Wing high speed vapor trails (vortices)

Author	Topic: Wing high speed vapor trails (vortices)
Pete Hawk Pilot	posted 08-08- 04:48 AM I'm sitting hear wondering about having a vapor trail come off the wings when my Harrier flys screaming fast. (Same with my other jets). Has anyone thought of a way to do this? I thought about querying the airspeed, but I don't know of a way to say "do this (thin white smoke) at OVER 300 knots." I'm gonna ponder this more but wanted to get anyone elses thoughts. Thanks IP: Logged
Gecko Pilot	posted 08-08- 06:53 AM Is there a way to add self repairing damage to a plane? Probably not, but if possible, one could make the wingtip 'damaged' after a certain force is exhibited on a wing (in a sharp turn, where the trails appear), thus emmitting smoke, and then after the turn is over, perhaps the damage can be nullified. -Gecko IP: Logged
wakeup tailgunner Pilot	posted 08-08- 07:08 AM I'd have a look at the properties for the panel instruments. There is a Qry function for the dials which is attached to a DOF to make instruments work. If you could link this function to a smoketrail, it may work. I was planning on something similar for my B17 project. I wanted to produce vapour trails from the enginess at high altitude - 20,000+. I'll let you know if I can make it work. IP: Logged

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