Wait, TIMEOUT, are the ailerons drooping just a tad like in real life or is it just me :(

Hold on, whaddaya mean? The wingview shot? Cause he might just be flying a slight turn, eh? :( I'd assume they'd be 100% flush in steady, horizontal flight.Otherwise I'm pretty 100% sure the is no aileron "droop" on the ground like seen on other completely hydraulically controlled planes. The NG still has its good ole cables attached to the control surfaces and yes, practically you could "droop" the aileron (well, one of them at max without breaking the plane... B)) by hand while on the ground with hyd px off, if you could reach the aileron with your arms. :( Or just move the yoke, albeit it'll be hard w/o hydraulic assistance. But the ailerons aren't simply gonna drop once you remove power off the aircraft. And no way will both at the same time for said reasons. I believe the 'buses do that, but we're talking Boeing here.

All the control surface logic is exactly as it is in real life - programmed from the actual Boeing schematics.

On a side note - that means you "simulated" the spoiler mixer or at least how it affects the panels? I'm actually convinced you did so. Heck, I'd love to see what that beast looks like on the inside.

Edited May 24, 201115 yr by badderjet

:( I'd assume they'd be 100% flush in steady, horizontal flight.

They are always just a degree or so down and not exactly flush, ill get a pic after dinner to show ya!

Does anyone know why wide beta distribution has been delayed again inc saturday ?.... I am getting scared we on't see that bird in our nest before summer holidays... :( Greg

Does anyone know why wide beta distribution has been delayed again inc saturday ?.... I am getting scared we on't see that bird in our nest before summer holidays... :( Greg

They're just going to tell you that the NGX cannot be delayed because no deadlines are set anyway. It'll be done when it's done.Soon.Three, four, five days... maybe 5 weeks.

Hold on, whaddaya mean? The wingview shot? Cause he might just be flying a slight turn, eh? :( I'd assume they'd be 100% flush in steady, horizontal flight.Otherwise I'm pretty 100% sure the is no aileron "droop" on the ground like seen on other completely hydraulically controlled planes. The NG still has its good ole cables attached to the control surfaces and yes, practically you could "droop" the aileron (well, one of them at max without breaking the plane... :() by hand while on the ground with hyd px off, if you could reach the aileron with your arms. :( Or just move the yoke, albeit it'll be hard w/o hydraulic assistance. But the ailerons aren't simply gonna drop once you remove power off the aircraft. And no way will both at the same time for said reasons. I believe the 'buses do that, but we're talking Boeing here. On a side note - that means you "simulated" the spoiler mixer or at least how it affects the panels? I'm actually convinced you did so. Heck, I'd love to see what that beast looks like on the inside.

There ya go, see what im seeing now, hard to tell on this dirty wing though

... me too ! :(

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+1. Very funny

There ya go, see what im seeing now, hard to tell on this dirty wing though

Hey there, thanks for the great pic! :( I can certainly see where you're going, but nevertheless, while I'm not saying you're wrong, lemme state that such a pic still doesn't really mean anything, since you'd had to look at both ailerons at the same time in order to judge if a certain droop would be normal. I'm just being skeptical because that would mean constant additional drag, and what would that be for? Plus you could do a quick search on a.net (and find e. g. airliners.net/photo/South-African-Airways/Boeing-737-85F/1458824/L or airliners.net/photo/Ryanair/Boeing-737-8AS/1847017/L) and see many shots like this, with deflected ailerons anywhere, but it still doesn't prove anything. It might be the control column deflected in every single case, simple as that. As I said, for a droop like the 'buses do, I understand the left and right surface would look like that at the same time (actually much more pronounced, at full deflection, not just a degree or two), caused by hyd px loss when aircraft is powered off on the ground. :( Like here:airliners.net/photo/Thai-Airways-International/Airbus-A340-541/1172449/Lairliners.net/photo/Cathay-Pacific-Airways/Airbus-A340-642/0754678/Lairliners.net/photo/Virgin-Atlantic-Airways/Airbus-A340-313X/0720112/L (close up)Then again, it's probably not really a that important issue at all... but you got me thinking! :(