> ..for flight in other atmospheres (Mars, Venus, Jupiter, or in > fluids like water), which atmosphere model is easier to work from? > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
I started work some time ago on making JSBSim accept a different gravity model. This was specifically for flight over the surface of other planets. The atmosphere, of course, needs to be modeled differently. Right now we model a standard atmosphere within JSBSim, and perhaps soon a variable, weather-aware atmosphere. I would like (someday) to model other atmospheres. I do have a copy of an older Gramm model of the Mars atmosphere in Fortran. JSBSim will likely have (*if* we someday do model other planetary atmospheres) at least a rudimentary standard model for those planets we choose to model. This is not something we (or at least I) am currently spending any thought on, other than that it is something I'd like to do. Of course, the things one needs to keep in mind are the constituent gases, the specific heat ratio will differ from that of earth, etc. I am not sure how this would fit into JSBSim's FGAtmosphere, though. Perhaps as a table read-in? Jon _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
