confusing because the
problem happens right at the time that you are reaching your rotation
speed and you are very likely to be pulling back on the stick.

> Just for the record, full-stick AoA on the currently modelled A-4 really
> will cause a tail strike.  If you do it fast enough, you can drive the
> tail into the ground and cause an FDM halt.

In my case at KSTL, I eased back very gently on the stick and my
wheels had just come off the ground when the FDM flight-crashed.

Regards,

Curt.
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