> On Monday 30 May 2005 13:21, Jon Stockill wrote: > > I'm not certain the area that the ground cache covers, but I > > suspect it has applications beyond just contact points. ISTR > > Lee was wanting to know ground elevation a distance ahead of > > the aircraft for the terrain following mode of the TSR2s > > autopilot - could this be used? > > > > Jon > > Hello Jon, > > well remembered:) I did give some thought to look-ahead > algorithms and I think it would be possible to come up with a > rolling max/min type algorithm that would only need one > look-ahead sample per frame to get a good straight-line TF > target agl. > > Gets much more complicated if turning, of course:) > > LeeE
If you are using look-ahead algorithms for terrain following (i.e. modeling a LANTIRN pod or something) this should only be enabled when it is actually used - probably not many models need that. Certainly, the C-172 does not. Jon _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
