[Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi everybody, i made a new aircraft and placed it here: http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ It's name is ogeL. ogeL? Well - look yourself and with a little imagination... Stay young! Greetings, Torsten (Comments, bugreports etc. are welcome)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Torsten Dreyer
, Christian Mayer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Torsten Dreyer schrieb: Hi everybody, i made a new aircraft and placed it here: http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ It's name is ogeL. ogeL? LOL! (I hope that the official ynapmoc ogeL doesn't have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Torsten Dreyer
..hang on a sec: Did you make ogeL, or did Lego? Extend this a bit, and ask whether we can legally model the A380, the Wright Flyer etc. ..the test is, who made it. Inspiration can legally come from anywhere, even from Microsoft. ;o) We're wise to document all the details, however. Oh -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-13 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I have just put a new version of ogel to http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ and there are now two versions available: one is for FG v 0.9.9 and before using the old JSBSim Code and one is for current FG CVS with new JSBSim with the 2.x config-files. Also, I put into the XML files the GPL header and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comanche (pa24-250) ready for cvs

2006-01-22 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Damn - you made it before I got my Seneca ready ;-) Torsten Am Sonntag 22 Januar 2006 17:20 schrieb Dave Perry: I have modeled N7764P, the comanche 250 I co-own with 2 other Seagate engineers. In the process of doing this model, I have also improved, worked on, or added instruments, etc. to

[Flightgear-devel] JSBSim crashes when referring to undefined property

2006-02-03 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, the new JSBSim code crashes when referring to an undefined property in the function element. Example: function NAME=foo description This one will crash fg /description product propertyaero/function/bar/property

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca model is still under construction

2006-02-15 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Looking forward to flying it. Will it have a version compatible with FGv098a? Currently only the CVS version is supporting the JSBSim 2.0 config file format. So the config file has to be backported to the old file format. This is possible, but I will use my time to get it in the air first.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Question: using params in 3d model?

2006-02-18 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Nope. They work differently. You have to use normal model animations like rotate, spin, and translate based on properties. 3D instruments are no different than flaps, landing gear or any other model part. The only apparent difference is that they are typically (but not necessarily) stored in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3d instruments

2006-02-19 Thread Torsten Dreyer
was it 10 or 12 engines??? oups - was 12... --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] English Electric Lightning

2006-03-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi AJ and I have been doing a bit more work on this model. The exterior is now (nearly) as good as the interior. Hmm, perhaps not :-) Nice one! Here you can get the feeling of how to fly it http://www.thundercity.com/ --- This SF.Net

Re: [Flightgear-devel] BF109

2006-03-23 Thread Torsten Dreyer
The compass on the BF109 is 180degrees off Julien Man ... that's gonna be a hard one to fix. there is a rumour going on that the magnetic field of the earth is about to swap. I did not know flightgear is already simulating this! Torsten

[Flightgear-devel] XML Schema for configuration files

2006-03-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, I'd like to have a XML schema for editing aircraft configuration files and whould start one, if there is nobody working on this yet. I know JSBSim has one and I use it a lot when editing the JSBSim files since it makes editing a lot easier and produces less errors (if you have a capable

[Flightgear-devel] XML Schema for YASim, or: a GUI to build YASim aircraft

2006-04-10 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, inspired by the XML Schema delivered with JSBSim, I started to write on for YASim (and I have in mind to create one for the other config files, too). First, for those who do not know what the hack is a XML schema and what do I need it for? A schema is some kind of a formal description of

[Flightgear-devel] A SenecaII for FlightGear: first version available

2006-04-24 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, it's been a while, since I announced the model for a Seneca. It is a *LOT* more work, than I expected it to be so it took a lot longer than I thought. But I think I can show you what I have so far: http://www.t3r.de/fg/seneca/ The site gives you a something to look at and a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A SenecaII for FlightGear: first version available

2006-04-26 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Looks great, flies good. I managed some pretty landings after I got a feel for it. Is it supposed to pitch down so violently when the flaps deploy, though? No, that has to be improved The instrument panel is outstanding, does (will) the white dial on the airspeed indicator move to give

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Are such mirrors used in Civil Aviation A/C too? Yep, those that are towing sailplanes sometimes have a mirror. That should be an interesting thing for multiplayer: one pilot flying the towing plane and one is in the sailplane. Torsten ---

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A SenecaII for FlightGear: first version available

