My 2cents worth.  This simulator really interests me, so I have been reading
the email.

I don't think I have ever been seen an aircraft radio which displayed the
decimal places.  The old radio were sometimes confusing.  I can think of
three different ways the radios in the airplanes I fly do it:

1.  You turn big knob, it counts as below:  02 05 07 10 12 15 17 20.. etc.

2.  You turn big knob, it counts the 50 Mhz spacing.  You turn another, it
adds 25 MHz spacing.

3.  You turn big knob, it counts the 50 Mhz spacing like 05 10 15 20.. etc.
You push button, and turn same big knob, it now counts 02 07 12 17 22 27...
etc.  You turn same big knob the other direction, it counts the "big"
numbers, 110 111 112... etc.

What I think is more important, is a radio is choosen, and then modeled
exactly.  Make it like the real thing.  I don't have the screen in front of
me, but I seem to remember the radios looking sorta like King KX155s.  (hope
I don't insult anyone, were they something else? :>) )  

Make it work just like the KX155 (or whatever).

Don Baker

 
-----Original Message-----
From: D Luff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATIS frequency selection problem


Alex Perry writes:

> 
> When you turn the big knob, the whole MHz number changes in steps of one.
> When you turn the little knob, the fractional MHz number changes,
> with the display sequence  00  02  05  07  10  12  15  17  20  ...
> corresponding to the freqs 000 025 050 075 100 125 150 175 200 kHz
> 

Thanks for the explanation.  Its all clear now.

I take it we should change the panel from 0.5 MHz on the MMB 
and 0.05 Mhz on the LMB to 1 MHz on the MMB and 0.025 on the 
LMB - would anyone disagree with this?

Cheers - Dave

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David Luff
Engines Research Group
University of Nottingham
0115-9513814
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