Re: [Flightgear-devel] updrafts...

2008-09-25 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Friday 26 September 2008 01:00:32 Syd wrote: VFR flying in these BC mountains is pretty unrealistic , atmosphere wise , which is why I want to attempt this . You can clear a ridge at 50 feet if you want , without the danger involved I.ve been on a few rides where cresting a ridge and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] updrafts...

2008-09-25 Thread Stuart Buchanan
--- On Thu, 25/9/08, Syd wrote: I 've been pondering an idea of adding updraft/downdrafts to the environment, probably as a part of turbulence , so it can be enabled/disabled... My idea is to calculate wind-speed-from -down , by checking wind speed , direction , and the normal of the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] updrafts...

2008-09-25 Thread Syd
Thanks for the replies folks, glad to know earlier attempts partly successful :).I'll post here if I think I'm making progress with it , but since I seem to have half a dozen projects going at once it might be sow going Cheers.

[Flightgear-devel] updrafts...

2008-09-24 Thread Syd
Hello everyone , I 've been pondering an idea of adding updraft/downdrafts to the environment, probably as a part of turbulence , so it can be enabled/disabled... My idea is to calculate wind-speed-from -down , by checking wind speed , direction , and the normal of the scenery triangle

Re: [Flightgear-devel] updrafts...

2008-09-24 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, Hello everyone , I 've been pondering an idea of adding updraft/downdrafts to the environment, probably as a part of turbulence , so it can be enabled/disabled... My idea is to calculate wind-speed-from -down , by checking wind speed , direction , and the normal of the scenery

Re: [Flightgear-devel] updrafts...

2008-09-24 Thread Syd
Heiko Schulz wrote: Hi, Hello everyone , I 've been pondering an idea of adding updraft/downdrafts to the environment, probably as a part of turbulence , so it can be enabled/disabled... My idea is to calculate wind-speed-from -down , by checking wind speed , direction , and