Hi, I am observing this mailing list since some time because I am curious what is going on with Flight Gear. Since the very first versions available for Windows (1999?) I tested FG and have to tell you that you are doing a very good job, FG has improved very much in that time and much interesting development is going on. I am a FLY!II simmer due to many aspects (heli flight modell, very open system) but looking for an alternative in the future, that means in 2 or 3 years when FLY will be outdated due to the stopped developement. There are some points I want to discuss: 1. Ask for permission to copy that pictures of the TU 154 modell and show it in the FLY!II Forum to show my FlY!-friends whats going on with FG and that it might be of value to have a look at the next FG version/Win binaries. Are there any other pics of actually designed aircraft modells (beside those on your screenshot homepage), I am allowed to use? 2. Tell you that I was able last year to use FG with joystick/throttle (Saitek X45, USB) and Pedals (Simped, USB-Adapter) but since I had to change my mainboard only my pedals work with FG, not the joystick, also fgjs found only 1 joystick channel, the "pedal-one". Thats an addition to the discussions about Linux versions and not working USB joysticks, there might be a problem under Windows too - but I am not sure, I will try further to get it working. 3. The "Trademark violations could be a problem" quest Peter Tishma has a name like poison in all the flightsim-community. Even an Austrian/German Flightmagazin for MSFS wrote some articles about him in the past, they had a very bad opinion about what he is doing. Even TRI gave the Cessna and other aircraft some "general" names (Cessna -> Flyhawk ...) in FLY!II, the reason might be these trademark protection. But all the freeware-designers for FLY!, X-Plane and MSFS are undisturbed by this theoretical question and I have not heard about any problem until now. 4. BO105 helo livery As far as the livery for the BO105 is concerned (I would like to have a medevac livery) I could ask the ADAC for written permission as I am flying with their helos (NOT as a pilot) since nearly two decades and I know that many R/C pilots and even a MSFS helo designer came to us and made (officially granted) photos of our BK117. For ADAC or DRF (rescue organisations in Germany) this all is some sort of cheap PR and welcome as long as there are not conflicts in interest (may be a war game ..). We are flying a BK117 but had a BO105 in exchange for some days the last year at our base. So if anyone is interested in some exteriour photos I made at that time, I can eMail them to him.
All the best for your further work, I am looking forward to the new Windows binaries. Thank you very much in advance Georg A. Vollnhals, Bremen (EDDW), Germany (FLY!II Forum synonym HeliFLYer) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.598 / Virus Database: 380 - Release Date: 28.02.2004 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
