> Maybe I've been around NASA types too long. ;-) What I meant was that we'd
> like to have at least *believable* flight dynamics when flying in
> off-nominal conditions (spin, hammerhead, etc.)
>
> But I am glad I made you laugh. :-)
>
You just keep on hanging out with those NASA guys. :) BT
> > Ha! Actually, when we get around to it, we do want to be
> > plausible off-nominal, too.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> Jon, I read that sentence, digested it and promptly started snickering
> insanely. What a quote. "I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!"
>
> *rofl*
??
Maybe I've been around
>
> Ha! Actually, when we get around to it, we do want to be plausible off-nominal,
> too.
>
> Jon
>
Jon, I read that sentence, digested it and promptly started snickering
insanely. What a quote. "I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!"
*rofl*
g.
_
> Alex Perry wrote:
> >>Think of it this way: a YASim aircraft will be as close to the real
> >>airplane as the real one is to any other aircraft of the same general
> >>class. That's good enough for me. And in a lot of situations
> >>(military aircraft in particular), this is as good as we're g
Alex Perry wrote:
>>Think of it this way: a YASim aircraft will be as close to the real
>>airplane as the real one is to any other aircraft of the same general
>>class. That's good enough for me. And in a lot of situations
>>(military aircraft in particular), this is as good as we're going to
>>
> Think of it this way: a YASim aircraft will be as close to the real
> airplane as the real one is to any other aircraft of the same general
> class. That's good enough for me. And in a lot of situations
> (military aircraft in particular), this is as good as we're going to
> get anyway. There
Jon S. Berndt wrote:
> David Megginson wrote:
> > Regarding this paragraph,
> >
> > > Recently, Andrew Ross contributed another flight model called
> > > YASim for Yet another simulator. At present, it sports another
> > > Cessna 172, a Cessna 182 and a Boeing 747. This one is based on
> >
> Regarding this paragraph,
>
> Recently, Andrew Ross contributed another flight model called YASim
> for Yet another simulator. At present, it sports another Cessna 172,
> a Cessna 182 and a Boeing 747. This one is based on geometry
> information rather than aerodynamic coefficients. Alt