RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread Michael Basler
Carsten, David

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 It looks interesting -- I'll try to find time to read it in more
 detail.

If Carsten manages to get this written with time (and I am sure it will need
time) this will be a great addition to FlightGear and might buy us quite a
number of customers. The outline is quite promising, IMHO.

It might be usefeul if real pilots (no, I am not one, although I might
help, too) have a look into it from time to time.

 In the meantime, you asked for checklists.  Fortunately, I'm
 a fast typist, so here are the checklists for normal procedures in the
 1981 C172P, straight out of the POH (forgive any typos):

There are several checklists available (intended for use with MSFS, but
these are the real ones), including for Cessnas, from

http://www.flightsim.com/login.htm

Besides, they have complete manuals for several aircraft available
(including Cessnas, as I just checked, too). Obviously the makers don't
object against scanning them (or don't know about it...).

Beware: Despite the login/password thingy, basic use of the site is free.
However, if you're not a premium member (I am) you may need several attempts
to login at US peak use times. Carsten, if you run into trouble, just mail
me what you need and I can download it for you.

Regards, Michael

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 Megginson
 Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:50 AM
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 Subject: re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial


 Carsten Höfer writes:

   As You will see it's only the structure of the tutorial, but it should
   give You the idea behind it. I would like You to read it and tell me
   Your opinion. Did I miss something? Is there a better order? Is anyone
   out there to write one of the sections?

 It looks interesting -- I'll try to find time to read it in more
 detail.  In the meantime, you asked for checklists.  Fortunately, I'm
 a fast typist, so here are the checklists for normal procedures in the
 1981 C172P, straight out of the POH (forgive any typos):


 PREFLIGHT INSPECTION

 (1) Cabin

 1. Pilot's Operating Handbook -- AVAILABLE IN THE AIRPLANE.
 2. Control Wheel Lock -- REMOVE.
 3. Ignition Switch -- OFF.
 4. Avionics Power Switch -- OFF.
 5. Master Switch -- ON.
 6. Fuel Quantity Indicators -- CHECK QUANTITY.
 7. Avionics Cooling Fan -- CHECK AUDIBLY FOR OPERATION.
 8. Master Switch -- OFF.
 9. Static Pressure Alternate Source Value (if installed) -- OFF.
 10. Baggage Door -- CHECK, lock with key if child's seat is to be
 occupied.


 (2) Empennage

 1. Rudder Gust Lock -- REMOVE.
 2. Tail Tie-Down -- DISCONNECT.
 3. Control Surfaces -- CHECK freedom of movement and security.


 (3) Right Wing Trailing Edge

 1. Aileron -- CHECK freedom of movement and security.


 (4) Right Wing

 1. Wing Tie-Down -- DISCONNECT.
 2. Main Wheel tire -- CHECK for proper inflation.
 3. Before the first flight of the day and after each refueling, use
sampler cup and drain small quantity of fuel from fuel tank sump
quick-drain valve to check for water, sediment, and proper fuel
grade.
 4. Fuel Quantity -- CHECK VISUALLY for desired level.
 5. Fuel Filler Cap -- SECURE.


 (5) Nose

 1. Engine Oil Level -- CHECK, do not operate with less than five
quarts.  Fill to seven quarts for extended flight.
 2. Before first flight of the day, and after each refueling, pull out
strainer drain knob for about four seconds to clear fuel strainer
of possible water and sediment.  Check strainer drain closed.  If
water is observed, the fuel system may contain additional water,
and further draining of the system at the strainer, fuel tank
sumps, and fuel selector value drain plug will be necessary.
 3. Propeller and Spinner -- CHECK for nicks and security.
 4. Landing Light(s) -- CHECK for condition and cleanliness.
 5. Carburetor Air Filter -- CHECK for restrictions by dust or other
foreign matter.
 6. Nose Wheel Strut and Tire -- CHECK for proper inflation.
 7. Nose Tie-Down -- DISCONNECT.
 8. Static Source Opening (left side of fuselage) -- CHECK for
stoppage.


