On Sat 19 May 2007 18:40, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I recently noticed that the F80C has a tendency to flip upside > > down on the > > runway and then keep rolling along upside down hanging from its wheels. > > > > This diff adds contact points at the wingtip fuel tanks and at the nose > > and tail. I also moved the visual reference point 185" back to match the > > origo of the 3d-model file. I think that was better than changing the > > offset of the 3d-model since the aircraft following views in FlightGear > > centers on the VRP. > > > > NOTE: The F80C FDM does not document where the origo of the structural > > frame is, so I assumed that it was at the nose (which seems to > > agree well with the position of the landing gears). > > We ought to mention where our structural frame origin is per aircraft > model. > > Also, the problem with the aircraft flipping is probably due to landing > gear specification. It has nothing to do with the visual reference point, > of course. I thought I had checked this model out once in JSBSim by itself, > and it seemed fine. Maybe I am recalling wrong. I'll try to take another > look. Where did this one come from - Dave Culp's Hangar? > > Jon > Hello Jon,
F80C is a Dave Culp Aircraft , it is available from CVS. To me is working fine , but i can be wrong. Regards -- Gérard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
