Friday 2010-03-12 Screenshots and Discussion Thread

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Just getting our slots and slats mixed up or does the slot go between the slat and the wing???? I don't know?????

In the checklists shown it states slots unlocked for takeoff and landing and locked for aerobatics, is their a page discussing what state they should be in for general flying (cruise, climb , decent)? If so could you please post the page. (here or in a more appropriate thread?).

I wonder if there is a pdf of the pilot notes around some where? I think we will need it for our training.

Cheers!

I think it could pretty much depend on what you want to do. Do you want to have the slats pop open if you pull too much on the stick during the climb? Or do you want to keep them closed and stall easier so that you don't get the bad habit of slowing down too much?
After all this is a training aircraft, the slats are some sort of "safety net" for the trainee, easy stalls on your first flights then real stalls as you go along. It will be fun to fly online with a friend who's got no flight sim experience and train them

For solo flying, these things are like auto-flaps in a sense and i think the Tiger Moth doesn't have any real flaps, so i'd use them whenever i use flaps in other planes.
Since maneuvering violently with them unlocked is not recommended, that leaves take-off and landing. You could keep them unlocked in cruise and they won't be deployed if you are going fast enough.

I've flown a freeware (but very well done) Tiger Moth add-on for FSX, the manual for it states pretty much similar stuff to the manual Rodolphe linked, that slats should be locked for taxi and aerobatics, so i think you could leave them unlocked for everything else or set it according to preference.