Alex Perry writes: > > I'm still not entirely certain that I understand. I know that you > > don't think in terms of absolute yoke position when you're flying, any > > more than I think in terms of absolute steering-wheel or gas-pedal > > position when I'm driving, but perhaps you can verify that this is > > right: if I hold the yoke in *exactly* the same position and move the > > trim wheel, the elevator surface will not move; only the amount of > > force required to hold the yoke in position will change. Is that > > right? > > Yes.
OK, so our whole FGControls system is actually kludged right now for a particular class of controllers (ones that spring back to a neutral position), rather than an abstract representation of control position. Our elevator value is actually relative deviation from the zero-force position rather than absolute deviation from the centre, and our elevator-trim value is actually deviation from the centre. Ouch. That's fairly intuitive for sprung joysticks, but it makes no sense for the keyboard or mouse, much less force-feedback devices. There's no use wasting time on it now, but that's something we'll need to look into in the future. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
