RE: [Jsbsim-devel] Airfoils at high alpha

[Jon B. <js...@ha...>]

> So, I guess I should ask the question, to what ends are you modeling high
> AOA?

All the way to where the ballistic trajectory intersects the ground.

;-)

Then, there are these:

http://sukhoi.xiloo.com/dianping/su-27-05.jpg
http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/RAFAQ/cobra.html

It's Pugachev's Cobra, and it goes to 120 degrees. With fly-by-wire aircraft that are
neutrally or negatively stable, and where the FLCS can have pitch limits overridden,
modeling high alpha becomes important.

One can also ask the question, what can we do better?

Jon