Author Topic: La-5/7 and Bf-109F/G/K slats (part 2) (Read 798 times)

1K3 · « **on:** August 13, 2005, 01:03:57 PM »

In real life...

On La-5FN and La-7, do slats pop-out asymmetrically or symmetrically?

On 109F/G/K slats, do slats pop-out asymmetrically or symmetrically?

Krusty · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:56:04 PM »

Take one up offline and see.

1K3 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:59:15 PM »

opps i was gonna say "in real life", not in-game.

Karnak · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:08:21 PM »

Asymetrically on the Bf109s. I don't know about the Lachovkins.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:41:11 PM »

Are you sure the Bf109s and bf110 slats deploy asymetrically? I thought one of the problems with the slats on the bf109s and bf110s is that they had a tendency to deploy asymetrically.

ack-ack

Creton · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:57:42 PM »

The flaps on the 109e deploy symmetrically howbe it on the 109 g models they deploy asymmetrically.

JB12

HoHun · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:48:29 PM »

Hi ack-ack,

>I thought one of the problems with the slats on the bf109s and bf110s is that they had a tendency to deploy asymetrically.

They deployed asymmetrically, but that was not a problem. In fact, it was a solution to asymmetrical airflow problems in asymmetrical flight.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Tilt · « **Reply #7 on:** August 16, 2005, 06:04:49 AM »

Lavochkin slats deployed independantly of each other.

Grendel · « **Reply #8 on:** August 16, 2005, 08:07:39 AM »

As did the slats on F-86 Sabre and numerous other planes.

Grits · « **Reply #9 on:** August 16, 2005, 11:56:51 AM »

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Originally posted by 1K3
In real life...

On La-5FN and La-7, do slats pop-out asymmetrically or symmetrically?

On 109F/G/K slats, do slats pop-out asymmetrically or symmetrically?

They work in-game just as they did in real life.

All automatic mechanical (read non-computer/pilot controlled) slats will open independantly, but that does not neccessarily mean asymetrically. If you are in a turn the slats will open asymetrically, if you are wings level coming in for a landing, they will deploy virtually (but of course not EXACTLY) symetrically.

When the Blue Angels flew A-4 Skyhawks, they fixed their slats shut for this reason. You can imagine that at 400-500 kts and 36" separation having the slats open asymetrically is a bad thing.

niklas · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2005, 02:54:55 PM »

One big difference of La-slats is that they rotated outwards for opening, opening a gap on the innerside, instead of moving forward down like the 109 one´s

niklas