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Old January 5th 07, 03:32 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Tony
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Default an exercise for sim pilots -- a 1 G roll

Jose, I suspect the physics the sims use for coordinated flight at
least is pretty reasonable. Since stall characteritics are a function
of rigging (I doubt two Mooneys with their laminar flow wings stall the
same) I'm not sure how well a sim game does that.

If a credible sim jock claimed his G meter stayed fixed at 1 when he
flew his 172, F16 -- or maybe his Harrier -- though a roll, I'd be
willing to say QED.



On Jan 4, 10:15 pm, Jose wrote:
It's a certification limitation, Jose.Ok, then your airplane may well have the control authority to do it, you

just (wisely) don't want to find out the hard way. However, when you
asked:

The question I asked at the start wasn't if the flight path exists --
it does -- but rather, is there an airplane that has the control
authority to fly it.it implies that you didn't believe spam cans could. Now I understand

the real question is whether the sim of such spam cans can, by which you
may infer that the real one can (or that the sim is inaccurate - I don't
know how you'd pick between them)

Jose
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