Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

Martin Spott writes: I had the impression these two tools target at different audience. Should Blender be capable of being used for 'real' 3D CAD as AC3D does ? Much more so than AC3D, I'd think -- it has many features that AC3D lacks, like a UV editor. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

in plib yet, e.g. nurbs. Right, and 3D animation, etc., but none of those is useful for FlightGear -- we just need basic meshes. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

, though, and the FlightGear CVS repository certainly isn't. Any suggestions? Perhaps we need a new base-source CVS repository (we could put the original MDL files there as well). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] RE: CVS gripes

machine to anything we check in. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

including the Blender and XCF sources with it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] --lon --lat

time to look into this tonight, but they must have gotten broke somewhere along the way ... :-( Unable to reproduce. fgfs --lat=45 --lon=-75 works fine here. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

texture pigs, and a little scaling down might not hurt. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

panels, 3D models, and aero models, since there's not a 1:1:1 relationship among these. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

re: [Flightgear-devel] --lon --lat

works fine, as does fgfs --lat=24.5 --lon=-153 I noticed that options.cxx has support for parsing deg:min:sec as well as a straight float. Perhaps something's broken in that for longitudes in the eastern hemisphere. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

. The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal. --Peter Brimelow What's the modern definition of 'liberal'? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

, autopilot, or FMS. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] More work on c172p-3d

as well as a fuel selector, rudder pedals, and knobs for panel lighting, alt air, and fuel cutoff. I might also stick a fire extinguisher between the seats. Flap and trim position indicators will also be useful, as will a 3D mag compass. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

with all the classifications, so that we can eventually list all Cessna aircraft, all single-engine aircraft, all piston-engine aircraft, all aircraft with a gross weight under 12,500lb, and so on. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More work on c172p-3d

William Earnest writes: I could try with my digital camera and its pretty decent zoom lens. Choice is of 172N or Piper Cherokees. School is only 10 minutes from here. 172N, please -- my target is a 172P. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More work on c172p-3d

Curtis L. Olson writes: I'm also looking for close up pictures of C172S instruments. I can try to find time to take some 172R pics next time I rent C-GCVO. They should be pretty similar except for the GPS. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Blender Status

-name rather than aircraft-name/fdm-type. The bad news is that that complicates installation. Instead of installing just one directory (or archive file) for each aircraft, a user has to install two. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] 172P Progress

://www.megginson.com/flightsim/c172p-int-03.png I know that it's too blue -- more like a 1970s Cardinal. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[Flightgear-devel] Runway Lights and Undocumented Secrets of Plib

a callback to depopulate the branches once they fall out of range. That turns out to be a fairly efficient way to add many objects (such as buildings or trees) to the scenery nearby without overwhelming the system. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 172P Progress

is carburated, so it has a carb-heat knob (now modelled in the 3D cockpit) and a manual primer, but no fuel pump. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 172P Progress

goal is to look good in 32bpp and be usable in 16bpp, not the other way around. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Loading static object problems. - PATCH included

Frederic Bouvier writes: I have discovered recently that plib has ulIsAbsolutePathName in ul.lib so you can try this patch : Committed -- thanks. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Some little bugs report from an enthusiastnew user...

the textures *just* start to interfere with each other, and post the value that works for you. I've just checked in panel.cxx with POFF_UNITS changed from 40 to 4, and I'm seeing no problem in 16bpp. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Clickable 3D panel

(it will probably get washed out when the Great Reorg finally arrives). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Engine models: start-up and commonality betweenFDMs

of these? Are the people who work with sound in general agreement that they're a good thing? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

re: [Flightgear-devel] Boeing 737

Unfortunately, I wasn't there to see it. For those who don't have access to a CFS, the pilot landed to a full stop in well under 2,000ft of runway (the full runway is only 3,300ft). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Model allignment

Jim Wilson writes: Here's a patch to fix the offsets bug. The problem was the transform was just getting added to a local instance rather than being returned by the function. This is now in the CVS -- thanks. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

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

Norman Vine writes: Can we get this patch or its functional equivalant comitted into the CVS please so that we can support gcc 3.2 on Windows ? It's in. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Compiling CVS version with cygwin/gcc3.2-2....

now. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] dc3 main gear animation broken

on complaining. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Compiling CVS version with cygwin/gcc3.2-2....

