Attn Spam Can drivers: Need MS FlightSim reality check...

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
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"wright1902glider" wrote:

If you hold a constant speed and pitch attitude, changing
the throttle changes altitude. More specifically, changing
throttle changes your rate of climb/sink, and there's a
single throttle position where the engine is adding as much
energy to the aircraft as it is losing from drag. If you
open the throttle, the engine will produce more power and
you'll gain altitude. If you close it, you will descend.

Throttle controls thrust.
Elevator controls pitch.

Keep it simple................Karl
"Curator" N185KG

karl gruber wrote:
"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
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"wright1902glider" wrote:

If you hold a constant speed and pitch attitude, changing
the throttle changes altitude. More specifically, changing
throttle changes your rate of climb/sink, and there's a
single throttle position where the engine is adding as much
energy to the aircraft as it is losing from drag. If you
open the throttle, the engine will produce more power and
you'll gain altitude. If you close it, you will descend.

Throttle controls thrust.
Elevator controls pitch.

Keep it simple................Karl
"Curator" N185KG

Attitude + Power = Performance. You can't say that one
control does only one thing. There's too much reductionism in flight
training and it creates inept pilots.

Dan