2006-05-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
There is an entry in SenecaII-jsbsim.xml controlling pitch due to flaps. I changed the signs and it pitches up, but way too much. Yep - the flap behaviour is crap - I'm working on an improved FDM config. Have to get deeper in my old aerodynamics books for that... So the TAS dial is manually

[Flightgear-devel] thumbnail.jpg for ogel aircraft

2006-05-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I made a thumbnail image for the aircraft download page for my ogel aircraft. It is here: http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/thumbnail.jpg Anybody out there who commits this to cvs? Thanks, Torsten --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to

[Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-05-18 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I spent some time on the Seneca II model. The update is available here http://www.t3r.de/fg/seneca/ Changes: - improved JSBSim FDM, performance data are now close to the POH data - made the engines supercharged - minor changes to airframe 3d model (doors may be opened, cowlings remodeled

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-05-19 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi Georg thank you for the latest update of your Seneca II. It is not only a wonderful artwork with many details outside and inside (like the headphone on the right seat :-) ) and a wonderful 3d-panel but also very valuable from the real pilot proven aspect. Thanks If I am not wrong - I just

[Flightgear-devel] Icing

2006-05-19 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I am experimenting with structural icing and am hacking on a little nasal script that checks outside temperature and dewpoint to guess if the aircraft is currently in a potential icing area and pack some ice on the surfaces. To get ice on the wings one thing is needed besides low

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Patch to add ... to menu bar

2006-05-20 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Anyone else tried it and decided whether this is a good idea or not? I've gotten quite used to it since it's been on my machine ;) I like it - good idea. Torsten --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Patch request to Environment/environment_mgr.cxx

2006-05-22 Thread Torsten Dreyer
.._which_ fdm? Or all of them??? I currently use JSBSim. For drag due to ice, just add function name=aero/coefficient/CDice_wing description Drag due to ice on wing /description product propertyaero/qbar-area/property table

[Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-05-30 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, here is my version 0.3 of the PA34-200T Seneca II. http://www.t3r.de/fg/seneca/ Changes: Added structural icing Added Dave Perry's wonderful prop-disc animation Animated and clickable circuitbreaker panel (still electrical nonfunction) Switchpanel: magneto switches operational (and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-05-30 Thread Torsten Dreyer
If you want do see and feel the ice in action: disable real weather fetch, goto Menu-Weather Conditions and create a nasty november day in Hamburg/EDDH/HAM: on ground 1degc, dewpoint 0degc at 3000ft -6degc, dewpoint -6degc at 6000ft -10degc, dewpoint -10degc at 9000ft -15degc, dewpoint -15degc

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-06-01 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Keep up the good work - can we expect to see this in CVS soon? I'm lazy and much prefer cvs up to faffing about with tarballs... I am not in the position to put this into CVS but I like the idea to have it there. May I kindly ask for a volunteer CVS janitor to check it in? Thanks, Torsten

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] First flight lesson

2006-06-03 Thread Torsten Dreyer
following the tradition of reporting on the progress of the respective pilot's license on flightgear-devel, today it's my turn as today I had my very first flight lesson for the Sport Pilot's License for very light I can imagine the wide grin in your face ;-) Congratulations and welcome to the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-06-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Very nice! Can you fix this link though? I get a 403 error. http://www.t3r.de/fg/seneca/SenecaII.dcm fixed - sorry. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-06-05 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Thanks, I've been looking for a good DATCOM+ example to help me understand the program. Yep, datcom is not really self explanatory :-( I learned a lot by using the examples from Bill's page http://www.holycows.net/datcom/ together with the users's manual USAF_DATCOM_UM.pdf, also linked on Bill's

[Flightgear-devel] change mouse pointer over panel hotspot

2006-06-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, is it possible to have a different mousepointer over a panel hotspot, like e.g. a hand instead of the arrow to show the user that clicking here will do something? I have no idea how to do this, but I think I whould like it. Greetings, Torsten

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Some question about panels and a big thank you

2006-06-09 Thread Torsten Dreyer
BTW I know I should read more closely the archives (because I am sure I can find the answer there) but is there a way to place a 3D object in front of a xml panel or not ? Pleeese :D You can mix 2d panels with 3d models. Look at the aircraft with 3d cockpits like maybe b1900d or SenecaII.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YF-23/yasim: how to climb to 163000 ft

