hi all! I really find the Piper Comanche pa24-250 from Dave Perry wonderfull! I use it on cvs FG-OSG. But as I come from c172p, I'm a little confused with the engine, propeller and power controls...
First for a 180 miles trip I use 3/4 of the available fuel (on the four tanks, ~7.000 ft ASL, ~130 KTAS), I don't know if it is normal, or too much, I personnally think it's too much, and I misuse the engine controls. here's the trip: http://fgfs.i-net.hu/modules/fgtracker/?FUNCT=FLIGHT&FLIGHTID=10065&PHPSESSID=fde9c270fdb27c820fde750dd1c9a31e Indeed, I can't succeed to find the good way to use the mixture control (on the c172 I used the fuel flow keeping its value at the minimum, don't know if it is the good manner, btw). for now I keep it at the maximum (except for switching off the engine). To climb or descend I was used to play with power control on the c172, on pa24 it is not that simple ;). so I try to play with n/N key to control propeller, putting the manifold pressure at 16 (for descent, as described in README.pa24-250), but I don't understand the effects both on propeller and rpm, and my descent is not very nice... for climbing I push the propeller control to the maximum, manifold pressure too, and I try to correct climb rate using the yoke and trim, so I can't keep a constant speed... and climbing is not "smooth" (neither descent) ;) I'm not a real pilot, I only fly on FGFS, so sorry if I don't use the good terminology for these controls (indeed I don't know it in English, that is a problem to find infos over the Net). Any help is welcome to explain how to use these controls fine. Thank you. BTW, using this aircraft on my machine Debian sid, AthlonXP 1800+, 512MB RAM, Nvidia GeForce4 32MB VRAM with nvidia kernel 0.8774 (debian kernel), I get 35-40 fps, with --geometry=1024x768 and ATCChatter.nas disabled, which is enough for my use. regards, seb ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
