While reading some material on Aerodynamics, I found this parte on Angle-of-
attack Rate Derivatives, and the following Text seemed very interesting
regarding what I can currently experience in MSFS2020. “The derivatives with
respect to rate of change of angle of attack ˙ α arise primarily from the time
lag associated with wing downwash affecting the horizontal tail. This affects
the lift force on the horizontal tail and the corresponding pitching moment;
the effect on vehicle drag usually is neglected.” "The wing downwash is
associated with the vorticity trailing behind the wing and, since vorticity is
convected with the local fluid velocity, the time lag for vorticity to convect
from the wing to the tail is approximately:
taken into account, of if the Flight Model System is instantaneously changing
Tail Angle of Attack, without taking into account the Delay there is for the
Downwash from the Wing to reach the Tail, this depending on the Arm Distance
between the Wing and the Tail. This seems like a very important characteristic
to model, that can have profound impact on the Pitch Axis Handling of all
Airplanes in the Sim. And if I remember correctly, on the Legacy Tab, the Cmα
Deriv is shown with 0s Thanks!
Regards, Sylvain