The spinning propellor (on c172-3d) needs a bit of work. It spins even when the model is parked and the engine stopped. If pause mode is on, it spins more slowly but still does not stop.
With magnetos off but starter engaged, the tachometer shows about 600 RPM (i.e. 10 revs per second). The propellor spins at one and a bit revs per second. I think the propellor is supposed to be directly driven from the engine crankshaft, but I'm not sure. The two blades are not twisted relative to each other: one blade is pushing and the other pulling. The transparency feature is not working for me, so the propellor disc suddenly appears as an opaque object. I have applied David Megginson's plib-smoothing.dif and my plib (from CVS) already appears to have the equivalent of the transparency patch. That bug may be the only reason for the following observation: The disc that fades in at higher speeds is solid grey for me. It needs to have a (radial) colour profile that matches the blades, i.e. mostly black with some red bits. The expected grey appearance will come automatically when a partially transparent black disc is displayed over a light background (sky etc.). But nevertheless it is a nice fun, eye-catching feature. - Julian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
