Updates to Published Projects
F-104C Starfighter Version 2.3
The F-104C has leading edge flaps (not slats) now, which significantly lower the landing and takeoff speed (-~30-40 km/h) and increase AOA stability. The nosewheel steering is also less sensitive now.
All G4 Crafts
Look back translation has been added to the cockpit camera. The area under the fuselage has also been flattened if necessary, so it is easier to install a cockpit for people who are interested in that sort of thing. This affects the F-16C Viper, F-4S Phantom II, B-26B-50 Invader, and the F-104C Starfighter.
University is taking up a lot of time, so I'm currently not working on anything big. The next project is probably going to be the NF-104A, since it's a modification rather than an entirely new aircraft.
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@ReinMcDeer Hey man I'm modifying a SHERMAN Firefly and they told me that you know how to make tank tracks without mods can you help me?
@ReinMcDeer why i said similar
@OwO The 747 has Krüger flaps which are different from slats and leading edge flaps
@ReinMcDeer oh, ok
i found a diagram...
is it similar on the 747, where as it rotates and folds out wards and down vs the edge sliding downwards?
super cool to have little devblogs that pop up each now and then from you.
keep up this stuff, it's super awesome
@OwO Sort of? A leading-edge flap looks like a standard control surface (i.e. F-16, F/A-18) while a slat creates a gap between itself and the wing (i.e. F-14, A-4).
The terms are often used interchangeably though.
@ReinMcDeer ooooooooh
so wait, its a control surface on the leading edge that makes it differ from a slat?
@OwO
NASA Technical Note D-6943: Flight Measurements of Buffet Characteristics of the F-104 Airplane for Selected Wing-Flap Deflections (PDF)
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"Some of the first wind-tunnel studies indicated that buffet could be alleviated or reduced through deflection of wing leading-edge and trailing-edge flaps... (Friend & Sefic, 1972, p.3)."
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"The wings have leading- and trailing-edge flaps... (Friend & Sefic, 1972, p.4)."
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"Deflection of the leading-edge flap produced some delay in buffet onset... (Friend & Sefic, 1972, p.12)."
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Table 1. (Physical Characteristics of the F-104 Airplane) refers to leading-edge flaps (Friend & Sefic, 1972, p.16).
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Figure 2. (F-104 wing panel) refers to the control surfaces on the leading-edge of the wing as leading-edge flaps (Friend & Sefic, 1972, p.20).
The leading edge flap part confuses me because there are no sources confirming that a "Leading edge flap exists"
more so that the mechanism is called a slat because its on the leading edge and functions exactly as the trailing edge
and my information is sourced from NASA
if you know more please enlighten me
my knowledge might not align with yours
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