Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Friday 06 April 2007 02:39, Csaba Halász wrote: Nick had some trouble with the tacan on the lightning, so I had a peek at it. Worked for me all right. However, the instrument needle works as if it were a fixed compass card indicator, which it isn't. So there should be an additional rotation

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Nick Warne
On Friday 06 April 2007 02:39:24 Csaba Halász wrote: Hello! Nick had some trouble with the tacan on the lightning, so I had a peek at it. Worked for me all right. However, the instrument needle works as if it were a fixed compass card indicator, which it isn't. So there should be an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Csaba Halász -- Friday 06 April 2007: However, the instrument needle works as if it were a fixed compass card indicator, which it isn't. So there should be an additional rotation applied to adjust for the a/c heading. Umm ... but without the patch it *is* a fixed compass. The scale doesn't

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Friday 06 April 2007: Umm ... but without the patch it *is* a fixed compass. The scale doesn't rotate, Ahh. It works with fg/osg, but not fg/plib. Unfortunately, two developers boycott the plib branch, and someone else has to do their work. Very annoying! m.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Melchior FRANZ
Committed. * Melchior FRANZ -- Friday 06 April 2007: Unfortunately, two developers boycott the plib branch, and someone else has to do their work. Very annoying! While true, this wasn't the cause here. (I had suspected a connection to the interpolation table bug that someone only fixed in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Csaba Halász
On 4/6/07, Nick Warne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many people *actually* tested the TACAN and located the tanker aircraft with it, rather than just sit in the cockpit and see the needle/gauges work? I did, at least three times. But I used the refueling_demo_1. Greets, Csaba

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Nick Warne
On Friday 06 April 2007 14:00:14 AJ MacLeod wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 13:29, Nick Warne wrote: OK, I know people think I am seeing things, but I just sussed out what is going on. I'm not so sure :-) Here is what happens for me. The TACAN works, but it doesn't locate the aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Nick Warne
On Friday 06 April 2007 14:00:14 AJ MacLeod wrote: The tanker in refueling_demo doesn't have TACAN at all. In fact, I think we have a bit of needless duplication with those demos, and one of them could be removed without too much pain... OK, Csaba found the bug I was seeing, and he fixed it,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Vivian Meazza
Nick Warne wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 14:00:14 AJ MacLeod wrote: The tanker in refueling_demo doesn't have TACAN at all. In fact, I think we have a bit of needless duplication with those demos, and one of them could be removed without too much pain... OK, Csaba found the bug

Re: [Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-06 Thread Nick Warne
On Friday 06 April 2007 23:10:25 Vivian Meazza wrote: Nick Warne wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 14:00:14 AJ MacLeod wrote: The tanker in refueling_demo doesn't have TACAN at all. In fact, I think we have a bit of needless duplication with those demos, and one of them could be

[Flightgear-devel] lightning tacan

2007-04-05 Thread Csaba Halász
Hello! Nick had some trouble with the tacan on the lightning, so I had a peek at it. Worked for me all right. However, the instrument needle works as if it were a fixed compass card indicator, which it isn't. So there should be an additional rotation applied to adjust for the a/c heading. Patch