> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Vincent Trouilliez > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 10:22 AM > To: flight-gear > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Flying Helicopters ? > > > > I feel that two things are "wrong". > > 1) If I.... > > 2) If I.... > > If I may add a third point to my own post, there is another > little thing about the Heli FDM that I don't quite > understand. When I start the game, sitting on the runway, I > set the collective to zero, then start the engine. The Heli > then start moving around, slowly turning coutner clockwise on > the runway. How comes ? With the collective set to zero, I > was expecting the Heli to be completely immobile, firmly laid > on the ground. :o(
Sounds like a ground reactions problem. Ground reactions are very difficult to model in a helicopter sim. There are different forces on all three gear, and they are different than what are experienced by a fixed-wing aircraft. Bill _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
