On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:30:38 -0800 (PST), Alex Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Curt comments: >> Erik Hofman writes: >> > Alex Perry wrote: >> > > I see nothing wrong with a fireball feature ... a PLIB sequenced 3D >> > > animation that gets loaded from a file (if requested by config option) >> > > and triggered to be played by the rising edge of the "crash flag". >> > >> > Well, the way I see it, The whole time were pretending to be the pilot, >> > and then upto the point we crash all of a sudden we are a bystander? >> > That's not logical. Lets make the screen black ... >> >> Fade gently to black ... ? > >Check whether the "outside view" flag is set. If yes, use the fireball >sequence as above. If no, use the afterlife sequence. The latter is >from the fgfsbase/Scenery/Afterlife/$religion/ directory and replaces >the normally rendered scene. The default "None" we provide in the base >package is simply a black screen (as Erik suggests). The ideal, but probably unobtainable, result would be a excerpt from the accident investigation report: 'The aircraft impacted nose down with an angle of approximately 83 degrees to the vertical and 3 degrees of bank. There was no evidence of rotation about any of the aircraft axes. The airspeed was approximately 250 knots. The state of the spinner, recovered portions of airscrew, and engine crankshaft suggest that the engine was at flight idle with the blades feathered. Upon impact the engine rotated about the lower rear mounts, breaking through the firewall as it did so. Whilst it later detached from these mounts it initially rotated through approximately 130 degrees, reducing the occupancy space in the area of the forward seats as it did so. This is consistent with the severe trauma to the lower limbs and chest suffered by the pilot...' or: 'The aircraft left the sealed surface at a speed of approximately 10 knots. Almost immediately the left main gear entered a drainage ditch and the aircraft tipped forward until halted by the left forward portion of the engine bay. Damage to the airscrew was extensive but the engine retained its integrity as the shock-loading was not great. .... The occupant had fitted, and was wearing, a four point harness. This restrained him and, whilst shaken, he was released from hospital the next day after being kept in for observation. .... There was extensive damage to the airscrew, left main undercarriage and the left wingtip. This damage is repairable. Shock loading to the engine, whilst not great and causing no visually evident damage, will require its replacement.' Or maybe just a balance sheet: Replacement Aircraft: X Litigation (Surviving Passengers and Relatives of non-survivors): Y Funeral Costs: Z Lost revenue: P Increased insurance premiums: Q Do we know anyone from the NTSB or AAIB? :) Rick -- David Farrent and Dougie O'Hara on the Cold War role of the ROC: 'What a world of sorrow is hidden in those few words - "[Post attack] crew changes would have been based on crew availability."' _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
