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- From: shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks)
- Subject: Re: Falcon 3.01.1 High Fidelity Flight Model bug (?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.223612.397@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
- Keywords: falcon3
- Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
- References: <waynec.723821737@csr> <1992Dec09.220350.25045@convex.com> <1992Dec11.212804.22638@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 22:36:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.212804.22638@news.Hawaii.Edu> jlong@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (John Long) writes:
-
- >So how do you start the engine in the first place? Hard for a non-expert
- >like me to believe that all systems depend upon having a running engine.
-
- 1) External power cart, Air force calls them "dash 60's".
- 2) Starter cartridges (the old fashioned way).
- 3) Battery start - the battery powers the APU which powers the
- air turbine starter.
-
- >Does the APU require the engine to be running? I'm sure there are some
- >aircraft which get their electricity from air pressure at the intake. No?
-
- There's a difference between a "running" engine and a windmilling
- engine. A windmilling engine can usually operate a subset of
- normal aircraft systems (some hydraulics, some electrics);
- I don't know what they are on the F-16. On the F/A-18, you need
- about 60% RPM to keep generators on line. I guess if you dump
- the nose low enough, you could get that.
-
- >The F-16 is different?
-
- Yeah, with only one engine, you're more likely to wish you were in
- an F/A-18 :)
-
- >Wait! If it runs out of fuel, how can it still have power? And if it would
- >stall and drop like a rock *with power*, how does it fly under normal
- >circumstances, expecially if it does not have enough wing area to
- >counteract its weight?
- >
- >You mean to tell me that a best-seller like the F-16 can't glide? Who
- >would make/fly/buy a plane like that?
-
- I think he meant "electrical power", not thrust. And glide?
- Do you think fighters _should_ be able to glide? Imagine an
- F-104 gliding! Ahh, me, what's it coming to? :) It isn't wing
- area that counteracts its weight, it's lift. Lift is generated by
- air flow over the wings, which is why you can swap airspeed for
- altitude. (I know, I'm simplifying, but this IS comp.games and
- I've taken enough bandwidth!) Any questions, email me or the
- U7/Wiz fans will feel put out.
-
- Mark Shanks
- shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com
-