Actually it is fine. If I had known you could throw it in reverse, I would not have bothered with the skyhook. But I still like being able to levitate around without having to shift gears ;-) I originally wrote it last year so I could float around and look at the terrain in Afghanistan. Not knowing how to back up the magic carpet was a real handicap.
Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Melchior FRANZ [mailto:a8603365@;unet.univie.ac.at] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Skyhook (was data logging) > > > * Boslough, Mark B -- Monday 11 November 2002 20:50: > > I DID try it, but I do stand corrected. Not infinite, but > with a high > > enough acceleration to plaster an earthling pilot [...] > > Yeah, it's designed for extraterrestrials. Making it softer would > have defeated the purpose of the UFO as a 3D cursor---to read out > lat/lon coordinates and place objects etc. Maybe one could/should > tune it so that it makes for a better compromise between "realism" > and usability. > > m. :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
