[Flightgear-devel] Gear rumble

2002-06-03 Thread David Megginson
Andy Ross writes: Even in the lightplanes I've been in, you can't hear the squeal from the cockpit over the noise of the engine. Is it possible that the tire squeal is one of those cultural things* that we're all supposed to expect, even though it doesn't really happen? In a C172, you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Gear rumble

2002-06-03 Thread Gene Buckle
much of it you can actually hear and how much you feel instead, but since we cannot shake the user's chair, the rumbling is a good idea. It's actually more along the lines of a low frequency sound produced *by* the vibration. I'm going to simulate this by driving a 12VDC motor with an offset

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Gear rumble

2002-06-03 Thread Erik Hofman
Gene Buckle wrote: much of it you can actually hear and how much you feel instead, but since we cannot shake the user's chair, the rumbling is a good idea. It's actually more along the lines of a low frequency sound produced *by* the vibration. I'm going to simulate this by driving a 12VDC

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Gear rumble

2002-06-03 Thread Gene Buckle
Did you already find a solution for the gun? This was the most exciting part of the F-16 simulator, it sounds (and feels) just lik a gimlet hitting the concrete ;-) Erik That's a way down the road yet. :) I'm working on getting my avionics straightened out right now. On the up side, I