2006-07-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
$ fgfs --aircraft=YF-23 --airport=knuq --disable-real-weather-fetch - full throttle - climb to 8000 ft - 90 degree bank - pull stick fully back amazingly: you don't bleed off speed, but *accelerate* - at ~1630 kt (after that the speed decreases) 0 degree bank and 90 degree pitch up -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DATCOM+

2006-08-10 Thread Torsten Dreyer
What are sensible mach/alt pairs to use? I am assuming that sea level and approach speed are one, and cruising speed and altitude are another. What else? Do I even need to define more than one? You should be fine with one alt/mach pair. I did not find any significant differences in the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Ideal/best joystick, yoke, and pedal hardware for FlightGear?

2006-08-23 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Question: what is the very best joystick, yoke, and rudder pedal hardware available for FlightGear? Preferably USB based. My best experience with simulation hardware was in a ELITE FNPT II simulator (www.flyelite.ch) with forcefeedback yoke and pedals and a nice stack of fake king

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small Bug in COM1 (Cessna C-172)?

2006-11-02 Thread Torsten Dreyer
that 911.00 Mhz is not an official frequency... Regards, Holger -- Herzlichen Gruß Torsten Dreyer - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology

[Flightgear-devel] Update for SenecaII Aircraft

2006-11-05 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all on my last flight in IMC at night I saw the effect of strobelights flashing while flying in clouds: It's like having a bright white flashing hull around the aircraft. Human performance manuals says, this can lead to vertigo, so one better switch off strobes while in clouds at night. I

[Flightgear-devel] Submodels?

2006-11-13 Thread Torsten Dreyer
It's better to be on the ground and wish you were flying, than be flying and wishing to be on ground... http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1134244 Torsten - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web

[Flightgear-devel] SenecaII: update available

2006-11-23 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, here is (yet) another brandnew update for the Seneca: http://www.t3r.de/fg/seneca/SenecaII-2006.11.23.tar.bz2 or linked to from the corresponding page http://www.t3r.de/fg/seneca/ Changes: - Fixed bug in HSI, wrong deflection of glideslope indicator and transparency issue - Added

[Flightgear-devel] Some documentation for the SenecaII

2006-11-23 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi I am currently working on some documentation for the SenecaII aircraft to make it usable for those who have no idea why this beast is not doing what they want. First, there is a little reference for the instruments and controls:

[Flightgear-devel] OSG issue 'transparent SenecaII' fixed

2006-11-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I have fixed the transparent SenecaII to work with the osg and plib versions of fg. The problem was that the prop-discs were using the same material as many other surfaces. The prop-discs get partly transparent by texture and by animation dependend of the rpm. That made other surfaces

[Flightgear-devel] SenecaII OAT indicator patch: please revert

2006-11-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I just noticed, that the outside air temperature indicator of the SenecaII was relocated due to a patch applied a few days ago. May I kindly ask to revert this patch to SenecaII.xml because of two reasons: 1. The indicator is now not longer attached to anything and it looks a bit odd to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SenecaII OAT indicator patch: please revert

2006-11-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Could you please either (A) mention the file name and (if necessary) revision number, *or* (B) submit a patch that reverts whatever you want reverted I choose (A) Filename: SenecaII.xml Current revision: 1.3 Requested revision: 1.2 The comment in the Log says: ...snip... Tom Markowitz:

[Flightgear-devel] nasal problems on dual core cpu/64 bit linux

2006-12-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, i have just installed fg on a new hardware running linux x86_64 on a dual core pentium. SimGear and FlightGear built from current cvs with pre osg. Basic setup is running - the default 172 is ok (with stunning 100fps). But with the Seneca, I get nasal errors, some reproducable, some at

Re: [Flightgear-devel] nasal problems on dual core cpu/64 bit linux

2006-12-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Heh, that's a bug in aircraft.nas that I introduced two days ago(?) and that I fixed yesterday (both branches). Just update. I should have updated not only the source, but the data on both machines :-/ BTW: foo.interval = 0.1; isn't necessary any more. It doesn't even exist. There's now no

Re: [Flightgear-devel] nasal problems on dual core cpu/64 bit linux

2006-12-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
var foo = aircraft.light.new(/sim/model/foo/light, [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 1.0]); Das klingt plausibel. Ich hatte vor etlichen Monaten mal einen Patch für einen bug in limits.nas gepostet. Hat offenbar niemanden interessiert: Index: limits.nas