Erik Hofman writes: It needs one small adjustment: Thanks -- it's in CVS now. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dc3 main gear animation fix

Jim Wilson writes: The dc3 fix is in cvs now. I'm thinking this finally fixes all the models in cvs, but there may be some others or folks might have their own local customizations. Many thanks. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

stuck to the yoke in the plane. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

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, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

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 -- David

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

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, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

re: [Flightgear-devel] Presets menu

need a general trimming routine like the one Tony wrote for JSBSim and LaRCsim to avoid violent oscillations at startup. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

re: AW: [Flightgear-devel] Flying Tutorial

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 -- David

re: [Flightgear-devel] 747 flight deck

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] question about 3d models

Erik Hofman writes: I wouldn't be surprised if that happens some time, but given Davids background I suspect he wants to put out an IEEE draft first then ... You haven't read my rants about standards bodies, have you? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] question about 3d models

scenes of a reasonable amount of formats. In practice, the only formats I've seen work with plib for fully-textured models are AC3D and MDL. All of the other loaders seem to be half-finished. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] question about 3d models

, but it seems like a waste. If you *really* feel the need to create 3D models in your text editor, use AC3D format, which is text based and well supported. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] question about 3d models

Norman Vine writes: The problem with AC3D is that it really needs a propriatary editor even if it is an inexpensive one Now that Blender is Open Source, you can create AC3D models using an OSS modelling tool and a bit of Python. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 747 flight deck

to slide and rotate. At some point we would need to be able to do some sort of multiple texturing or decals as well for more detail. That's doable, but it might also be time to think about scripting. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] question about 3d models

centered 3d space, drawing it on a piece of paper, making a list of nodes, and typing them in somewhere. Well, you can certainly try creating an AC3D file by hand to see how you like it. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Terrasync 3rd party util

how everything else gets through the firewall these days. A simple SOAP server should do it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Magnetic variation

down. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] trying to confirm

of it, but for now, preferences.xml is always loaded first. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] XML config file questions

life a lot easier. b) where do I persist the change ? to the aircraft ? to the preferences ? You should probably save to a config file in the user's home directory rather than trying to save the preferences globally. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

[Flightgear-devel] Getting Sloppy in the C172P

. geek-stuff I extrapolated most of the information from Roskam by comparing his Approach coefficient (presuming full flaps) with his Climb and Cruise coefficients (presuming no flaps) and adjusting for differences in alpha. /geek-stuff Enjoy, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Getting Sloppy in the C172P

David Megginson writes: At 70kt with no flaps, I get a nice forward slip as expected -- the ailerons can easily compensate for full flaps. I'm guessing that rudder has a little too much authority at high alpha and/or with full flaps. I'll look into it now. Please try it again now

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATI vs. Linux

an idiot when I submitted the Blender Fund story. Bloody favouritism, that's what I call it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [Flightgear-devel] RE : Binary Space Partitioning ?

, then tests what bounding spheres intersect the current view frustum. It's a pretty efficient arrangement -- it works best, of course, when the scene data is well-organized into branches and subbranches. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] simulation engines?

Major A writes: I've noticed that there is an abundance of FDMs in FlightGear. It also seems that yasim and jsbsim are developed in parallel -- is there one which is considered most universal or simply best? No. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] heading: magnetic or not?

or a user's toy. Usually it should be turned off. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] heading: magnetic or not?

don't have to adjust it manually (it's also very expensive, at least for a small plane). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] heading: magnetic or not?

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re: [Flightgear-devel] 0.9.0 release?

look OK, just tag the CVS tree, package up a minor release and let us know after the fact. We can fuss and fret over the major and stable releases. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] panel on Radeon 8500

attached. Besides, having two sets of code (and XML configuration) to do almost exactly the same thing is a little silly. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

re: [Flightgear-devel] Cannot specify --aircraft in system.fgfsrc

) preferences.xml, 2) system.fgfsrc, and finally 3) command line. We were planning to drop system.fgfsrc -- I thought we already had, but I guess it's still lurking. The processing order, from memory, is $FG_ROOT/preferences.xml $HOME/.fgfsrc command line All the best, David -- David Megginson

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Cannot specify --aircraft in system.fgfsrc

was that system.fgfsrc is system-wide, while .fgfsrc is per-user. For Windows, perhaps we should look for fgfs.cfg in My Documents or wherever (is there any concept of separate user directories yet?). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Cannot specify --aircraft in system.fgfsrc

