Howdy,
I looked up a few things in the CRC handbook. I was wrong. An
automobile *is* capable of more than 1G acceleration. The static
coefficient of friction of rubber on 'solids' ranges from 1 to 4.
That would be the max accel for a car.
Now, someone suggested (sorry I forget who) that the old type A
trader will only turn at 0.4G's not 1G for lateral acceleration.
Now, a corresponding angle of bank for an aircraft is about 45
degrees. Now most aircraft rarely exceed that. It's kinda rare
that you get on an airliner that banks that steeply. Flying
traffic patterns (landing & take off) under normal circumstances
you only use a 30 degree angle of bank (0.15G's). Having any less
control than a stick and rudder for routine delicate maneuvers like
that would be needlessly risky.
Have you tried any flight simulator programs? Well, it's a heck of
a lot easier to fly with a stick than it is with a keyboard.
(mouse... etc.)
Wildstar:
Yeah, I forgot about the Harrier & the Forger. That's what you get
for posting with a stuffed head. But I rather doubt that about the
MiG-21. One of my flight instructors was an ex soviet frontal
aviation pilot. He said the MiG-21 was a pig with weight to thrust
somewhere around 6 : 1. Also, when they get *That* light on fuel,
you can't afford to go very far. And there's a *huge* amount of
unusable fuel in the MiG-21's tanks.
2G Scott^Z