On Thu, 16 May 2002 08:26:15 +1000, David Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <200205152226.g4FMQHoN009406@tornado>:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > As far as the SI vs. English units go, I restate my declared > > neutrality. While doing calculations *in* SI units is much safer > > and easier, I also see the advantages to representing them > > externally in traditional units. Typical (North American, anyway) > > altimeters still report feet, VSI indicators read in fpm, etc... > > Panel authors are in a poorer position to do the conversion than the > > FDM folks are. > > The easiest way to fix this is to have a properly > > /sim/metricorimperial. > > If set to 1 all values will magicly turn from imperial to metric. if > set to 0 they will all magically turn to imperial, no matter what they > were entered in. Could this be done? Thanks, ..a possibly wiser name could be '/sim/SI-metric-or-standard-english-units'. These 'standard' units are not neccesarily Imperial, some are American, AFAIK. ..does anyone use metric flight instruments anymore? The only ones I know of, were the WWII Luftwaffe and the Warsaw Pact Air Forces and "hang-arounds", possibly also the Communist Chinese AF. AFAIK, none of these were strictly SI metric. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
