Another Air ED Question

PilatusTurbo

PilatusTurbo

members+, Fighter Fanatic
I received help editing that wonderful Stearman, and I have a similar issue with another ship.

I want to add more rudder authority to this ship, so that in crosswinds, it can stay on the runway. I tried the .cfg tricks in the past, to no avail.

Can someone tell me how to add more rudder power, so that I won't scoot off the runway even in a light crosswind, with full rudder deflection?

Thanks all :ernae:
 
The only cfg value I thought might work, was increasing rudder effectiveness. For some reason though, it did not. :| :bump:
 
Several things go into this.

However in the spirit of "is it plugged in": Auto rudder not checked; joystick or pedals calibrated?

Since we got past that, the .cfg specifies the maximum angular deflection of the rudder, 30 deg is a typical figure for a plane like this. Also check the area figure in rec 320 in the .air file. Also in this same rec is the angular deflection in radians. The .cfg file scalar just adjusts the output of the table in the .air file (343). Also the table 519 which is rudder deflection moment vrs Q will have a big effect here.

Also consider weathervane stability.

Cheers: T.
 
Thanks Fellas, I'll look into these.

I'm not sure what this plane should be able to handle, crosswind component-wise, but it's an A-10. I imagine a big ol' bird like that could take off in at least 20-25 knots direct. However, 8-10 was throwin' me off the runway with full pedal. The aerosoft A-10, it's beautiful, but this is why I stopped flying it for a very long time. I really wanna fly it again, as it's pretty much my favorite Mil Jet. Soooo... pretty. I don't know why some think it's ugly.

It combines great parts of aviation history; bubble canopy like old styles, staight out wing, very visible fuselage. Not a rocket with fins attached LOL :ernae:
 
Fliger,

I looked at these values, and haven't much of an idea to do with them. I'm not too good with AirED, but the Stearman fix was straightforward.

However, this A10.air file shows tons of unknowns, and no numerical values to adjust.

This shot will allow you to see most of the tables you mentioned, so maybe you can show me what to do/look for next.

Thanks again :ernae:
 
Those curves in the table such as the one shown for the rudder are in hex-decimil. However there is a freebie airfile tool called "Aircraft Airfile manager" that will allow you to not only view these curves, but also adjust them with base 10 entries simplifying the process.

That looks like a fairly typical rudder curve....

Strange to have so many "unknowns".

Cheers: T.
 
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