On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 18:36, Innis Cunningham wrote: > Thanks Guys > I guess the answer is there is no stabilizer trim property. > > > Andy Ross writes > > > >Innis Cunningham wrote: > > > As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer > > > trim system in flightgear. If this is not the case then maybe some > > > kind soul could point me to the said property. > > > >What's wrong with /controls/flight/elevator-trim? > Because stab trim and elevator trim are not the same. > It is like saying a piston engine and a jet engine are the same. > They are in the fact that they both provide thrust to the > aircraft.It is how they do it that is different.
No they are not, but they accomplish the same thing *and* the great majority of aircraft have one or the other but not both. So having one property to represent the function is fine. Maybe name it pitch-trim? > > > >"Stabilizer trim" is an FDM implementation detail. The *control* > >which you modify in the property system isn't any different on a > >747-400 than it is on a PA28-161. > > > >FWIW: You can map controls to the incidence value of an htsab object > >in YASim to make this work, although all the current aircraft simply > >add the elevator trim to the tail's flap deflection. The results are > >indistinguishable. > > > >Andy > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Flightgear-devel mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > >2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your inbox from harmful viruses with new ninemsn Premium. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp?banner=emailtag&referrer=hotmail > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
