David Megginson writes: > Alex Romosan writes: > > > but this happens to all the planes, including jets. i expect a jet to > > go straight down the runway if i don't touch the controls, but they > > pull to the left. something is not quite right. > > Any vehicle will drift a bit -- that's why even big jets need to be > steered actively during the takeoff roll. > > I just tried the 747, and its drift was extremely slight, probably no > different than in real life. The single-engine prop planes will pull > over harder, and the single-engine taildraggers will demand a *lot* of > rudder activity once the tailwheel lifts.
I should point out that JSBsim jets drift *significantly* more than YASim jets. I don't know which is more correct. Regards, Curt. -- Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities curt 'at' me.umn.edu curt 'at' flightgear.org 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
