[AR] Re: supersonic retro (was Re: Re: Falcon 9 flight today)

  • From: Ray Rocket <ar0cketman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 10:30:40 -0700 (PDT)

Nate said:


> That said, I probably wouldn't trust X-Plane's results regarding
flying into your exhaust plume at a supersonic velocity on Mars
without checking pretty carefully.

That's the beauty of open source Flight Gear instead.  You can actually examine 
the code and assumptions.  Well documented, research grade flight dynamic 
models available.

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