David Megginson writes: > The AI now runs off the vacuum pump, though in a relatively simplistic > way. The instrument keeps track of its spin, and will slowly spin > down when there is no (or insufficient) suction available or quickly > spin up when suction becomes available. The movement isn't quite > right (especially the spin-up), but it is sufficient for some IFR > practice. To kill the AI, either disable the gauge itself by setting > /instrumentation/attitude-indicator/serviceable to false, or kill the > vacuum pump by setting /systems/vacuum/serviceable. When the engine > is running at under 1500RPM, the gauge will also be unreliable.
Hah! That's very nasty, the AI continues to operate just fine, and then [ever so] slowly starts to drift off center, but still reacts to overall aircraft motion. I bet killing the vacuum system in a sim would be a good way to recalibrate a *lot* of pilot's egos. Wow! Good work. 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
