On Sunday 23 December 2007 11:13:03 Martin Fenelon wrote: > On Friday 21 December 2007 22:42, Dan Lyke wrote: > [snip] > > > I took the c172p up to 500 feet, cut the engine, pulled all the way back > > on the stick (yeah, I know, it's not authentic, but I have a stick, not > > a yoke), and as the speed dropped to 50kts or so the plane started into > > this sort of kite-like sink, but the ailerons were still pretty > > responsive. > > The stall 'g' break of the real thing is certainly missing too. I can't get > an 'autorotating' spin either. > > Martin
Some of the available models do a better job of modeling stall/spin/snap characteristics. The PA24-250 is one example. But most of the models currently available for flighgear do not do a good job of modeling stall/spin/snap characterisics. Some aircraft should be particularly difficult to handle during a stall. For example the P-51D has a very critical wing and should be very difficult to handle when a stall occurs. But it mushes stright ahead like a (very fast) trainer when stalled. There is also no buffeting in most of the models when approaching stall. On the other hand modern lower performance GA aircraft will in general have very forgiving stall charaterisics. I have not piloted a C172 but I have spent some time flying a Piper Tomahawk. In the Tomahawk if you enter a (non-accelerated) stall striaght ahead the ailerons will remain affective even after the stall is fully developed and you are sinking at 1000+ feet per minute with the yoke all the way back. I suspect that the C152 and C172 are not too much different in this regard. But a P-51D and most other high performance aircraft should not act this way when stalled. Hal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
