Josh Babcock schrieb: > AJ MacLeod wrote: > >> My only request at this stage is an easy one - that the aircraft starts off >> with the parking brake engaged. There are few things more irritating than >> having the fg screen fade in only to find yourself pitching off the carrier >> deck or into the nearest windsock! > > > Hmm, rather than force everyone to start with the P-brake engaged, why > don't you just set it in your preferences.xml file? This is the sort of > thing that really has nothing to to with the aircraft, and everything to > do with the procedures that an individual pilot likes to follow. > > I always find it irritating when an aircraft designer thinks that they > know better how I want to operate in my little world than I do. > > josh > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > Hi, I really did a lot of Harrier flights as I am a vertical flight fan. And so I have to state that AJ is right as you *always* have some horizontal forces when starting FG/Harrier and it is *very* annoying to move off your position if space is somehow limited (ship, special terrain) *although* I am with my fingers on SHIFT/b immediately and fast (I think at least).
Ok, I solved this *for me* with starting FG with "--prop:controls/gear/brake-parking[0]=1" but this is not a good general solution for other FG users not familiar with the property system. The Harrier in this stage of development is a nice add-on but very difficult and strange to handle due to the actual flightmodel, that is a pity. But it is as difficult to develop like the helicopter flightmodel, I think. The newer versions of the Harrier have an artificial stability system which makes it a lot more easier to fly the aircraft in low speed procedures - may be the force is with us and we'll see something like that in FG some day :-) Regards Georg "HeliFlyer" EDDW _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
