On 22 Mar 2002 15:35:12 -0800 Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This commit also includes Jon's first cut at multi-fdm capability, >essentially the ability to have two instances of JSBSim. One would be, >say, the master aircraft while the other might be a bomb. The second >instance would calculate its ballistic trajectory. It's a WIP, so there is no real functionality, yet, other htan reading in multiple FDMs (I've tested the X-15 with a Mk-82 and that's *it*). My main concern at this point is to make sure that I don't break existing functionality. However, another note of warning: JSBSim in CVS is definitely in growth mode. >Of course, this is Jon's work, so I'm sure he's thinking more along the >lines of a B-52 and a certain rocket plane. :-) Well, yes, but not so much. I really want an F-16 with racks of bombs, then to fly over various parts of Afghanistan's mountanous terrain to do target practice. ;-) ;-) There are other applications that I have in mind: 1) A jet fighter with missile - the missile having its own guidance routine for flyout to a target. This should be possible given our architecture. It would be neat if we can work out a communication scheme between some onboard targeting logic (and glass display, like the MFDs in an F-16) and a missile. The JSBSim FCS components should eventually have the capability to model this kind of guidance laws, too, I think - or a reasonable fascimile. 2) An Atlas (or Delta for you Boeing guys) launch vehicle, multi-stage. 3) A lunar module, which separates the ascent stage from the descent stage. 4) A B-52 that drops an X-15 (of course). 5) Space Shuttle? The potential is definitely there. The hooks are already built into the code. Tony has even well-tested the approach I will be taking given that it is already used in the FGInitialConditions code. This is not an announcement of the feature, because it isn't even half-coded. But it is in-work, for sure. Jon _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
