Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-06 Thread David Megginson
Arnt Karlsen writes: ..I should have asked: how far back/down of peak temp? Carb heat helps you down the temperatures on leaning way back, how far down? I'll check next time I'm up. I don't trust my EGT all that much, since it measures only one cylinder -- with a fixed-pitch prop, I find

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-06 Thread David Megginson
Ryan Larson writes: Carb heat on non-fuel injected engines helps keep the venturi from being plugged up by ice. This can happen with air temps as high as 100F and relative humidity of +50%. This normally happens when you are about to land or make a long decent. When you bring the RPM's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-05 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: A couple of months ago, people agreed that it would be better to start with a 3D cockpit by default. I've finally got around to making the following changes 1. c172 is now an alias for c172p 2. c172-3d is now an alias for c172p-3d 3. Starting without an --aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-05 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Thanks for doing this. I have one minor nit (which is probably an easy thing for a flatlander to miss.) :-) I don't see any way to adjust the mixture (without resorting to the property browser.) Aside from that, it looks great. Not me -- the mixture is the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:43:54 -0500, David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Curtis L. Olson writes: Thanks for doing this. I have one minor nit (which is probably an easy thing for a flatlander to miss.) :-) I don't see any way to adjust the mixture

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-05 Thread David Megginson
Arnt Karlsen writes: ..heh, and you the emacs'er balance that by running lean-of-peak? ;-) I am afraid that I do no understand your insinuation. If I'm on the side of the angels with one, should I not be on their side with both? ..how far back can you drag it before it starts running

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:33:35 -0500, David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Arnt Karlsen writes: ..heh, and you the emacs'er balance that by running lean-of-peak? ;-) I am afraid that I do no understand your insinuation. If I'm on the side of the

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft

2003-03-05 Thread Ryan Larson
Carb heat in the POH's and on the web. Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Arnt Karlsen Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Change to default aircraft On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:33:35