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→Wild accelerations at low speeds.
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This is important from a procedures training point of view. | This is important from a procedures training point of view. | ||
If you want to have | If you want to have a realistic flight, one of the checklist items is to verify, insofar as possible, that the instruments give correct indications during preflight and taxi. In a real aircraft, a pilot who found the | ||
a realistic flight, one of the checklist items is to verify, insofar | |||
as possible, that the instruments give correct indications during | |||
preflight and taxi. In a real aircraft, a pilot who found the | |||
inclinometer pegged would cancel the flight before even starting | inclinometer pegged would cancel the flight before even starting | ||
the engine. | the engine. | ||
Note: This has probably been resolved in the latest release of JSBSim that is now incorporated into FlightGear. It may have stemmed from bad ground reactions modeling. Standalone tests with JSBSim and the C-172 sitting on the runway show the following properties steadily holding at zero: | |||
*velocities/vdot-fps | |||
*velocities/a-pilot-y-ft sec2 | |||
*velocities/n-pilot-y-norm | |||
This item needs to be revisited to see if it has been cleared up. | |||
==== Airport lighting in poor weather. ==== | ==== Airport lighting in poor weather. ==== | ||