[Flightgear-devel] patch for Systems/pitot.cxx due to reality experience

2006-12-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, some days ago I was flying and experienced pitot icing due to malfunction of the pitot heat :-( The malfunction was clearly noticable at the airspeed indicator which dropped to zero within a few seconds. What happened? The forward facing pitot tube was blocked by ice. The total pressure in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] nasal problems on dual core cpu/64 bit linux

2006-12-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Nope, I'm running FlightGear on a x86_64 Ubuntu Edgy on a Core 2 Duo without problem. As Melchior pointed out, this was just a plain old script bug. Problem solved by a cvs up for the data package and fixing the script bug. Thanks for helping Torsten

Re: [Flightgear-devel] osg/plib, difference in collision detection

2006-12-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
You know how it is to crash into a cow? Am Freitag, 8. Dezember 2006 11:31 schrieb Heiko Schulz: Ähm... Well - that's someting I missed. Sorry, maybe it's an bug, but I see this as a feature! That's like in Real! -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Issues compiling taxidraw...

2006-12-10 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, looks like toolsoptionsdialog.cpp does not know anything about wxNotebookSizer. That one comes from wxwidgets. - wxwidgets installed? - header files in include path? Googleing for wxNotebookSizer finds some pages saying this class is deprecated. Maybe it has been removed in the latest

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Issues compiling taxidraw...

2006-12-12 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Does anyone else on this list have SUSE 10.1 and the same troubles I do? I've read elsewhere that SUSE is not too friendly with source that might compile happily on fedora/debian/gentoo etc... I have just set up a new suse 10.1 installation. I have SimGear, FlightGear, TerraGear compiled from

Re: [Flightgear-devel] radials

2007-01-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
among other FAA documents which use the phrase inbound radial without the slightest hesitation. There are many other instances where you need to know one thing when taking the written test, and need to know something quite different for flying in the real world. Unless otherwise

Re: [Flightgear-devel] location-in-air ... magnetic bearings from the reference

2007-01-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
That's a good point. I consider it a bug in what I've written. The canonical behavior is to use the magnetic deviation at the /reference/ point. Can somebody give me a hint how to obtain the deviation at the location of arbitrary navaids and airports? The magnetic variation is calculated in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] location-in-air ... magnetic bearings from the reference

2007-01-05 Thread Torsten Dreyer
A dirty hack might be to relocate to the new position using the true bearing, reading the magnetic-variation property for the new position thereafter and relocate again using the new variation. Less dirty and more correct should be: relocate to the position of the fix, grab the magnetic

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ? cockpit lighting ?

2007-01-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi Stuart I have never actually been in one, let alone at night, so could you answer a couple of questions for me: You definitely missed something in life, especially at night ;-) 1) Presumably the panel itself is lit from behind as it is implemented currently. Is that correct? here

Re: [Flightgear-devel] broken radios : KX 165 on Seneca II

2007-01-11 Thread Torsten Dreyer
On the Seneca II model, the KX 165 radios are broken. -- When I try to tune 116.0 I get 116.99 -- When I try to tune 111.7 I get 111.69 -- But you can't just say everything is off by 0.01 MHz, because if I put in 116.01, I get 116.01. The 116.0 result is skipped, i.e. avoided! I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] c182 revision version?

2007-01-11 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I stumbled across this http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0644140/L/ It's a night shot of the real 182P panel. Maybe you're interested. Nice one. Look at the attitude indicator! Torsten - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence

[Flightgear-devel] JSBSim version in cvs HEAD

2007-01-12 Thread Torsten Dreyer
is there a specific reason, why there is the new version of JSBSim only in PRE_OSG_PLIB_20061029 and not in HEAD? Torsten - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll

Re: [Flightgear-devel] c182 revision version?

2007-01-17 Thread Torsten Dreyer
To be honest: I've never ever seen a real 182RG in the wild. As an aircraft of similar class the Centurion RG is much more likely to 'occur', Here is one that I flew a few years ago - so the DO exist! This one even has a supercharged engine (but forgot about the details)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] c182 revision version?

2007-01-17 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Here is one that I flew a few years ago - so the DO exist! This one even has a supercharged engine (but forgot about the details) http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/show.php?id=511946 Same bird (just a little muddy), another shot http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0554462/L/ with a good view on

Re: [Flightgear-devel] c182 revision version?