 (6) Left Wing

 1. Main Wheel Tire -- CHECK for proper inflation.
 2. Before first flight of the day and after each refueling, use
sampler cup and drain small quantity of fuel from fuel tank sump
quick-drain value to check for water, sediment, and proper fuel
grade.
 3. Fuel Quantity -- CHECK VISUALLY for desired level.
 4. Fuel Filler Cap -- SECURE.


 (7) Left Wing Leading Edge

 1. Pitot Tue Cover -- REMOVE and check opening for stoppage.
 2. Fuel Tank Vent Opening -- CHECK for stoppage.
 3. Stall Warning Opening -- CHECK for stoppage.  To check the system,
place a clean handkerchief over the vent opening and apply suction:
a sound from the warning horn 

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread Michael Basler
Sorry for the full quote... just happened.

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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread David Megginson
Michael Basler writes:

  There are several checklists available (intended for use with MSFS, but
  these are the real ones), including for Cessnas, from
  
  http://www.flightsim.com/login.htm
  
  Besides, they have complete manuals for several aircraft available
  (including Cessnas, as I just checked, too). Obviously the makers don't
  object against scanning them (or don't know about it...).

Thanks.  I took a look, but couldn't find anything except
FS2000/FS2002 checklists.  Where are the actual Cessna ones on the
site?


Thanks, and all the best,


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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread Michael Basler
David,

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 Megginson

 Thanks.  I took a look, but couldn't find anything except
 FS2000/FS2002 checklists.  Where are the actual Cessna ones on the

The file names are

manc310.zip, manc185,zip, manc172 and so on, depending which you are looking
for. I entered cessna and manual into the search routine to find them.

Regards, Michael

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[Flightgear-devel] Cygwin build problem with sprintf

2002-11-18 Thread Jon Berndt
Here's the sprintf problem again in a recent build attempt for
fg_init.cxx. Is there a fix for this for CygWin?

Jon



g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src/Include -I../.. -I../../src  -I/us
r/local/include -DPKGLIBDIR=\/usr/local/lib/FlightGear\  -c -o fg_init.o
`test -f 'fg_init.cxx' || echo './'`fg_init.cxx
fg_init.cxx: In function `bool fgSetPosFromAirportIDandRwy(const string ,
const string )':
fg_init.cxx:823: implicit declaration of function `int _snprintf(...)'
make[2]: *** [fg_init.o] Error 1



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Re: re: [Flightgear-devel] No rule to make target `new_gui.cxx

2002-11-18 Thread Martin Spott
 Martin Spott writes:

   make[2]: *** No rule to make target `new_gui.cxx', needed by `new_gui.o'.  Stop.

 Somethings not rebuilding properly.  Make sure you have a fresh CVS
 checkout, [...]

I was absolutely shure I did - but I forgot to uncomment a line in my
build-script that updates the according build-directory  :-/

Sorry about that,
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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread David Megginson
Michael Basler writes:

   Thanks.  I took a look, but couldn't find anything except
   FS2000/FS2002 checklists.  Where are the actual Cessna ones on the
  
  The file names are
  
  manc310.zip, manc185,zip, manc172 and so on, depending which you
  are looking for. I entered cessna and manual into the search
  routine to find them.

These are short checklist collections for FS2000/2002.  You mentioned
that there were actual scanned POH's available somewhere.  What I'm
most interested in are the POH performance tables for various
aircraft.


Thanks, and all the best,


David

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cygwin build problem with sprintf

2002-11-18 Thread Norman Vine
Jon Berndt writes:

 Here's the sprintf problem again in a recent build attempt for
 fg_init.cxx. Is there a fix for this for CygWin?
 
 Jon
 
 
 
 g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src/Include -I../.. -I../../src  -I/us
 r/local/include -DPKGLIBDIR=\/usr/local/lib/FlightGear\  -c -o fg_init.o
 `test -f 'fg_init.cxx' || echo './'`fg_init.cxx
 fg_init.cxx: In function `bool fgSetPosFromAirportIDandRwy(const string ,
 const string )':
 fg_init.cxx:823: implicit declaration of function `int _snprintf(...)'
 make[2]: *** [fg_init.o] Error 1
 

