Hal V. Engel wrote:
I have yet to find any aircraft in FlightGear that stalls in a realistic way.
It is possible in YaSim to get fairly real stall behavior and even a
spin. Most Piper single engine AC have fairly docile stall
characteristics with only slight control buffet. If anything, the
pa24-250 in fgfs has more severe stalls than the real AC.
At the final stages of the stall depending
on the aircraft it should either mush straight ahead while still shuddering
and shaking or it should drop a wing and (for some aircraft) enter a spin.
Again try the pa24. In a takeoff and departure stall to the left or
right, it tends to drop the lower wing rapidly and suddenly at the stall
with an occasional spin if your coordination is sloppy. It tends to
mush with no power and a straight ahead stall. Even in a landing
configuration (full flaps, gear down, no power), if you are aggressive
with the yoke, it will drop a wing, but not an fast or suddenly as in
the departure stalls. Also, it always snaps toward the low wing in an
accelerated stall (60 deg bank to get the 2 gs) and if you don't
immediately release the yoke, you will be inverted.
Aircraft with a "critical wing" such as the P-51 should stall with little
warning (perhaps a little shaking just before full stall) and should drop a
wing very quickly when stalled. Instead it mushes straight ahead like a
trainer but without any shuddering or shaking. Very unrealistic.
I also tried the p51 and I agree. It won't even do an accelerated stall
in a 60 degree bank. I believe the p51 is a YaSim model. so with a
little tweaking, it should stall much more realisticly. I will do some
experimenting with it.
Regards,
Dave Perry
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