2007-01-17 Thread Torsten Dreyer
This airplane had a gear issue one time while he was flying and he wasn't confident (or even hopeful) that the gear were down and locked. So he declared an emergency and it must not have been a very busy day at KMSP (the local international airport) so they had him fly down there to land.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] announcing star trek runabout shuttle and questions

2007-01-24 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Is there a programmer's guide to nasal and xml? http://wiki.flightgear.org/ has a lot http://www.plausible.org/nasal is good for nasal the Docs dircectory of the fg installation And of course - source code is the best documentation ;-) Nice models - I am looking forward to a klingon vessel!

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ident from phantom DME ... and some questions

2007-01-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
In the real world, some VOR stations and even some localizers have a colocated DME station ... but there are plenty that don't. And there are standalone DME stations without a VOR. The DME has its own Morse ident, with a distinctive higher pitch. And IIRC the VOR ident repeats every 10

Re: [Flightgear-devel] hsi.xml now responds to serviceable flag (or lack thereof)

2007-01-31 Thread Torsten Dreyer
The hsi now responds correctly to simulated failure as commanded by the heading indicator item on the instrument failure popup. My handiwork can be found at http://www.av8n.com/fly/fgfs/hsi.xml.htm http://www.av8n.com/fly/fgfs/hsi.diff I have not checked other hsi-like instruments to see

Re: [Flightgear-devel] hsi.xml now responds to serviceable flag (or lack thereof)

2007-01-31 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Did you /observe/ such drift, or is it just a theory? Observation. I see no evidence of this. I do: - starting fg with a c182 - opening property browser - browsing to /instrumentation/heading-indicator - observing properties indicated-heading-deg and offset-deg - opening second property

Re: [Flightgear-devel] hsi.xml now responds to serviceable flag (or lack thereof)

2007-01-31 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2007 20:13 schrieb John Denker: For a properly-slaved DG or HSI or similar instrument, we shouldn't be looking at /instrumentation/heading-indicator/*. That's wrong. However, it is also wrong to look at /orientation/*. d'accord There is a third way, the correct way:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated c182rg model

2007-02-07 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Dienstag, 6. Februar 2007 23:11 schrieb Stuart Buchanan: There are still a number of problems - Transparency issues with the windshield - wing/fuselage disappears when seen through two surfaces. Hi Stuart, I had the same problem with the Seneca and now use a select animation for the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT]: Range of radios

2007-02-13 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Dienstag, 13. Februar 2007 15:31 schrieb Holger Wirtz: power... What I need is a simple number which should describe the maximum range og a COM1. For example 5 km? oder 20 km??? No such constant number. It highly depends on - elevation of the ground station - height above ground of the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying at/for LinuxTag

2007-06-02 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, after three great days at the Linuxtag I am back home again, leaving the rest of the crowd behind for the last day of Linuxtag. I heard so many - Thank you for your excellent work - Keep working, this is great - I can't believe it's OpenSource and free! and I want to relay these to the list

[Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft: Dragonfly - Linuxtag edition

2007-06-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, as promised the Dragonfly that was created during Linuxtag 2007 is in CVS (thanks, Martin!). The Dragonfly is a microlight aircraft built by Bill Moyes. It is pure fun to fly and due to it's slow flying speed it is ideal for scenery discovery and training flights. Have fun and please

Re: [Flightgear-devel] groundspeed property ...

2007-06-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I know I could use the groundspeed property myself, but would like to know if anyone else could make use of it . Yes - maybe for a gps and animation of spinning wheels on ground Torsten - This SF.net email is sponsored by

Re: [Flightgear-devel] improved HSI ADF(RMI) : double-shafted needle

2007-07-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, The FG HSI instrument now has a double-shafted ADF(RMI) needle, as shown here: http://www.av8n.com/fly/fgfs/RMI.jpg which is more nearly like a real-world HSI/ADF(RMI). interesting. Is this modeled after a real instrument? I have never seen a HSI containing a ADF

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport Mods

2007-07-29 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Please tell me I'm wrong, and that there is a straightforward way of getting fixed airport data into FG. At least not totally wrong ;-) To the windsock like all other objects is just a object that is placed in the *.stg file located in your scenery directory. Taxidraw tells you what stg files

