David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Martin Spott wrote:
>
> > Hello David, I like your PA-28 very much, but I can't resist to note
> > that there is one 'feature' that is really annoying (I must admit that
> > this word is a bit too strong in this context !):
> > At least in the outside views the aircraft rotate around its nose.
> > It's difficult to tell if the cockpit view is correct but there are
> > signs that it suffers from the same effect (this effect already existed
> > before your recent changes). It would make the aircraft even prettier
> > if this would get fixed.
>
> Thanks. I skipped most of the recent discussion on this point -- was there
> any consensus on how to set the aerodynamic centre point for a 3D model?
Actually, it isn't that. It is just the location that the "camera" points to.
You don't want it pointing at the nose. So add the entry below to the
external views in your xml wrapper that track the plane. The value is the
distance in meters from the FDM reference point (the nose in this case).
Usually something near the wing looks right. It does not need to be exact to
anything in particular. This example was taken from p51d-yasim-set.xml:
<view n="1">
<config>
<target-z-offset-m archive="y" type="double">3.949</target-z-offset-m>
</config>
</view>
Best,
Jim
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