This seems to clear things up

Norman


$ cvs diff -c FGTrim.h 21 | tee diffs
Index: FGTrim.h
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/JSBSim/FGTrim.h,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -c -r1.2 FGTrim.h
*** FGTrim.h22 Sep 2002 15:31:09 -  1.2
--- FGTrim.h18 Nov 2002 14:06:56 -
***
*** 66,72 
 tCustom, tNone, tTurn
   } TrimMode;

! #ifdef _WIN32
  #define snprintf _snprintf
  #endif

--- 66,72 
 tCustom, tNone, tTurn
   } TrimMode;

! #if defined(_WIN32)  !defined(__CYGWIN__)
  #define snprintf _snprintf
  #endif



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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread Michael Basler
David,

 These are short checklist collections for FS2000/2002.  You mentioned
 that there were actual scanned POH's available somewhere.  What I'm
 most interested in are the POH performance tables for various

Unfortunately you are right, I should have checked before. I thought they
would provide manual + checklist if they write manual + checklist :-(

It still might be helpful for what Carsten wants to do, though.

Sorry, Michael

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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread David Megginson
Michael Basler writes:

  Unfortunately you are right, I should have checked before. I thought they
  would provide manual + checklist if they write manual + checklist :-(
  
  It still might be helpful for what Carsten wants to do, though.

I've noticed POH's and IM's (generic POH's) popping up on eBay for
around USD 10.00.  That's the place to go.  I've already ordered a
172R and a 182something or other.


All the best,


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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cygwin build problem with sprintf

2002-11-18 Thread julianfoad
Norman Vine wote:
 
 
 ! #ifdef _WIN32
   #define snprintf _snprintf
   #endif
 
 --- 66,72 
 
 ! #if defined(_WIN32)  !defined(__CYGWIN__)
   #define snprintf _snprintf
   #endif

To Norman: Good fix.

To Curt (etc.): Shouldn't this go in simgear/compiler.h instead of in every source 
file that uses it?

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cygwin build problem with sprintf

2002-11-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 Norman Vine wote:
  
  
  ! #ifdef _WIN32
#define snprintf _snprintf
#endif
  
  --- 66,72 
  
  ! #if defined(_WIN32)  !defined(__CYGWIN__)
#define snprintf _snprintf
#endif
 
 To Norman: Good fix.
 
 To Curt (etc.): Shouldn't this go in simgear/compiler.h instead of
 in every source file that uses it? 

I thought it already was there ...

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Boeing 737

2002-11-18 Thread Elad Yarkoni
Once upon a time, you were sitting and writing:

 Roel Michiels writes:
  When you start modelling the B737, here's an excellent site by on of
  the Captains I flew with at Sabena.  This man is highly proficient
  and also a simulation enthousiast.  You will find lots of info
  concerning the real-life B737 and it's caracteristics.  Hold on to
  this link !!  It'll be very useful once you start on the B737 !
  Greetings, Roel
 
  http://users.pandora.be/guy.daems/fs-how.html
 
 A 737 would be a nice plane to have...  Anybody thinking of modeling
 one?

Dave Culp fly those... and I guess we could
all just benefit from this fact ;)

All the best,
Elady.


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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-users] Error making SimGear 0.2.0...

2002-11-18 Thread Patrick Staehlin

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:33:56 -0500
Norman Vine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 I realize that Patrick needed to change the 
 #ifdef WIN32 to #ifdef __CYGWIN__
 but this should not be necessary in that WIN32 should be
 being #defined by our configure script and as it is written
 this works on both Cygwin and MingW32
 

Actually WIN32 gets defined by the configure script but
config.h/simgear_config.h isn't included in all files.


Changes to FlightGear:
-
Index: src/ATC/AIEntity.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/ATC/AIEntity.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -r1.2 AIEntity.cxx
28a29,34
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
 #include simgear/compiler.h
Index: src/ATC/AILocalTraffic.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/ATC/AILocalTraffic.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -r1.3 AILocalTraffic.cxx
21a22,27
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
 #include simgear/compiler.h
Index: src/Cockpit/hud.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/Cockpit/hud.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -r1.1.1.1 hud.cxx
22a23,26
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
Index: src/FDM/ADA.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/ADA.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -r1.1.1.1 ADA.cxx
20a21,25
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
 #include simgear/compiler.h
Index: src/FDM/Balloon.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/Balloon.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -r1.2 Balloon.cxx
39a40,43
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
Index: src/FDM/NullFDM.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/NullFDM.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -r1.1.1.1 NullFDM.cxx
23a24,29
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
 #include simgear/compiler.h
 
