[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] /controls/gear/tailwheel-lock=true means ... unlocked?!

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:29: The first sounds right (the confusing lock). I'm not sure exactly what the second idea is about. The meaning was reversed, which could be fixed by either reversing the value or the name. The second possibility was to reverse the name, and thus

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the problem of the view

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Spott
Dave Culp wrote: After I asked a bit around, I came to (my) conclusion that making external changes trough custom data on the Scenery is a pain. No chance to get custom Sceneries (not just objects)  really good to run. Karsten Krispin wrote: [...] But there would be a better way: The

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Dave Culp
Actually, Karsten wrote this: Dave Culp wrote: After I asked a bit around, I came to (my) conclusion that making external changes trough custom data on the Scenery is a pain. No chance to get custom Sceneries (not just objects)  really good to run. And I wrote this: Karsten Krispin wrote:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Karsten Krispin
Am Mittwoch 11 Mai 2005 09:18 schrieb Martin Spott: Dave Culp wrote: I don't believe that cutting holes into the scenery at runtime meets the performance expectations of FlightGear users. Therefore we already have an airport database where everyone can submit their favourite airport

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Model: AC130-H

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Morrison
Besides the small matter of getting permission from the original modeller to modify and release under the GPL.Separating out all the objects and animating them can be nearly as hard as building the model from scratch.MSFS use a different approach for animation they build different objects for

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Spott
Dave Culp wrote: Therefore we already have an airport database where everyone can submit their favourite airport definitions they make with TaxiDraw. Can we put defunct airports into the database? I already did. I think there are numerous British defunct airports on the list as well,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: I already did. I think there are numerous British defunct airports on the list as well, ^^^ disused airfields, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Dave Culp
disused airfields, OK, this would then not be the same as an airport that no longer exists? I would think some people would have a problem with having these added to the scenery. Dave ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread David Luff
On 11/05/2005 at 09:50 Dave Culp wrote: disused airfields, OK, this would then not be the same as an airport that no longer exists? I would think some people would have a problem with having these added to the scenery. Airfields which still exist but are now disused can be submitted to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Geoff Reidy
Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the problem of the view

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Geoff Reidy wrote: Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Curtis L. Olson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 18:34: I think this is a very minor issue Agreed. I wouldn't have asked if I had thought that this even is a controversial topic. I though it's clear which of both are preferred by the majority of *users*. Developers don't have that 'problem', anyway.

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Melchior FRANZ * Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Andy Ross
Melchior FRANZ wrote: Curtis L. Olson wrote: I think this is a very minor issue Agreed. I wouldn't have asked if I had thought that this even is a controversial topic. I though it's clear which of both are preferred by the majority of *users*. Maybe an elegant solution would be to write an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Model: AC130-H

2005-05-11 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
On May 11, 2005 09:47 am, Ben Morrison wrote: How long would you say it would take you to create this model, just so I have an idea.   It depends. How much data have you gathered? The more data you have, the less guess work you have to do, and the quicker you can get the model to look right.

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Model: AC130-H

2005-05-11 Thread Ben Morrison
When you refer to data, are you referring to the dimensions of the aircraft? If so, I have all of this data already. The problem I see is my lack of experience with Blender and the fact that I am a computer programmer not a graphics artist. If someone enjoys drawing models I would be happy to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Geoff Reidy
Curtis L. Olson wrote: Geoff Reidy wrote: Also I've got some pretty nice screen shots taken at 1400x1050 with anti-aliasing and with the 3d clouds that I could put on a web page if they could be useful. Send them over and if they meet some minimal level of aethetics I'll get them posted.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Model: AC130-H

2005-05-11 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
On May 11, 2005 01:35 pm, Ben Morrison wrote: When you refer to data, are you referring to the dimensions of the aircraft? Sort of, but dimensions of parts on the aircraft would be a better description. =) Ampere ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
What kind of graphic cards do you have?! Ampere ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Andy Ross -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 19:19: * * Melchior FRANZ wrote: [stuff] Maybe an elegant solution would be As I said on the IRC channel (you know, the place where the real decisions are made :-), I don't think that this is something that people would use. Even less so if the results

