On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 05:19 PM, Julian Foad wrote:
>> <units>feet</units> > I believe this primarily affects the interpretation of other command-line > options. > >> <model-hz>120</model-hz> >> This specifies the rate at which you want the Flight Data >> Manager to run... > I believe FDM = Flight Dynamics Model. > >> <nav n="0"> >> This defines the first (or 'zero-th' for you C programmers) >> navigation radio. > I believe this refers to the direction display instrument which is > connected to the first navigation radio, not the radio itself. > >> <has-gs-needle>1</has-gs-needle> >> The nav radio has a ground speed needle... > I believe gs = Glide Slope. NOW gs = glide slope makes sense. I've been around nav people too much ) >> <needles-pivot>1</needles-pivot> >> The ground speed needle pivots... > I believe this means that ALL needles on the instrument pivot (twist) > rather than slide. > >> <dg> >> When I see 'DG' I think Directional Gyro. I'm not sure if that >> is what this DG means, but i doubt it. > I believe it does mean the Directional Gyro. > >> <altimeter-datum-mb>1013.25</altimeter-datum-mb> >> I assume that this is the setting for the WGS-84 datum. > It is the pressure setting on the altimeter, that can be adjusted by > turning the knob on the altimeter. I assume that it is in mm of Hg? > Unfortunately I don't know the answers to your other questions. > That is far more answers that I had before. Thanks! Jonathan Polley _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
