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No.

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Have you ever tried it? I feel the prop seems to have more power now with ability to taxi at idle thrust and more rudder input being required during takeoff.

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Yes.

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I think it will affect how airflow over the tail is simulated, but without tweaking by someone who knows what they are doing, or being flown by a pilot who knows the type well, how would you know it’s realistic?

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That’s probably the reason it’s being implemented slowly by Asobo, they need a real pilot(s) of the aircraft in question to repeatedly give feedback after each tweak.

You can enable this for any prop aircraft, as long as the .cfg values for the prop are correct (Blades, diameter, MOI, pitch, etc.), then in theory the game engine should calculate it to be accurate to real life.

If you also checked the .cfg values as mentioned above against the propeller manufacturers specs and corrected them as necessary (I did this for the C208s 4 blade Hartzell prop, I found the supplement .pdf for it on their website), then NPS-wise it should be more realistic.

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Flysimware Cessna 414AW got CFD, though it does seem to be using default values:

Developer Plane NPS CFD SBS Version
Flysimware Cessna 414AW 1 4.4.0
Big Radials Grumman JRF-6 Goose 1 1.09
Big Radials Grumman JRF-6 Goose - Ski’s 1 1.09

I’m a little surprised that FSW didn’t enable NPS. I read in another thread elsewhere that it pretty much takes care of itself, but I don’t know how true that is. I may just try turning that on, and go for a few flights to see how it handles.

Okay
walking swiftly back from that, perhaps not. It needs to be tuned with several other variables.

prop_mod_use_absorbed_torque
prop_mod_aspect_ratio
prop_mod_lift_slope_cf
prop_mod_beta_def_at_ratio
prop_mod_aoa_lift_delta_deg
prop_mod_stall_aoa_scaler
prop_mod_stall_aoa_power
prop_mod_aoa_twist_delta_deg
prop_mod_lift_efficiency_cf
prop_mod_zero_lift_drag_cf
prop_mod_reverse_left
prop_mod_reverse_right
prop_mod_reverse_centre
prop_mod_ang_offset_left
prop_mod_ang_offset_right
prop_mod_ang_offset_centre
prop_mod_moment_scalar_pitch
prop_mod_moment_scalar_yaw
prop_mod_moment_scalar_roll

Whoever wrote that needs to rethink that. :slight_smile:

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Helicopter
3rd Party

Cowan Simulation|H125|X|X|X
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Update

Upcoming aircraft from Airmax514 - XB-70 Valkyrie with CFD.

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Update

  • A2A Simulations: Accu-Sim Piper PA-24: NPS
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You have the F-16, a jet, listed as having NPS. That’s a mistake.

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Ah yes thank you for the advice, that was a mistake, it has CFD. Corrected :slight_smile:

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Flying Iron Bf-109 has CFD.

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Thank you very much, maybe it has NPS as well? Flying Iron had it on all their airplanes so far.

It would be listed in engine.cfg
under prop_mod_use_modern = 1

(there is also an instructions tab in the OP)

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Yes, NPS as well.

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Got Friends Wildcat has CFD

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Does the SWS Kodiak make use of he CFD?

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They don’t use CFD for the Kodiak (only for the RV10),
still they are Dev’s who are aiming for a very good / realistic flight model,
they are just using other methods.

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Update (MSFS base & premium):

Asobo Cirrus SR22T G6:
NPS + CFD

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It’s looking like the Boeing 307 Stratoliner has CFD. I don’t know about the rest. When you turn on Aerodynamic Visualization you get the green flow lines from the running engines. These increase in intensity when in the air.

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Is there anythinh new to add to the list in 2024?