Jim Wilson writes: > Please don't make us use the toe brakes with nose wheelers! I > tried some taxiing yesterday after your patch and while it is > perhaps too tight, it seems to respond to certain conditions like > speed and one engine out in a twin, more or less properly. Whether > or not it is spot-on accurate, is not that important from where I > sit, because I think that it would vary considerably between > aircraft (Is even a c150 a good representation of c172 behavior?). > The biggest requirement for me is I can still line up on the runway > with a single axis.
You can do it without toe brakes, but you need a bigger turning circle. For problems like this, though, I believe that we should model the aircraft as realistically as possible, then solve user problems in a higher layer (perhaps binding some small brake action to the same axis as the rudder, at the extreme ends, as Andy did originally in YASim). Left and right brakes are also bound to ',' and '.' on the keyboard, and you can bind them to joystick buttons if you want, but then you're stuck with a choice between no brakes and full brakes. Another option is to bind the keys to increment the brakes by, say, 0.05, so that you can pump the key or button to get partial brakes. > I'd say that would be a c150 thing. If you place the eye properly > and the panel properly in the simulation then it'll work out as it > should. I would suggest placing the eye for an average 5' 4" > female pilot so we at least have a fighting chance without owning > an $80 controller. A $15 mouse should do it. With the 3D cockpit, I find myself flying with my left hand on a joystick and my right hand on the mouse, in view mode. > > The motion sickness was a big problem -- I was still experiencing > > vertigo 6 hours after the flight, and feel slightly unsteady even this > > morning even after a good night's sleep. > > Try going as early as possible in the morning. For me its the > rough air that gets it trigger. I've never sat in the Pilot's > seat, but can say vertigo is a problem for me as well in small > planes. Clear sunny days are the worst because of the updrafts. > The size of the plane makes a difference in how it reacts to the > turbulance (and closeness to the ground that creates the > turbulance). When I'm travelling on business, I find that business class helps a lot and first class is a sure cure (when I have enough points to upgrade). Unfortunately, most of my customers are on the east coast now, so I'm stuck flying in 50-seater one-class-fits-all commuter jets instead of nice, wide 767s. > > not be so bad, though lessons will be slightly more expensive. Right > > now, I'd say that there's a 55% chance I won't continue flying but I > > Should we start a pool? ;-) It's down to 45% already, after reading all the friendly and reassuring responses to my initial post. Thanks, guys. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