Index: src/FDM/flight.hxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/flight.hxx,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -r1.4 flight.hxx
83a84,87
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
Index: src/FDM/JSBSim/JSBSim.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/JSBSim/JSBSim.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -r1.5 JSBSim.cxx
23a24,27
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
Index: src/FDM/UIUCModel/uiuc_wrapper.cpp
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/FlightGear/src/FDM/UIUCModel/uiuc_wrapper.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -r1.5 uiuc_wrapper.cpp
77a78,82
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include config.h
 #endif
 
 #include simgear/compiler.h
-

Changes to SimGear:
-
Index: simgear/bucket/newbucket.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/SimGear-0.3/SimGear/simgear/bucket/newbucket.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -r1.1.1.1 newbucket.cxx
25a26,28
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include simgear_config.h
 #endif
Index: simgear/io/sg_binobj.cxx
===
RCS file: /var/cvs/SimGear-0.3/SimGear/simgear/io/sg_binobj.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -r1.1.1.1 sg_binobj.cxx
23a24,26
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #  include simgear_config.h
 #endif
-

With the patch from Norman in 014101c28f0c$271e4570$ad37ba8c@sfdev3
applied, FlightGear compiles without errors on my cygwin/gcc (there are
a lot of warnings though but most are related to new stl headers in
gcc 3.x).

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[Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

2002-11-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
I have been working a bit over the weekend on the intialization
infrastructure, especially as it relates to providing initial
conditions to the FDM's.

I created a /sim/presets area in the property manager which is where
all the FDM initial conditions can be batched up.  Things like:

  airport-id  (i.e. KSFO)
  runway  (i.e. 1R)
  offset-distance (i.e. 7 miles out)
  altitude(i.e. 2000')
  glideslope  (i.e. on a 3 degree glide slope)
  airspeed(i.e. 90 kts)

You can set any or all of these and when you are satisfied, choose
the Presets-Commit menu option.

The menu is a little clumsy and doesn't expose the entire interface.
Ideally, someone will come along and build a sensible dialog box, or
Reposition Wizard or something along those lines.

I won't claim it is all perfect yet, but it doesn't seem to seg fault
so I committed my changes.

BTW, Andy, how hard would it be to accept an initial airspeed for the
YASim models so we can do in-air starts with those?

Regards,

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

2002-11-18 Thread Andy Ross
Curtis L. Olson wrote:
 BTW, Andy, how hard would it be to accept an initial airspeed for
 the YASim models so we can do in-air starts with those?

Not hard at all.  The only reason it doesn't is that, heh, I got
really confused about how to figure out the units and precedence
rules.  Speed can be set in about a zillion ways (roll/pitch/heading
vs. x/y/z vs. north/east/down coordinates, IAS, TAS, knots, m/s, mach,
etc...), and it seemed like the FDM is responsible for figuring out
what goes where.

If you can point me at a property to read for an authoritative
velocity source, I'm there. :)

A slightly harder problem is getting the aircraft trimmed for the
selected environment.  A really annoying property of most (all?) sims
is that they start you out at the right point, but way out of trim and
you wreck the setup trying to get stabilized.  I can probably
canibalize some of the solver code for that.

Andy

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re: [Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

2002-11-18 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes:

  BTW, Andy, how hard would it be to accept an initial airspeed for the
  YASim models so we can do in-air starts with those?

Andy's concern has been the obfuscation around velocities.  We have

- calibrated airspeed in knots (forward from the nose of the plane)
- mach number (ditto)
- UVW wind/body speeds (u/v/w)
- NED speeds

The NED *should* be the ones we save and restore, since they are the
only independent ones (we don't have to set the orientation first);
however, because of problems with LaRCsim, we had to make UVW
canonical quite a while back.  It would be nice to fix that and make
NED canonical first, then twist Andy's arm until he supports them in
YASim.

