Hi all, hornet, the first autogyro for flightgear, is in cvs.
Because of the lack of an autogyro in flightgear I asked Emmanuel a few weeks ago, if he would like to model one, e.g. Little Nellie. Searching for information about this autogyro Emmanuel found the very detailed information about a autogyro hornet designed by Don Shoebridge and therefore we decided, to build the hornet in flightgear. We are very pleasured, that Don gave us any detailed information about the hornet we asked for and exported his SolidWorks model for fligthgear (!!!!!!!). Emmanuel converted it and made some simplifications and added animations. Information about the Hornet you can find here: www.gdt-systems.com If Don gets a flightgear-cvs build running on his pc he will probably help us optimizing the FDM. To fly the hornet just start the engine (if not running). You can accelerate the rotor by hand by pressing "n". Then full power and let the rotor accelerate while taxiing. By pulling the stick you can even accelerate the acceleration. In air it flies similar to an airplane, but you can land nearly without any forward speed. Have fun with the first autogyro for flightgear. Maik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
