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Old April 15th 08, 08:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Le Chaud Lapin
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Default Propeller Efficiency

On Apr 15, 2:33*pm, B A R R Y wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:21:07 -0700 (PDT), Le Chaud Lapin

wrote:
On Apr 15, 1:21*pm, B A R R Y wrote:
Le Chaud Lapin wrote:


26. Elimination of rudder control with foot pedals. Computers should
make this unnecessary, right?


How does the computer know when you *want* to slip?


When you move the controls in such a way to indicate that you want
slipping.


If you flew, you'd know how silly that comeback is.


I have flown, though never slipped.

I received 3 responses to my imaginary-flying-car, and one thing they
all have in common is that they presume that the basic design of such
a vehicle would be, more or less, a Cessna, tweaked to add the
features I listed. As I mentioned before, I would not do that.

-Le Chuad Lapin-