On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 14:11, Martin van Beilen wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 12:59:55PM -0800, Tony Peden wrote:
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> > From is the accepted convention in aviation, hopefully that's what
> > JSBSim treats as positive.  I'll attempt to verify later.
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> No need to verify. JSB does indeed use 'from' vectors. However,
> both LaRCSim and YASim use 'to' vectors.
> 
> Please note that there is a difference between fgfs's internal
> representation of wind, and the way it is set by the user. As an
> engineer, I am partial to using 'to' vectors internally.

Yup, that is more mathematically correct.  

 That is
> internally consistent, unless you are going to tell me that
> aircraft headings are also represented as 'from' vectors.
> 
> Either way, I think we should make a choice, document it, and
> stick to it. It's not very desirable to have FDM's disagreeing
> with one another.

I think the choice has been made.  I'm sure Andy use 'to' vectors
in YASim for the reasons you state above.  

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> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:11:29 +0100
> From: Martin van Beilen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wind confusion.
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