[jhb] Re: EGNS
- From: "bones" <bones@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:49:38 +0100
Sadly FS doesn't emulate tailskids so it thinks the Tiger has a tailwheel.
No drag from a tailwheel so the aircraft just sails on and on after
touchdown. I tried adding drag but there isn't a ground friction value any
more (it was in FS2002) and I also tried changing wheel diameter and other
tricks to get it to stop. In the end I added brakes to my version..
The other advantage of the brakes is that they make turning on the ground so
much easier. You can spin a Tiger round with full rudder and a blast of
power but, again, FS doesn't model this and you can go charging off into the
sunset if you don't watch it.
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Peter Dodds
Sent: 17 September 2007 09:14
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Subject: [jhb] Re: EGNS
> BTW, has anyone else arrived at Lleweni Parc yet?
I have sadly abandoned the Tiger at the moment for Farm Stripping as the FS
models - either Bones's or Warwick Carter's cannot stop quickly enough for
some of the very short strips (400 metres) when you cannot see the runway
markers soon enough to be able to line up and make a proper controlled
approach. I always end up slightly off line and have to do a jink at very
low height short range which invariably takes me over the threshold too high
or too fast or both.
Some time ago I found a Westland Lysander, which seems an unlikely beast for
farm strips, but that was exactly what it was good at in the war - dropping
agents in at night to fields lit by only a few flares. It is a bit of a
beast to fly as I'm not yet used to it's considerably excess power, and it's
unusually high horizon aspect out of the cockpit, so my instinctive attitude
flying has it climbing all the time, and rapidly too! However, it is proving
excellent for short field work. At 75 knots approach speed, it stops in
about 250 metres with gentle braking. However, get too slow and although it
won't stall, it suddenly sinks like a brick without warning.
Peter
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