Alan King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > The 'nose' is a bad choice for either the viewing center or the FDM center.
It wouldn't be an FDM center. It is only an easy to define reference point. > Everything works around the POS. The nose is just an arbitrary point how ever > many feet ahead. Or that point is an arbitrary distance from the nose, which isn't arbitrary in most cases. > > I can sort of see the choice if this started from RC, since some people fly > by the nose. But the best place of reference to fly a plane in 3D from outside > is really the center of the wing, just where you'd expect from all the forces > actually working around that point. > The 3D Model of the aircraft will be exactly in the correct location in the 3D world and it will look like it is in the correct location. It makes no difference at all in regards to what you are describing. The appearance will be the same regardless and the translations which are required for the camera are trivial. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
