Flap question

[Ardy123]

When pressing the flaps-up or flaps-down, the flaps don't immediately go up or down, they make a sound and move to the desired position which takes a some time. This time may not seem very long, but on multi-leveled flaps, if for example you went from level 4 to level 2 of flaps by pressing the flaps-up key twice, you would hear the sound for a sec or two. How does the game model this? ie As the flaps are retracting is it constantly updating the lift and drag factors to match the flaps appropriate position as it is retracting? Or is it modeled such that as the minute the button is pressed, it uses the the corresponding preset drag and lift factors for the selected setting regardless if the flaps are still moving to that setting?

I guess for the math guys, is L being interpolated between the two preset values as the flaps are moving? (L from this equation).


Thanks

[Changeup]

Yes, that is correct.  You are stupid for even asking that....everyone else knows this...why don't you?  You always have to be different than the other kids....have character, don't BE a character.  Its why you're in the 3rd Wing with that other smartazzed kid Krupinski...GEEZUS!  Now, get out!

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[Ardy123]

Yes, that is correct.  You are stupid for even asking that....everyone else knows this...why don't you?  You always have to be different than the other kids....have character, don't BE a character.  Now, get out.

Changeup

now all your missing is the a mish-mash of math formulas & scanned copies of books to state that not only do I not know what I'm talking about, I'm so ignorant, I shouldn't be even asking, oh yeah, and that I must be a luft-whiner because spits only have one flap setting.

[Soulyss]

Yes, that is correct.  You are stupid for even asking that....everyone else knows this...why don't you?  You always have to be different than the other kids....have character, don't BE a character.  Its why you're in the 3rd Wing with that other smartazzed kid Krupinski...GEEZUS!  Now, get out!

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[FLS]

The flaps have an immediate effect. I believe it's a gradual effect not an immediate full effect but I haven't confirmed that.

[Ardy123]

The flaps have an immediate effect. I believe it's a gradual effect not an immediate full effect but I haven't confirmed that.

Ty, I ask, because often in a tight fight I will be constantly moving my flaps. If the modeled flaps effects are in fact 'gradual', then if takes to go from ACM 1 to ACM 2 is less than the time it takes for me to move my flaps to the desired position for each ACM, I have to plan differently, then if the the modeled flap effect is 'full-immediate' and I can press the flap key the desired number of times quickly and ignore the indicator and sound.

[AWwrgwy]

Anecdotally, based on the operation of landing gear, I would say the effect is immediate.

I have landed on wheels as the graphic of the gear was still going down.


wrongway

[Mar]

Anecdotally, based on the operation of landing gear, I would say the effect is immediate.

I have landed on wheels as the graphic of the gear was still going down.


wrongway

Flaps don't work this way, only the gear. If flaps did work like that you would have heard about it long before now.

[Pigslilspaz]

Flaps work immediately, test with the Hurricane (One setting, and takes forever to deploy)

[Ardy123]

Flaps work immediately, test with the Hurricane (One setting, and takes forever to deploy)

Thanks for the info! Cool, did not know that the flaps on the hurry take forever to deploy.

[bagrat]

wat are flaps? r they the thingys that spin in front of teh plane

[FLOTSOM]

Thanks for the info! Cool, did not know that the flaps on the hurry take forever to deploy.

they dont take forever, they become responsive immediately. the sound just goes on forever.

[Ardy123]

they dont take forever, they become responsive immediately. the sound just goes on forever.

Yes, I understand that, I was just noting that I didn't know the sound and the visual indicator in the hurry were so slow.

[cooldued]

I guess for the math guys, is L being interpolated between the two preset values as the flaps are moving? (L from this equation).

hu???

[ozrocker]

Git that durn Country flap out yer hayed. Them there aint dem flaps ye ave to drop when you got out der to yer out house.

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