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Subject:    Re: [Flightgear-flightmodel] More JSBSim C172 kudos
From:       Tony Peden <apeden () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2002-06-22 2:05:01
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On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:58:06PM -0400, David Megginson wrote:
> I'll be trying soft-field takeoffs for real next week, so I thought
> I'd give them a try in FlightGear first.  With 10deg flaps and a high
> nose-up attitude, my instructor told me that a C172 would leave the
> runway and fly into ground effect a little past 50 KIAS; the JSBSim
> 172 is consistently taking off around 52-53 KIAS under exactly these
> conditions, and then flying nicely in ground effect until I get up to
> climb speed.
> 
> Given that ground effect support involved a lot of guesswork, this is
> especially impressive.  Thanks again, Tony and Jon.
> 

Guesswork?!?  That was all science.  ;-)

Really I think those curves came straight out of Etkin.

Anyway, thanks David.

> 
> All the best,
> 
> 
> David
> 
> -- 
> David Megginson, david@megginson.com, http://www.megginson.com/
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