I added an effectiveness="nnn" to both the htab and vtab. I was not able to get good control once the tail was up w/o the change to vtab also. I played arround with various values between 2 and 3.
I was able to get good control (vtab effectiveness) and early tail up (htab effectiveness) with both values at 2.25. It was easier with both values at 2.5. I then shot a number of touch-n-goes using wheel landings. It still seems that it is very easy to over control in pitch while trying to stay on the mains. This is harder than say a real J3 Cub or a real Stinson 108 Voyager. But it is great fun! It would be great to get some feedback from an experienced DC3 pilot. What I remember from conversations with such, is the DC3 was not hard to handle durring the take-off roll, about like a cub or a Stinson 108, requiring constant attention on the rudder. W/o the vtab change, one cannot recover from even minor missalignment with the runway once the tail comes up which is again not realistic. With both htab and vtab effectivness = 2.25 or above, and careful rudder, one can accelerate on the mains to VMC and then climb out. Having rudder pedals seem like a must for tail draggers in flightgear. I have never flown a real DC3, but while working at Des Moines Flying Service while in high school, Ozark flew DC3's and converted C47's in and out of DSM. I was a "lineman" servicing both while I built up time (1961-1964). The tails came up early and they accelerated on the mains and the rudder was wagging back and forth durring the accelleration to keep the nose pointed down the runway. I would like to know if the standard procedure for the DC3 was to accelerate to VMC on the mains, or to get it in the air and then accelerate to VMC near the ground and then climb. The latter seems risky, but this is what the yasim model wants to do. You have to "fly" it on the mains slightly nose down to do the former and the pitch control is very sensitive. For normal full stop landings, it is best to lock the tail wheel and do a full stall landing, brake, get rid of the flaps, and then unlock the tailwheel to turn off the active. Regards, Dave _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
