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Flaps play a key role in the approach and take-off phases of the flight and are understood by most flight simulator pilots who use X-Plane and and Microsoft Flight Simulator. But how are they designed? Aircraft in the video include the Zibo 738, Toliss A321 and mSparks 744 in X-Plane 11.55 (Vulkan).
This video requires some background knowledge which was explained in the first video of the series here: • The Lift Equation | Ae...
This is by far my most elaborate video to date. After a lot of mucking around with Python and a bunch of testing, I've now got a nice foundation of software to build on for future videos. Buckle up!
If you're still reading here, let me know your thoughts in the comments and hopefully we can have a chat!
My system specs:
RTX3070
32GB RAM
AMD Ryzen 9 3900
X-Plane 11.55 (Vulkan!)
Timestamps:
0:00 Why flaps are a big thing
0:44 Recap
2:05 CL vs. alpha
3:54 CLmax
4:38 Different types of flap
6:34 Bringing it together
7:42 Flap structures
Add-ons used during recording:
Orbx TrueEarth
Origami Studios Gatwick EGKK
Aerosoft Frankfurt EDDF
Ortho4XP
World2XPlane
Zibo Mod 737-800
FlyJSim Q4XP
FlyJSim 727
Toliss A319
mSparks 744
Enhanced Skyscapes
Active Sky for XP