Jim Wilson writes: > David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Curtis L. Olson writes: > > > > > I would think that if we are going to have the engine running at > > > startup, we really should have either the parking brake set, or the > > > sim come up paused/frozen. > > > > Perhaps, but if we get the idle speeds reasonable, it won't be too > > bad. Having the brakes on by default would be a bad thing, since > > first-time users might have trouble figuring out how to release them. > > > > True, but for that matter first time users might have trouble > figuring out how to open the throttle :-)
Sounds like we need to organize a focus group. :-) I'm worried though that if the new user goes scooting off down the runway at 40 knots before they get a chance to focus in on what is going on, that will leave a negative impression just as much as starting with the engine off or anything else that diverges significantly from the 'expected'. We always manage to save a few glaring wart suprises for the final release so maybe we'll just have to live with whatever we end up with here? Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
