Performance upgrade...

[Fozzer]

Hello Aircraft Designer Chums... ...!

If/when I wish to upgrade my standard little Cessna 150 Aerobat, Piper Cub, etc, with a slightly larger Lycoming/Continental motor, giving more power and speed for Aerobatic, etc, purposes.....assuming no problems with weight and balance... ....(possibly involving an Airspeed Gauge replacement)

Which particular entries in the "Aircraft.cfg" notepad file for the Aircraft require modifying to achieve this?..... ....!

...many thanks......!

Paul....G-BPLF....FS 2004....FS Navigator...(Additional fuel consumption no problem!... .... ......)... 8-)...!

[JakesF14]

Paul, assuming you did'nt replace the piston engine with a jet or turboprop in your Cessna, you can play around with the bold parts:


[piston_engine]
power_scalar = 1.0

[Fozzer]

Ta, Jake....

...for the advice....a good start...will try it out......!

The Catapult with the elastic band wasn't very successful for increased Speed.....a very short term experiment... ....

Paul... ... ... ...!

...saved your File for reference......!

...the Firework Rockets didn't work either... ....!

[JakesF14]

The Catapult with the elastic band wasn't very successful for increased Speed.....a very short term experiment... ....

You might consider the elastic band option for naval exersizes   hie hieee!   

[Brett_Henderson]

This is fun stuff..

[Fozzer]

Ta , Brett...

Thanks for the input....Fascinating read... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

What generated my interest in a spot of "power-boosting" was the highly aerobatic Piper Cub Video which Rotty Daddy posted a few days ago.... ;)...!

http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaB ... 1259505486

I quickly found out that I could no-where near perform such outrageous maneuvers with the standard Piper Engine installed.... :(...!
I found out after, that he had installed a larger engine to perform to the Crowds.....without endangering the airframe...(which I thought a bit surprising!... :o...;)...)...!

Interestingly, my standard, lightweight, little Cessna 150 Aerobat (C150_v2), already has a surprising turn of speed as standard, (which it is why it is one of my favourite aircraft in my Hangar), with up to 140 knots cruise speed, properly trimmed, 1/2 a wing of fuel, with just lil' old me on board...(and a bit of a tail wind), to beat a Cessna 172, etc, to the post!.... :-*...!

http://www.flightsim.com/file.php?cm=SE ... 150_V2.ZIP

She already "red-lines" on the old "speedo/knotmeter", bless her, so any increase in speed with a bigger motor would necessitate changing the Airspeed Gauge!... ;D...!

An interesting experiment in swapping engines, props, etc... ;)...!

Paul....G-BPLF...FS 2004.....and my Baby Cessna 150...>>> http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/mybabycessna.jpg