by Buckaroo » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:42 pm
Howdy Tux,
I appreciate you having a look at it. Yeah, you're right. It looks like there's a mistake in my FDM that had the rudder lift set lower than I intended. But after fixing that, it still wasn't enough. This was the fault of my testing strategies-- I tend to fly too much in a controlled fair weather condition so I can get repeatable results and didn't test crosswind conditions thoroughly. I also tend to set values conservatively and work upward.
So I started working in worst-case rated crosswind conditions (13 kts). After some tweaking of the rudder, a worst-case scenario is doable. It's ugly, but it's possible to do it and stay on the runway. I might build them, but you sure don't want me flying them, so I figure if I can manage a landing in those conditions, one that I could walk away from without the airline throwing me in a dungeon, then this setting might be OK.
I uploaded a fix, same link as above. I'll be interested in what you think.
-Buck
Callsign: Buckaro(o)
Author: Lockheed 1049H Constellation, Grumman Goose, MD-81, Edgley Optica, Velocity XL RG,
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