From 11b583b54ead74820a5bc8e5f2a2c0af14f74f96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aross <aross> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 03:24:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the new "idrag" attribute on wing objects. --- Aircraft-yasim/README.yasim | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Aircraft-yasim/README.yasim b/Aircraft-yasim/README.yasim index b2ba7968e..392a1b812 100644 --- a/Aircraft-yasim/README.yasim +++ b/Aircraft-yasim/README.yasim @@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ wing: This defines the main wing of the aircraft. You can have Defaults to zero. dihedral: The dihedral angle of the wing. Positive angles are upward dihedral. Defaults to zero. + idrag: Multiplier for the "induced drag" generated by this + surface. In general, low aspect wings will + generate less induced drag per-AoA than high + aspect (glider) wings. This value isn't + constrained well by the solution process, and may + require tuning to get throttle settings correct in + high AoA (approach) situations. hstab: These defines the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft. Internally, it is just awing objects and therefore work the