Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems experienced with the recent c150

2005-10-24 Thread Martin Spott
Vassilii Khachaturov wrote: H even an empty aircraft doesn't get blown away that easy. I can't believe it will be blown away by anything under 15 knots, especially with the brakes engaged. This is correct. At least you can land and taxi a C150 at 15 kts crosswind without significant

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems experienced with the recent c150

2005-10-24 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Martin Spott wrote: Vassilii Khachaturov wrote: H even an empty aircraft doesn't get blown away that easy. I can't believe it will be blown away by anything under 15 knots, especially with the brakes engaged. This is correct. At least you can land and taxi a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems experienced with the recent c150 updates

2005-10-23 Thread Harald JOHNSEN
Vassilii Khachaturov wrote: I've tried out the recent c150 updates, and have observed the following problems: 1) the speeds in the help file and on the specially crafted ASI seem different from what the real Cessnas have. C150 was an inferior version to a C152, with all the speeds lower, and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems experienced with the recent c150 updates

2005-10-23 Thread Erik Hofman
Vassilii Khachaturov wrote: I've tried out the recent c150 updates, and have observed the following problems: Here's the data for the C-150: http://www.a1.nl/~ehofman/fgfs/docs/c150.txt Erik ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems experienced with the recent c150 updates

2005-10-23 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
You are right, for some unknown reason to me I changed the tanks capacity. I wonder if this, along with the empty pilot seat, added to the back-tumbling? BTW, Erik's data at http://www.a1.nl/~ehofman/fgfs/docs/c150.txt also lists a std and long-range configuration (please ignore my c152 data as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems experienced with the recent c150 updates

2005-10-23 Thread Dave Culp
Sometimes at the same time I also see the aircraft tumbling backwards and having its tail going underground, controls held neutral, tailwind never exceeding 7 knots. Could this be that the model doesn't account for the pilot's weight? Tumbling backwards is usually an indication that the