FWIW, when flying I have often wanted to see trim indication so I think the popup is valuable. I don't know whether there should be more trim indication in plane cockpits or (because of the already-cramped screen) if a popup is a better approach, but I like the always-available popup idea.
Numbers are fine by me; although I won't know at first whether 0.05 or 0.45 "will kill me", I will quickly learn some kind of semantics after a few tries. A graphical indication (maybe an addition to the HUD) is another idea - perhaps more intuitive but likely harder to code. This is here now. On 7/3/07, John Denker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This implements a popup to show the position of the flight controls > and trim. > > This is a workaround for the many aircraft that still lack usable > trim indicators, cowl flap indicators, et cetera. > > "TRIM SET" is a checklist item in every aircraft I've seen; it's > kinda hard to have a realistic flight when there's no trim indicator. > > Proper functioning of the popup is dependent on the recent "validate_format" > and "flight control polarity" patches to the source tree. > > http://www.av8n.com/fly/fgfs/flight-control.diff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Hans Fugal Fugal Computing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
