On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 15:11 +0200, Mats Rauhala wrote: > I have Flightgear 1.9.1 installed in Arch Linux. I tried to follow the > Seneca II howto from > http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Seneca_II_HOWTO , but I saw some > weirdness in performance. > > I chose the cold start and started the engines as said in the checklist. > I took off with 40" manifold and maximum mixture and throttle. After > raising the gear and accelerating to 100kts (31"/2500) the plane still > gained altitude but slower than I'd expected; 100-300 feets per second. > With the first run I wasn't alarmed by the slow rate of climb but after > seeing it repeated I decided to write this message. > > After leveling at 2000ft with 28"/2400RPM I expected to have 130 kts as > stated by the howto, but instead I got 80 kts which is near the > stall-speed. > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this the expected performance?
Hmm, supercharged engines didn't work so well in 1.9.1 I'm afraid... Turn up the boost. I just took it for a spin in my slightly out-of-date CVS and it works like the wiki says it should. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
