Jim Wilson wrote:
> Sent: 23 July 2004 16:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Tried the Spitfire > > Very nice! Ok if I borrow the pilot dude for the p51 cockpit? Please do - but note that he's wearing RAF blue serge trousers (pants :-)), and 1940's pattern life jacket (vest) and the wrong flying helmet/goggles. I expect some smarty pants will notice. I'm going to animate him shortly. > Now, should it come up running like the other A/C? My personal preference > is > to not, but I think in the past folks have prefered aircraft already > started. Tough one, because when I get the propeller sorted there should be the possibility that the aircraft will nose over if started on full throttle. > FWIW (after release) I think a preset "e.g. --auto-start" that defaulted > to > true, and was overridden as true automatically for mid air starts, but > otherwise could be set false by the user so aircraft never come up running > on > the ground would be nice. Along this line it should be possible to have > aircraft running after reset as well if --auto-start was enabled. I like it - it's the way that Flight2 does it. Personally, I like to start with the engine shut down. It forces pre-start checks, and makes the whole thing more realistic. I was also following the example of the Bo105. Regards, Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
