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Post by tippedtop on May 20, 2007 3:44:46 GMT -5
If an aircraft is at its maximun ceiling, what happens if the player wants to climb. Is he simply just unable to do any climb at all, or is there some sort of incresing risk - as with overdiving - depending how much the player goes above the ceiling limit ?
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Post by Stephen on May 20, 2007 7:49:43 GMT -5
Nope... he just can't climb any higher. The plane reaches its ceiling and simply stops.
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Post by joseki on May 20, 2007 12:46:27 GMT -5
Lift vs mass. The higher you go the less air there is to fly on. When you get high enough that the lift generated by your wings cannot overcome the mass of the airplane you simply do not go any higher.
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Post by tippedtop on May 20, 2007 12:51:43 GMT -5
Thanks !
yet another very informative answer !
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Post by kirkh on May 23, 2007 14:58:25 GMT -5
That's true, however there is a difference between absolute ceiling and service ceiling. I'll have to dig thru my old design books but absolute ceiling is what joseki mentioned while service ceiling is attained when rate of climb drops below a certain number. For DP purposes though, the numbers on the aircraft data cards represent absolute ceiling.
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