On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 09:22, Tony Peden wrote:
> Resets on the ground with JSBSim generally result in the c172 upside
> down on the ground.  This is due to the trimming routine attempting to
> trim the aircraft for an in-air condition.  This behavior is controlled
> by the /sim/presets/onground prop.  On startup, this is set to true (as
> it should) and on reset it is reset to that value by the
> globals::restoreInitialState(). It does, however, get set to false by
> the following code in fgInitPositio():
>      if ( fgGetDouble("/sim/presets/altitude-ft") > -9990.0 ) {
>          fgSetBool("/sim/presets/onground", false);
>      } else {
>          fgSetBool("/sim/presets/onground", true);
>      }
> 
> IIRC, that's there for LaRCSim/UIUC.  Does anyone know if it's still
> needed?

Well the UIUC Beech 99 can't do a proper on-ground reset with or without
it.  Anyone object to removing the code above?

>  
-- 
Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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