David Megginson wrote:
 > Andy Ross writes:
 > > I agree in general.  I'd suggest the use of -fraction or somesuch
 > > instead of -pct if the range is 0:1, as it is for most of these
 > > properties currently.
 >
 > An earlier suggestion was -n for "normalized", which is probably the
 > most accurate (and has the advantage of brevity).  Is there any
 > standard unit abbreviation that conflicts with that and is useful for
 > flight simulation?

Forces in newtons, although the unit is capitalized in normal usage.
While not a showstopper, if we do go to metric someone is going to get
confused between "throttle-n" and "thrust-N".

How about -u for unit length?  Or the slightly more verbose -norm or
-frac perhaps?  I'm fine with whatever.

Andy

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