. That should fix the init-order problem. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Cannot specify --aircraft in system.fgfsrc

typically allow both a system-wide default and a per-user default. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] terrasync

be a problem -- we can even pop up a dialog automatically the first time a user runs FlightGear. Personally, I'm waiting to use this until it works with William Riley's scenery -- I don't see much point flying around until we have roads, rivers, and railroads. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] terrasync

unpacked in the standard directory structure via HTTP, everything should work just the same. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] terrasync

the scenery tiles you actually need. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

did a test flight and had my AME do a detailed prepurchase yesterday. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] terrasync

have 100 cats that is ... That shows an almost Monty-Pythonesque antipathy towards felines. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

to type in the McCormick data and send me a copy? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Voice ATIS

with an FSS and no radar; the FSS gives a lot more guidance to landing and departing aircraft than a UNICOM does, but still without actually issuing clearances or instructions other than requiring position reports. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] panel on Radeon 8500

to look down a bit in the 3D models). FWIW, I have a joystick hat mapped to pan the view and use that exclusively. I'm thinking of switching my yoke's hat to a panner as well. The mouse also works nicely, though. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

is spread out. But the JSBSim PA-28 file is derived from all that data, I think. I won't know until I can take a look at it at home. Maybe I can grab a cheap used copy -- what's the full biblio ref? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

C. Hotchkiss writes: I've flown several times as a passenger in that particular model. Loved it. I'm in deep envy and insist on being in your will. ;-) Sure -- I'll leave the maintenance bills in your name. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] model animation bug

always stay in the same group. That's slightly less efficient, but if you picture the way the animation code modifies the tree, you'll be able to figure out when you really need it and when you don't. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

RE: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

at it this way: a VFR 1960's PA-28-140 doesn't cost much more than new minivan, either to buy or to operate. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] terrasync

? If this is the case, then rsync's main advantage is worthless to us. Agreed -- it is. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

Cameron Moore writes: For those of you that haven't been here for long, the same David Megginson made the following post back in April about his disappointing first training flight: ... I'd say that there's a 55% chance I won't continue flying ... http://mail.flightgear.org

RE: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO

David Megginson writes: I flew an Arrow-III up to Minneapolis and back this past weekend. Even with a CAS of 135 kts, I had a GS of about 80-88 kts the whole way up to Minneapolis at 6000 feet because of a cold front moving through. On the way back, I had a great tailwind

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's involved in adding photo-realistic scenery?

geek swatter, or something similar; after all between the cost of malpractice insurance and fee reductions from HMO's, doctors probably cannot afford to fly as much as they used to. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's involved in adding photo-realisticscenery?

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Auto Pilot probs in 0.9.1

on a small plane, or a complex FMS on a larger one). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] SimGear configure problem (metakit)

cleanly. Much more re-factoring of the current tests in configure is possible if people are able to test. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SimGear configure problem (metakit)

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] SimGear configure problem (metakit)

Andy Ross writes: It looks to me like a gcc invocation (as opposed to g++) is being used I missed that completely. Thanks. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SimGear configure problem (metakit)

Curtis L. Olson writes: Try adding LIBS=$saved_LIBS after the metakit version check and see if that cleans it up. Yes, that does the trick, and I see it's now in CVS. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Default startup aircraft

to support 2d panels for various reasons.) Well, let's start cleaning them up. I don't think we're too far off, and with Andy's patch to make hotspots visible, it should be easy to debug the mouse problems and to add new hotspots for 3D instruments. All the best, David -- David Megginson

re: [Flightgear-devel] Default startup aircraft

Curtis L. Olson writes: David Megginson writes: Well, let's start cleaning them up. I don't think we're too far off, and with Andy's patch to make hotspots visible, it should be easy to debug the mouse problems and to add new hotspots for 3D instruments. That sounds great. I

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Default startup aircraft

' speeds? You should be seeing a lot of adverse yaw below 70kt. 3. The rate of descent with full flaps seems less than it should be. I'll check this as well. Thanks for the input, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Default startup aircraft

is a good reminder to get on the elevator fast. On the other hand, the first 10deg isn't so bad. If you're trimmed for about 85-90kt and drop the first notch of flaps, you'll get very close to a 70kt approach speed. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Default startup aircraft

for it being the default. Thank you very much for the comments. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

re: [Flightgear-devel] Default startup aircraft

for it being the default. Thank you very much for the comments. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

re: [Flightgear-devel] c310 origin

? the ground?]. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Virtual Cockpit performance

to be done whether the gauges are moving or not. The hit's very small if you have AGP enabled (and sufficient texture memory); if you disable AGP or have limited texture memory on your GPU, life will be tricky. Lower-resolution gauge textures might help a bit. All the best, David -- David Megginson

RE: [Flightgear-devel] c310 origin

. If not, place the Z axis origin at the tip of the nose or propeller hub that the X axis origin is located at. This would place the origin for the entire axial system at the nose or propeller hub. Sounds reasonable. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] c310 origin

will be easier for others to understand. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] c310 origin

else think? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] c310 origin

the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] c310 origin

around when applying the Euler angles. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Fault modeling

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Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D model origin proposal

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