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An aircraft, or a wing, stalls at a certain angle of attack. AoA is the angle between the relative airflow and the chord of the wing. An aircraft can stall at any airspeed. However, the AoA at 1G, where lift equals weight, you find the Vs1, or Stall speed at 1G. In theory, this stall speed is only dependent of the relative airflow. It doesn't matter if the aircraft is travelling at this speed in still air, a huge fan is blowing the wind at the aircraft or the airmass is moving. It's the wind speed that meets the wing that is important. So, if your stall speed is 100 kt, and you're facing a 20 kt headwind, the indicated airspeed (IAS, the speed relative the air) will be 100 kt, but the ground speed (speed in relation to the ground) will be 80 kt. Wind does not affect the IAS stall speed. But, it's good airmanship to allow for shifting winds and gusts, so you should add speed so that the aircraft won't stall because the heavy aircraft won't change it's momentum as fast as the light air will.

Thanks Sokol1! But I need a wiring diagram showing me which pin on the register that goes where. This pic from the MMJoy2 wiki doesn't tell me everything... are those resistors between VCC and the pin? What resistance are they? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MMjoy/mmjoy_en/master/img/Hardware%20connection/Shift%20register%20project.jpg You need to hold my hand in this project as well... ;)

Hi guys! I'm building a controller using a Teensy 2 and some 74HC165 shift registers. I have made a controller with a button matrix, but shift registers are new to me. How should I connect switches to the shift register, and how should I connect it to the Teensy board? Anybody got a tutorial? Also, I want to use both buttons and rotary encoders. Do they connect to the shift register in the same way..?

It's just a stream of the left eye view. I can't imagine it hogging much resources.

Old low res, but maybe useable? http://www.arcair.com/awa01/501-600/awa519-Viggen-Toll/23.jpg

I got the Ultrawings flight game yesterday. You fly with the touch controllers, and it works surprisingly well! Granted, this is much simpler aircraft than we are accustomed with in DCS, but still. I must say that Ultrawings give me hope for touch controllers in flightsims in general. Quite fun game too! :)

It's a bug! The Viggen was flown by decendants from Vikings. And Vikings, as we all know, don't freeze! ;)

Ok. I asked, because I've seen some people call the control surfaces 'flaps' :) I can't say I have noticed the flaps move, besides when extending and retracting gear. Will have a look...

By Flaps, do you mean the flaps on the canards or the control surfaces on the main wing?

You could hang a Rb04 on the center hardpoint, but only for ferry. But its radome would be peppered with sand and debris from the nosewheels, so it wasn't really practical. The idea was to ferry a missile out to a road base. But as most (virtually all) Viggens carried X-tanks this would take some time to re-arm.

I'm using these features as well, in combination with a trackball. Works great! :) I will also try voice recognition for comms and the F keys.

Glad to hear it! That sure is a nifty little tool SkateZilla made! :)

I don't feel that the scale is off in DCS. It just feels right... The depth perception is spot on. I wonder if this may be some problem with setup of the VR hardware and software? Wrong position of the sensor? I don't know. All I know is that it looks great to me.

That looks like a nifty tool...

SAAB Är stor!

I bet you just fetched that reference straight from your memory..! ;) I'll go and have a look...

Another poster in my FB thread says throttle had to be above 90% max dry thrust in order to retract the gear. I haven't seen anything in the SFI about this.

Another AJ pilot has replied that the lock sound could be heard in flight. He also mentioned that the gear could not be retracted when the throttle was at idle. I haven't tested that in DCS...

Sure you can! https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=160053

Yes, it's evidently possible to set just flap. But I doubt anybody but the JA drivers ever tried it, and they didn't want to be that low on speed and energy in a fight for flaps to be practical.

Ah! I misunderstood the problem. :)

I don't think it was very practical... More of "a guy did it once". But it was evidently possible.

Well, since I can't confirm it myself, I have to go with plausible ;) I wondered if the first answer was from a JA pilot, since my friend, who also answered "huh?" flew JA. Could be a difference between the versions then..? Or, a theory I will present for my JA friend; Fighterpilots focus too much on themselves to notice the aircraft... ;)

I think that's a good idea. Sound is one of very few feedback systems available in home PC flightsims, and can be a substitute for tactile feedback, if done right. BTW, I just got another reply that said the sound was very audible in the AJ... I guess we'll have to go with a 'PLAUSIBLE' on this myth... ;)

I got a reply to my question on fb, from a retired Viggen pilot. He could not remember hearing the lock sound, and he thought he should have remembered it if he had heard it, since it must have been a recurring sound. My friend the ex JA 37 pilot says more or less the same, and he added: If you ask Viggen pilots, I think most of them will say "what sound?" :) The sound is there! There's no question about that. But based on these two answers I'd say that it shouldn't be too audible, especially not with "hear as in helmet" option activated.