> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flightgear-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathias Fr�hlich > Sent: 22 October 2004 06:37 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] status of aircraft carrier > > On Donnerstag 21 Oktober 2004 09:11, Vivian Meazza wrote: > > Yesterday I put together some code which outputs the Lat/Lon/Alt of the > > hook tip when extended. Norman Vine kindly pointed me at the SG > conversion > > function, so I now have output in X,Y,Z. I'm using great chunks of > submodel > > code, much of which is redundant in this context, so I need to tighten > this > > up. However, I've added the function to the Seafire as a demonstrator. > > > > I still have to adjust the hook tip for compression when it's in contact > > with the ground. I'll have a first cut of all this code ready after the > > weekend, I hope. > You, do YASim for the hunter?
Yes > For the *first* *proof* *of* *concept*, you can also let the hook hang > below > ground. > That is what I actually try to do at the moment with JSBSim. > I want to have something where I can test if I can see the wires I have > now > injected in my scene. > The Aircraft I use for that is a private one with a 4-th gear at its tail. > This 4th gear has a tiny spring constant and a well defined name. A gear > named 'HOOK' interacts with a line called 'Wire'. > This is the preliminary test to find all that stuff ;) That's what is done for the hook-equipped aircraft (Hunter/Seahawk) already in the inventory > I hope to send you a version of that stuff today evening ... > I'll probably finish later today - I broke the code last night, and I can't explain either what went wrong, or how I fixed it ... The main issue now is a small explanatory text. Regards, Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
