Jon Berndt
>
> > I really don't understand the requirement as to having the origin
> > at the same location for all the FDMs.
> 
> That's not necessarily true. The requirement would be that the FDMs use the
> coordinate system that they need to use, but publish a known point on the
> aircraft in its (the FDMs) frame. 

EXACTLY

> > why don't we just agree on a name to use for the origin and require
> > that its location be specified in the config file.
> 
> This is exactly what I've been pushing for in that last day or two.

Seems like years from here  :-)

> Another important specification to require is the coordinate frame
> orientation, as I have outlined previously (yesterday).

Ooops my mistake I should have used 
"center of axis aligned bounding box"

< off the top of my head >
'defined as the space created by the intersection of three sets of planes 
each set corresponding to one of the three axial planes positioned such 
that the axis aligned object touches all 6 planes'

HTH

norman





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