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 May 2005 16:49:19 +0100, David wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/05/2005 at 09:50 Dave Culp wrote: disused airfields, OK, this would then not be the same as an airport that no longer exists? I would think some people would have a problem with having these

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Geoff Reidy
Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: What kind of graphic cards do you have?! Ampere It's an Nvidia 6600gt, more specifically a Leadtek 6600gt tdh. Nice card and I think the 6600gts are the best bang-for-the-buck card at the moment on linux at least. Having said that the first card I got was defective

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2005 16:49:19 +0100, David wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/05/2005 at 09:50 Dave Culp wrote: disused airfields, OK, this would then not be the same as an airport that no longer exists? I would think some people would have a problem

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Dave Culp
Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..treat these fields the same way we treat the WTC Twin Towers, axe'em down on 9/11/2001. Hmmm, I sure any insenstivity here was not intentional Insensitivity, or perhaps Tourett's Syndrome, which I've always suspected anyway, and isn't his fault. Dave

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Erik Hofman
Andy Ross wrote: Maybe an elegant solution would be to write an interface where the user could select which views appeared in the V/v cycle. Then the default list could include the more attractive chase view, while those interested could re-select helicopter view if they wanted it. The whole

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Dave Culp Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..treat these fields the same way we treat the WTC Twin Towers, axe'em down on 9/11/2001. Hmmm, I sure any insenstivity here was not intentional Insensitivity, or perhaps Tourett's Syndrome, which I've always suspected anyway, and isn't his

[Flightgear-devel] RE: Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 25, Issue 17

2005-05-11 Thread Mostyn Gale
--- Martin wrote: Mostyn Gale wrote: In the meantime I will just do a few warmup projects, i.e. A Robinson R22, Piper PA25 Pawnee and Cessna 152. Luckily you decided to choose the C152. In contrast to the C150 people already consider the former to be a real aircraft whereas

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Josh Babcock
Jim Wilson wrote: From: Dave Culp Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..treat these fields the same way we treat the WTC Twin Towers, axe'em down on 9/11/2001. Hmmm, I sure any insenstivity here was not intentional Insensitivity, or perhaps Tourett's Syndrome, which I've always suspected anyway, and isn't

[Flightgear-devel] RE: Thanks

2005-05-11 Thread Mostyn Gale
- ghours wrote: I have tried to make two helicopters as close as possible to the specifications 1/ CH53 seastallion: mass:36700 pounds 2/ AS330 puma : which is 16300 pounds it is very difficult to give the good delta and rellenflaphinge parameters according to the real

RE: [Flightgear-devel] RE: Thanks

2005-05-11 Thread Jon Berndt
You might want to post this to the JSBSim mailing list, too. There is a growing amount of discussion there about modeling helos in JSBSim, if that is what you are aiming for. Jon - ghours wrote: I have tried to make two helicopters as close as possible to the

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Model: AC130-H

2005-05-11 Thread Innis Cunningham
Ben Morrison writes The problem with this approach is that I have no experience with modeling aircraft. I have downloaded blender and played around with it but that's about it. How long would you say it would take you to create this model, just so I have an idea. I was also wondering if

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 May 2005 14:09:20 -0500, Dave wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..treat these fields the same way we treat the WTC Twin Towers, axe'em down on 9/11/2001. Hmmm, I sure any insenstivity here was not intentional ..apologies, my point was we show these

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:59:26 -0400, Josh wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jim Wilson wrote: From: Dave Culp Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..treat these fields the same way we treat the WTC Twin Towers, axe'em down on 9/11/2001. Hmmm, I sure any insenstivity here was not

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrain Replacments trough other sources

2005-05-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 May 2005 13:46:08 -0500, Curtis wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2005 16:49:19 +0100, David wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Airfields which still exist but are now disused can be submitted to Robin - there's some of those

Re: [Flightgear-devel] RE: Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 25, Issue 17

2005-05-11 Thread Martin Spott
Mostyn Gale wrote: I chose the C152 because it would be fairly easy to model. In any case I would imagine that the C152 and C150 would be pretty close in performance. Oh, the C152 has 20 % more engine power. People who know both aircraft told me this makes a significant difference. Cheers,