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List:       flightgear-devel
Subject:    re: [Flightgear-devel] Piper J3 Cub
From:       David Megginson <david () megginson ! com>
Date:       2002-08-31 18:45:07
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Dave Perry writes:

 > One change that makes this easier.  Try using effectiveness="1.25" or 
 > even "1.5" for the rudder.  Yasim does not have prop wash, so the tail 
 > draggers are harder in the fdm than in real lift.  The same is true of 
 > getting the tail up so you can accelerate safely.  I have both the hstab 
 > and the vstab effectiveness set to 1.24 and the rudder effectiveness set 
 > to 1.5.  With this change, the cub will settle down and you should be 
 > able to get the hang of wheel landings and do a serries of touch & goes 
 > (do the Canadians call them circuits and bounce) in one pass  down the 
 > runway.  This is really great fun in fgfs and the tower doesn't
 > complain!

I've made your suggested changes.  Would you like to put together a
short howto for flying the J3 Cub?  I'm sure that many fgfs users will
be interested.


Thanks, and all the best,


David

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David Megginson, david@megginson.com, http://www.megginson.com/

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