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and you will notice a change in the flight-behaviour due to the increased drag caused by the banner on your tail. You can see the towed banner when looking back or changing the view. | and you will notice a change in the flight-behaviour due to the increased drag caused by the banner on your tail. You can see the towed banner when looking back or changing the view. | ||
you can release the banner by pressing the 'o' (lower case letter, not zero). You will notice a decrease of the drag and can see the banner falling down when looking at it. | you can release the banner by pressing the 'o' (lower case letter, not zero). You will notice a decrease of the drag and can see the banner falling down when looking at it. | ||
== Flying the Moyes Dragonfly == | |||
This is definitely something different, the classic ultralight trike, somethings I have not flown before in the simulator. Personally I have seen these things droning overhead and flown very freely, but I have wondered what it would be like to fly. | |||
Starting on Half Moon Bay runway, the Dragonfly is really a minimal aircraft. Startup is with the s button and the throttle responds quickly. In a trice we are off and climbing steadily, | |||
it seems like at 1000 feet per minute or so. At about a 100 ft, I tried turns to the left and right, and the aircraft is very stable if slow to respond, which may be a good thing, it is the kind of air frame that would never be designed to any sort of a rolling outmaneuver. | |||
The stall is gentle, and actually the aircraft transitions from a stall with power off to a steady 400 fpm descent , which is pretty safe. The engine has to be started again by pressing the s key for an anxious moment there is no power no matter what. Heading back to the airport a few low level turns at low speed about 50 mp the airspeed indicator is marked in MPH establishes the safety of the aircraft beyond doubt. | |||
Landing is easy enough, it is easy to judge the distance to the ground as it can be seen directly beneath and to the sides of the aircraft | |||
The model is fairly complete, with a multibladed prop and moving joystick and elevator, although eh ailerons do not move much at all. The absence of a pilot and back seat thrillseeker really detracts from the model, as the screenshots show, however this has been noted by the author as a 'to do'. | |||
[[File:The Moyes Dragonfly in flight overhead.png|thumb|Flying overhead in typical fashion]] | |||
[[File:A seat and some tubes are all that hold the pilot in place.png|thumb|Basic to the extreme, some may I would prefer a piece of cloth at least between themselves and the environment]] | |||
[[File:On the ground, looking purposeful with a six bladed prop.png|thumb|One of the better looking tube and cloth machines]] | |||
--[[User:Openflight|Openflight]] ([[User talk:Openflight|talk]]) 11:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC) | |||
== Issues == | == Issues == | ||