Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > Water isn't the only other material that should be modelled. There are also > other materials such as grass and soil. Right now, I can take a short cut > across the grass in any airport without concern, and these sort of behaviours > should bring some consequences. =) > > > > Ampere > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d >
And for all the rotor heads out there, the surface area of the ground makes a huge difference to a helicopter in real life. e.g.. Tall grass is much preferable to concrete for emergency landings and high performance takeoffs. A smooth surface can seriously degrade hover in ground effect performance. OTOH, a bumpy surface can greatly increase the chance of dynamic rollover. Improving the ground material system would lay the groundwork for adding modeling for those effects to YASim. (though VRS, autorotation and translational lift are probably all more important) Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