There's also more to the problem.  If we're restoring a saved flight
then everything's fine, since all of the FDM state is already valid.
If, on the other hand, we're starting in the air, then we need a
general trimming routine like the one Tony wrote for JSBSim and
LaRCsim to avoid violent oscillations at startup.


All the best,


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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

2002-11-18 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 14:17, Andy Ross wrote:
 Curtis L. Olson wrote:
  BTW, Andy, how hard would it be to accept an initial airspeed for
  the YASim models so we can do in-air starts with those?
 
 Not hard at all.  The only reason it doesn't is that, heh, I got
 really confused about how to figure out the units and precedence
 rules.  Speed can be set in about a zillion ways (roll/pitch/heading
 vs. x/y/z vs. north/east/down coordinates, IAS, TAS, knots, m/s, mach,
 etc...), and it seemed like the FDM is responsible for figuring out
 what goes where.
 
 If you can point me at a property to read for an authoritative
 velocity source, I'm there. :)
 
 A slightly harder problem is getting the aircraft trimmed for the
 selected environment.  A really annoying property of most (all?) sims

Almost all professional sims have a trimming routine.  They are not only
useful for the instructor, but also very helpful when using a motion
base and control loaders.

 is that they start you out at the right point, but way out of trim and
 you wreck the setup trying to get stabilized.  I can probably
 canibalize some of the solver code for that.

It is not a terribly hard problem to solve, but does require some
patience in discovering and covering most situations.  

 
 Andy
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re: [Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

2002-11-18 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 14:41, David Megginson wrote:
 Curtis L. Olson writes:
 
   BTW, Andy, how hard would it be to accept an initial airspeed for the
   YASim models so we can do in-air starts with those?
 
 Andy's concern has been the obfuscation around velocities.  We have
 
 - calibrated airspeed in knots (forward from the nose of the plane)
 - mach number (ditto)
 - UVW wind/body speeds (u/v/w)
 - NED speeds
 
 The NED *should* be the ones we save and restore, since they are the
 only independent ones (we don't have to set the orientation first);
 however, because of problems with LaRCsim, we had to make UVW
 canonical quite a while back.  It would be nice to fix that and make
 NED canonical first, then twist Andy's arm until he supports them in
 YASim.
 
 There's also more to the problem.  If we're restoring a saved flight
 then everything's fine, since all of the FDM state is already valid.
 If, on the other hand, we're starting in the air, then we need a
 general trimming routine like the one Tony wrote for JSBSim and
 LaRCsim to avoid violent oscillations at startup.

For the record, I did not write a trimming routine for LaRCsim.

 
 
 All the best,
 
 
 David
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AW: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread Carsten Höfer
Thanks for the checklist, David. Now it's in the document!!

Carsten

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Carsten Höfer writes:

  As You will see it's only the structure of the tutorial, but it
should   give You the idea behind it. I would like You to read it and
tell me   Your opinion. Did I miss something? Is there a better order?
Is anyone   out there to write one of the sections?

It looks interesting -- I'll try to find time to read it in more detail.
In the meantime, you asked for checklists.  Fortunately, I'm a fast
typist, so here are the checklists for normal procedures in the 1981
C172P, straight out of the POH (forgive any typos):


PREFLIGHT INSPECTION

(1) Cabin

1. Pilot's Operating Handbook -- AVAILABLE IN THE AIRPLANE.
2. Control Wheel Lock -- REMOVE.


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re: AW: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

2002-11-18 Thread David Megginson
Carsten Höfer writes:

  Thanks for the checklist, David. Now it's in the document!!

Great.  I'll send the emergency checklists another time, when I feel
like more typing.  The weight and balance data and performance tables
are also needed for flight planning.


All the best,


David

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

2002-11-18 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curtis L. Olson) [2002.11.18 15:47]:
 I created a /sim/presets area in the property manager which is where
 all the FDM initial conditions can be batched up.  Things like:
snip/
   runway  (i.e. 1R)
snip/

Woohoo!  That's been on my wishlist[1] from when I first started using
FG.  Nice work, Curt.

[1] http://unbeatenpath.net/software/fgfs/Wishlist.html
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\ would be if sponges didn't live there /

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