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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 01:44:41 -0500
From: Andy and Lucinda <crooow.nospam@logan.net>
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Group - this is an edit of some communication between an aircraft
designer and myself, regarding a Martin M-130 flying boat for FS98.
Comments appreciated!!!

I've still been messing with an  .air file for a Martin M-130 and
messing with the flight dynamics.  I just can't get it to have enough
drag while in the water.  I think it would be really great to have a
flight model that has a long, slow takeoff run as the engines roar at
full power and the aircraft slooowly builds up speed. Then, when you
land, ease her down until she kisses the waves, then
slows dramatically as she settles in.

So, in my tinkering, I wondered, "what if the landing gear were skids,
instead of fixed?"  I tried this via ADE-98, but there was so much drag
that she wouldn't budge with the correct horsepower.  I believe this may
be related to the "footprint" of the aircraft - perhaps FS98 performs
some calculation to acheive this.

My question is, would it be possible to create a plane with skids as
landing gear, but with a small enough footprint to allow this
characteristic?  I know we had discussed earlier changing the footprint
of the plane to allow it to sit "in" the water, rather than "on" it, so
this may contradict that idea.  Comments?

Andy
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