On Tuesday 19 February 2008 20:05, alexis bory wrote: > LeeE wrote: > > On Friday 15 February 2008 16:36, ricardo freitasfilho wrote: > > > Hi, I'm doing some simulations of a airship using the aerosim > > > blockset and the flightgear. It is usefull if there is a may > > > to get the information of the scenery buildings so we can > > > avoid these building in the simulation. I was reading one of > > > your answers and I got interested in how can I send these > > > information to the blockset. Can you help me with that? > > > > I found, while working on a terrain following/avoidance system > > for some of the aircraft I've done, that the Nasal > > geo.elevation(<lat>, <lon>) function will return the height of > > buildings or other structures e.g. bridges located at that > > <lat>,<lon>. > > > > There are not any in-built FG scanning schemes/mechanisms > > though, so you'll have to design and implement one in Nasal to > > fit your needs. > > > > Have a look at the cvs BAC-TSR2 TFA nasal stuff to see the > > simple look-ahead scanning schemes I've done. Both of the > > schemes I've used just perform a single track look-ahead scan, > > compensated for yaw but not for turning flight (yet). > > > > LeeE > > I don't know if it could be useful or just pertinent, but I > modeled one of the features of the Intruder's Terrain avoidance > radar. It displays the ground elevations relative to the > aircraft's datum line. the radar shadow is also computed. > > Have a look at the A-6E the display is just under the video > Attitude Indicator. Any comment welcome. > > Cheers, > > Alexis
That looks pretty neat - nice aircraft Alexis. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
