Author Topic: Personal Best - P51D (Read 1132 times)

SAS_KID · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2007, 01:53:01 AM »

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Originally posted by TinmanX
Typhy will manage to fight on with 1+1/2 wings.

its not like losing an aileron in a tiffie will make much of a difference to roll rate.

TinmanX · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2007, 01:54:34 AM »

Typhy's have a roll rate??

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2007, 06:34:08 PM »

I remember seeing a picture of a P-51 that made it back to base with some wing damage. The pilot was standing inside the massive hole in the wing, looking a bit disgusted.

Hazzer · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2007, 07:18:49 AM »

Ghastly · « **Reply #19 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:45:03 AM »

I'd be inclined to be of the belief that in real life, turbulence resulting from airflow over/around the jagged edge would cause a lot more drag than any amount of control deflection used to compensate.

But how it "should be modeled" here is a subject that I wouldn't even begin to debate. There have been some pretty amazing (mind blowing) indidents in real life where aircraft have sustained what appear to be "impossible" levels of damage and were successfully piloted to a landing. (F-15 with only one wing for example.)

Simaril · « **Reply #20 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:55:18 AM »

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Originally posted by TinmanX
Typhy's have a roll rate??

They do if you put all 1 and 1/2 wings on the same side.