September 20, 201015 yr Commercial Member I've never needed something like Xfoil either. So far... I'm really, honestly confused as to what approach you're using to define an aircraft's lift performance in FS. Since I've never found a reason to do most of what you're doing... either I'm missing something... or you are?? Ed Wilson Mindstar AviationMy Playland - I69
September 25, 201015 yr Author The attached figure gives an example of variation of aerodynamic characteristic for an aerofoil. http://www.nrel.gov/...5osti/36336.pdf The variation is relatively small, and becuse Reynold's Number varies with speed, air density and air viscosity there isn't a single value for an aircraft. As a result there is no point in being concerened about it - especially in view of Flight Simulator's limitations.It's very easy to get carried away in seeking accuracy and precision in the input data - I know because I have done it myself! Flight Simulator is basically a 6-degree-of -freedom linearised model. The only aerodynamic derivatives that are not linearised are lift and pitching moment. This introduces inaccuracies. Also in many cases, real-world data is just not available. The art in making a good model is to use values that gives the expected results in flight. Gerry Howard
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