On Monday 19 June 2006 22:45, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> Melchior FRANZ wrote:
> > We have /position/altitude-agl-ft in the property tree (-0.1946648994
> > ft). But what the (old) HUD code uses for "RadioAltimeter" is
> >
> > /position/altitude-ft - /position/ground-elev-ft = 6.202537
> >
> > Clearly, the 6 ft make more sense than any negative number. What why
> > is altitude-agl-ft wrong? I'd need the 6.202537 in the property tree.
> > How would I call it? /position/correct-altitude-agl-ft, or what? :-}
> >
> > m.
> >
> >
> > /position/altitude-agl-ft = -0.1946648994
> > /position/altitude-ft = 4527.586407
> > /position/ground-elev-ft = 4521.38387
>
> Could this have been introduced early on as a hack to compensate for a
> difference between the wheel contact point and some aircraft reference
> point higher up on the aircraft structure? It looks pretty suspect to me.
Which FDM did you try?
I know there is a subtle difference between JSBSim and YASim.
I agree that these three properties should fit together.
I will look into that.
Greetings
Mathias
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