[Flightgear-devel] Bug in JSBSim FGPropeller.cpp

2007-08-07 Thread Torsten Dreyer
There is a bug in JSBSim causing multiengine aircraft with counterrotating props suffer from excessive yaw when engines are running. Significant aileron deflection is required to fly straight and level. I tracked down that issue and finally came to FGPropeller.cpp line 198: vH(eX) =

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug in JSBSim FGPropeller.cpp

2007-08-07 Thread Torsten Dreyer
If the rotational rates (returned by the function GetPQR()) are zero - that is, at steady state - the angular momentum (vH) parameter will add *nothing* to the total moment (vMn). The angular momentum introduces gyroscopic effects. If the effect is too strong, it could be that the Ixx value

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug in JSBSim FGPropeller.cpp

2007-08-07 Thread Torsten Dreyer
May be i don't understand your remark, and i could be wrong, but all aircraft propeller have not the same rotation direction , some are CCWon the same aircraft some are CW on others aircraft. Correct - and some aircraft have both of it: one CW and one CCW. Sure there is no

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug in JSBSim FGPropeller.cpp

2007-08-07 Thread Torsten Dreyer
explained the Seneca's behavior to me. Perhaps someone who has flown a counterrotating twin can weigh in. The Seneca POH says: Counter-rotation of the propellers provides balanced thrust during takeoff and climb and eliminates the `critical engine` in single engine flight. Not that much of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Re: Bug in JSBSim FGPropeller.cpp

2007-08-09 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I just tried FG rebuilt with that update, with P-38L when pushing the throttle and pulling and pushing the aircraft reaction is better the aircraft heading is now close to be stable. Same here with the Seneca. And debugging the moments shows that they are now symmetrical as

[Flightgear-devel] ATC Chatter live

2007-10-02 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, if you like some extra level of reality, tune your browser to http://www.liveatc.net/ where you get live atc from interesting places like KJFK, EHAM, LSZH, VHHH and many others. Enjoy - Torsten - This SF.net email

Re: [Flightgear-devel] piston aircraft pre-flight engine runup

2007-10-05 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi Drew I just posted a patch on the JSBSim list to model this. I've been missing this for a long time. So at least aircraft that use the JSBSim FDM should see this feature soon ;-) Greetings, Torsten In real life flying of the Cessna 172/152/150, you run the engine up to 1700 rpm then

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Patch for Instruments-3d/ai/ai.xml

2007-10-10 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi any objections to commit this to CVS? Torsten Am Donnerstag, 27. September 2007 13:17 schrieb Torsten Dreyer: Hi please find attached a patch for the 3d artificial horizon. It enables the movement of the reference bar like the 2d instrument and corrects the wrong display of pitch

Re: [Flightgear-devel] bad high altitude engine behavior ?

2007-10-19 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I have a bug report I've been looking at for JSBSim that was filed by a user here. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=1739190group_id=1 9 399atid=119399 I'm wondering if this behavior can be duplicated by anyone else with the current revision of FlightGear with the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] bad high altitude engine behavior ?

2007-10-19 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Well, I'm not sure what happens if we go directly to 100Kft. I'm curious about behavior that is more normal. That is, if you start from an airport, or if you initialize at a reasonable altitude, then what happens? I don't think the engine model should allow one to climb to 100,000'. The c-172

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear/Plib periodic stutter notes

2007-10-24 Thread Torsten Dreyer
The Seneca is special in that it attaches listeners to YASim internal properties, which are updated multiple times per frame, unlike most other listeners, which run *at most* once per frame, but actually very rarely. Oh - wasn't it using JSBSim as fdm!? I hope that the stuttering is fixed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear/Plib periodic stutter notes

2007-10-25 Thread Torsten Dreyer
C-like in many ways. Probably the biggest barrier for most people is going to be getting their development system setup properly so they can compile their new code additions or changes. I sort of disagree here. Setting up a development system is not a big deal (even I managed to do it, so

[Flightgear-devel] JSBSim atmosphere != FlightGear atmosphere?

2007-10-26 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I just observed something I don't know if it's a bug or a feature: Parking any JSBSim aircraft at KSFO and simulating global warming by setting the air-temperature to 45degC and dewpoint to 40degC and observing the properties /environment/density-slugft3 and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSim atmosphere != FlightGear atmosphere?

