On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Anthony Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Onno Meyer wrote: > >> Wrong is such a harsh word. Simplified is more like it. > > Wrong is the correct word. VE2 has two major problems with aircraft > performance: > 1) It totally ignores induced drag, which is very important at low speeds, > since it varies as 1/v^2. > 2) For propellers, thrust at any given power actually varies substantially > with speed (this is less true with jets). > > Equivalent errors with ground vehicles are: > 1) realistic power requirements are on the order of W*V + A*V^3, not W*V^2 > 2) acceleration is not a constant; it drops with velocity.
That's all simplification. It's a game, not a simulation. -- David Scheidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
