Hmmmm...............
Today was interesting, a beautiful day to fly from KARR to KMXO (45
Minutes). I chose to do this at a low altitude because of the beauty
- Illinois/Iowa green planted fields, flashing streams, and a clear blue
sky (no moisture laden haze).
Unfortunately, I ran thru a cluster of those #&#&%^^#%$#&
little black bugs that got everyone's attention a few years ago in the AVC race
as they descended into the ARR checkpoint. Canards stopped flying at slow
speeds, windows became opaque and everybody lost many knots for the remainder of
the race.
Approaching MXO from the SE I chose to practice the GPS 33 approach
w/vertical guidance and a pleasant 10 knot headwind. After the FAF I was
descending nicely (13" MP, takeoff flaps, 110 KIAS) when I drifted slightly
below the glide slope. Attempting to raise the nose a bit increased the
descent rate, dramatically lowered the KIAS and required adding over
2" of MP just to remain level and re-intercept the glide slope. "So what?"
one might ask. Well, either the sticky laminar flow was disturbed and
changed the L/D, the bug drag was greater than I thought or both. In any
event, without adding power and trying to regain the glide slope, the airspeed
was fast deteriorating. This is an example of how a low time pilot could
get into trouble - no spam can would have seen such a significant change in
the flight characteristics in such a short time. Let's see a 320/360 sim
pick that up.............
Scott Krueger
Fly'm if ya got'm - there ain't no substitute.
In a message dated 8/29/2008 6:15:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tednoel@cfl.rr.com writes:
MS Flight Sim and X-Plane,
while fun and educational, are not up to the challenge of providing the kind
of fidelity needed for type familiarity, let alone upset recovery
training.
That's curious. The designers of
X-Plane are quite proud of their flight dynamics, and my local FBO uses
X-Plane to drive an FAA-certified Motus motion sim.
That being said, if a group was
serious about creating a high-fidelity simulator, I would be please to
contribute to the effort with the development of a high fidelity aerodynamic
model. The variations between our individual aircraft remain a
challenge, but from mostly from a systems level. The aero models could
be readily adapted model the range of variations between our aircraft.
Tom
Low
I think all of us would be
grateful for your help. Perhaps we could pass the hat to reimburse for the
time and effort. If others are willing, I'll put some $$
in.
Ted
Noel
N540TF
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