2007-10-26 Thread Torsten Dreyer
It's not a bug, as far as I remember. As I recall, JSBSim defaults to using its own standard atmosphere. You have to tell JSBSim to use the external atmosphere (external referring to the FlightGear atmosphere). At that point, FlightGear would supply basic atmospheric values, such as density,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More compile problems

2007-11-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Any pointers appreciated! Try newmat11 instead of newmat10 Torsten - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More compile problems

2007-11-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Dienstag, 6. November 2007 16:50 schrieb will Pink: Thanks for that that has solved must of the errors, I am have configured 11 but I am getting the following error - apt_surface.cxx:359: error: 'ResVar' was not declared in this scope Is there something I need to adjust? This is strange,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More compile problems

2007-11-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Dienstag, 6. November 2007 18:03 schrieb will Pink: Yeap exacty like it ColumnVector A = U.i() * M; ColumnVector Fitted = X * A; Real resVar = sum_square(Y1) / (nobs-npred1); Nope! your resVar is lowercase and the compiler is complaining about an undeclared uppercase ResVar. I just

[Flightgear-devel] Merge JSBSim into 0.9.11?

2007-11-27 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I think we should merge the latest JSBSim code into fg before releasing 0.9.11. There are many fixes since the last merge and I'd love to have them in fg, too. Torsten - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Prerelease 0.9.11 some testresults

2007-11-29 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am Donnerstag, 29. November 2007 14:44 schrieb Hans Fugal: Is there not a way to sanity check the cloud cache size in the plib version before going ahead and segfaulting? Like notice that it's 0 and set it to the lowest valid value. It seems that this would be a simple fix, and that there's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Informal version number poll

2007-11-30 Thread Torsten Dreyer
How about a quick, friendly, positive, informal thread here to do a poll on what what folks are thinking for the next version number. Technically: 0.9.11 because it's a big step ahead, not a giant leap Personal feeling: 0.10.0 with respect to 9/11 Marketing: Make it 0.10.0 and strip the leading

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II tutorials - Torsten

2007-12-01 Thread Torsten Dreyer
somehow it seems that the used joystick axis (knobs at the joystick) do not indicate the asked maximal value to the tutorial. What do the properties /controls/engines/engine[n]/mixture and /controls/engines/engine[n]/propeller-pitch indicate when you set your relevant joystick controls to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II tutorials - Torsten

2007-12-02 Thread Torsten Dreyer
- Get the latest update from CVS - Via the Menu call Help-Start Tutorial Or - Read this http://wiki.flightgear.org/flightgear_wiki/index.php?title=Piper_PA34-200T_Seneca_II http://wiki.flightgear.org/flightgear_wiki/index.php?title=Seneca_II_Checklist

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-users] Seneca II - couple of user comments]

2007-12-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
For the upcoming release, should we select a scaling factor for the adverse-aileron yaw in the c172p and SenecaII that result in the performance more similar to the pa28-161 and pa24-250 respectively? For the SenecaII: Yes. I will work on that issue - hopefully today. Torsten

Re: [Flightgear-devel] screenshots (and snapshots)

2007-12-15 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Here is a nice shot over chicago... No antialiasing, sorry... http://www.t3r.de/fg/c172chicago.jpg Torsten - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell

Re: [Flightgear-devel] screenshots (and snapshots)

2007-12-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I have one, too http://www.t3r.de/fg/screenshots/Seneca-SingleEngineApproachEDHL.jpg showing a single engine approach with the SenecaII. Left engine is dead, prop feathered. For the perfect aviator, there is a lot to complain about this image: - above glideslope - to fast - rate of descent to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] screenshots (and snapshots)

2007-12-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I don't think, that we need a special area - there will be one on the official site and for that's enough. Yes, sure. I was thinking about a pool to collect the images to be picked for the flightgear.org site. Not as an all-time-repository. Just an idea - not really important. Maybe more

Re: [Flightgear-devel] screenshots (and snapshots)

2007-12-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I have one, too And one more, showing the Dragonfly microlight towing the FlightGear banner at Lelystad, EHLE. It has some nice shadows and shows our perfect implementation of the flatness of the Netherlands (sorry, Durk and Gijs ;-) Torsten

Re: [Flightgear-devel] screenshots (and snapshots)

2007-12-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I have one, too And one more, showing the Dragonfly microlight towing the FlightGear banner at Lelystad, EHLE. It has some nice shadows and shows our perfect implementation of the flatness of the Netherlands (sorry, Durk and Gijs ;-) Oups - forgot the link. Here it is:

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