Dave Perry wrote:
Attched find an xml file dc3.xml that includes edits that allow
accelleration on the main gear and relativly easy wheel landings.
With these changes, I can leave the tail wheel unlocked for take-off
and landings.
Very cool. I'll try it as soon as I get home.
3. I moved
Semi-related ...
I was watching a PBS show yesterday called 'chasing the sun.' They
had a portion on the development of the dc-3. Apologies if I have the
name wrong, but I think it was Pan-Am that drove the specification
that the DC-3 was designed to fill.
One of the main factors was safety,
Andy,
I put the main gear back at x=-6.02 and added a ballast under the
cockpit at 700 lbs and it handles very well. I even did some x-wind
take offs and landings. Here the locking tail wheel helps in the
initial acceleration. For strong x-winds, I think one uses differential
power (and
Didn't attach the xml.
Dave
airplane mass=16865
approach speed=58 aoa=13
control-setting axis=/controls/throttle[0] value=0.4/
control-setting axis=/controls/throttle[1] value=0.4/
control-setting axis=/controls/mixture[0] value=1.0/
control-setting axis=/controls/mixture[1] value=1.0/
Attched find an xml file dc3.xml that includes edits that allow
accelleration on the main gear and relativly easy wheel landings. With
these changes, I can leave the tail wheel unlocked for take-off and
landings.
Changes:
1. Relaxed the stall width for both the wing and the hstab. A dc3
Another issue is that, on landing with the dc3-yasim at a rather
high speed (so that the angle of attack is near 0), the tail
instantly falls onto the runway, but the aircraft nevertheless
doesn't take off again, although the angle of attack just increased
rapidly. Although I haven't
Andy Ross writes:
What I think you're seeing is the feature that *everyone* who tries
the DC-3 discovers: the DC-3 is a taildragger, and is really, really,
really (!) hard to handle on the ground. I've had zillions of
complaints about this, and have investigated every one thoroughly.
Alex Perry wrote:
I don't know whether YASim models ground effect; if it does, the
tailplane becomes more effective in ground effect and sucks the tail
downwards. That'll exacerbate the torque of the forward gear mounting
position.
Oooh! Good point. YASim does indeed model ground effect
Whee, here we go again. :)
David Megginson wrote:
Andy -- can you actually manage the DC-3 in a ground roll and takeoff?
I have not been able to do so for a long time -- it always ends up
spinning like a top. If you can do it, perhaps it would help if you
posted a step-by-step.
First off,
Andy Ross wrote:
Whee, here we go again. :)
David Megginson wrote:
Andy -- can you actually manage the DC-3 in a ground roll and takeoff?
I have not been able to do so for a long time -- it always ends up
spinning like a top. If you can do it, perhaps it would help if you
posted a
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Andy Ross wrote:
Whee, here we go again. :)
David Megginson wrote:
Andy -- can you actually manage the DC-3 in a ground roll and
takeoff?I have not been able to do so for a long
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