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Wild division tour, online legs discussion
EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
--- Quote from: EHM-2155 Mariano on November 01, 2010, 11:30:23 pm ---Guys have you seen the video I posted? How the aircraft pitches up and climbs at 3,000+ FPM, then levels for a tiny bit and then will go back to pitch 45 degrees up no problem? I thought you'd find it weird, certainly more weird than just attributing it to an 100 horsepower difference.
I mean did you watch as I leveled the plane at 9000 or so and pushed it to over 160 knots in a few seconds?
It feels like it has 2 RR-Merlin engines under the wings to be honest.
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It does look like how the Aerosoft Twin Otter responds near stall conditions. With tremendous lift and overpowered engines, this is what you get. That calls for a high pitch, low speed stall situation. And as soon as the nose starts to drop, speed increases slightly, which is enough to eliminate the stall condition because of the oversized lift, starting the process all over again.
And yes, I had her at 200 KIAS at one time when I autopiloted her in a 1200 ft/min descend, but left the throttle at full, Prop rpm at full, and mixture at full. You'll get an overspeed warning over 160 KIAS, and in real life your wings would probably come off, but It is possible with those overpowered engines.
All this is design intent for this plane. It is meant to take off from short dirt strips, fully loaded with cargo and/or pax. So yes, it's an extreme design with extreme behaviour around the envelope edges. And that's exactly what makes this such a gem to fly ;D
Having said that, I must make the remark that I have not flown the PAD model myself. All I have to go on is my experience with the Aerosoft Twin Otter X model, and the looks and sound of your video. But it does not seem all that far off the mark to me...
Cheers,
Eric-Jan
--- Quote from: EHM-0654 Murray on November 02, 2010, 07:35:06 am ---...
Perfect, I can read the text on the instruments (hence why I asked...) ;D
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Got an even better one in my latest progress report,
http://www.fly-euroharmony.com/forum/index.php/topic,6137.msg46874.html
Ciao,
E-J
EHM-0654 Murray:
--- Quote from: EHM-2387 Eric-Jan on November 02, 2010, 10:20:21 am ---Got an even better one in my latest progress report,
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Ciao,
E-J
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That's the one I've printed to compare with skycycle's panel layout ;D
EHM-2155 Mariano:
Hey guys
Flying next leg (I believe its leg 4) tomorrow at around 18.00z
If there are other people in another similar schedule, I'll change my time so we can fly together.
Let me know ASAP in a post here or a PM
EHM-2155 Mariano:
Hehe it seems everyone except me has flown this already so I'll do this one offline.
We can meet and fly leg 5 on sunday afternoon if anyone wants to join?
EHM-0654 Murray:
Funnily enough Mariano, I'm in the air on IVAO right now flying #4... Such is life.
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