> Hi, > > I am experimenting with structural icing and am hacking on a > little nasal script that checks outside temperature and > dewpoint to guess if the aircraft is currently in a potential > icing area and pack some ice on the surfaces. > To get ice on the wings one thing is needed besides low > temperatures: water. > Any idea to find out, if the aircraft is currently within > clouds (usually made of water)? Or even better what type of > cloud, to guess the severity of icing? > > I tried /environment/visibility, but that stays to whatever > is visibility on ground. Is there another property for > current visibility? > > Thanks, Torsten
The UIUC guys have donea lot of research in this area. You miht google them (UIUC SELIG ICING) and see what comes up). Jon ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
