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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Minotaur on February 15, 2000, 12:41:00 PM
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Anyone but me notice that losing one (or more) engines on a multi-engine A/C does not effect yaw?
I am no expert but it seems to me that it should, especially concerning turns. IE: Turning into or away from the wing with the dead engine(s).
To my experience losing an engine only effects available thrust and does not effect how the plane flies.
I might be jumping the gun here and HTC has simply not had the chance to model this yet or does not intend to. If that is the case, please disregard.
Mino
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I don't know to what degree it is implemented, but asymmetric thrust seems to be somewhat modeled, i.e. I have to keep speed up, apply rudder and elevator, and look for a landing place. Usually I have to maintain a shallow dive to keep enough speed to compensate for control deflection drag.
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Mino, it seems to be modeled but the effects are minimal in cruise flight. Try flying a B-26 or C-47 at approach speed, cut an engine then firewall the other. Lots of rudder and aileron are needed to counteract for the lost engine.
MiG
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I don't fly bombers enough to know.
But heres something slightly off subject:
Have you guys ever lost a vertical stab in a 109g10? The plane starts to slip sideways (torque of the engine I would guess), more and more, I cut the engine hoping to stabilize it somewhat, but its too late! The thing starts to roll over and I'm doomed (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif). I tumble violently to the ground! All in all, what I think is a great job on the modeling.
Truly terrifying.
Almost makes you want to get your plane shot up, just to see the realistic violent characteristics of a plane missing some parts. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Little off-topic, but, follow-up to Heaths post, I've successfully put a 109 into an inverted flat spin, never been able to reproduce an inverted flat spin with other sims (except when vital parts are blown away)
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