On jeu 6 septembre 2007, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > Melchior FRANZ > > > > But that's IMHO the only way that makes sense. And JSBSim > > (unlike YASim) currently lacks other gear features, anyway. > > Per-gear-material-info can easily be implemented when the > > JSBSim gear gets friction/solidity/etc. awareness. The > > "the whole world is a runway" behavior is fun, but ... :-} > > > > m. > > I remember suggesting to add something like this years ago, because it's > not hard to do. It's always been a question of how to get that information > to the gear model. But, just so I am clear on one thing, the terrain > material is a property of a polygon, correct? There is no granularity > smaller than that? > > As far as "other gear features", what would those be? > > Jon > Hello, Jon,
Sure that update, would give, a better generic solution. However regarding the diff in between water and solid ground, the existing source gives everything we need to simulate that diff =1==>Within Flight control system (FCS) a combination of =>switches => cmd position norm with contact point related (gear/gear/wow) AND =2==> Within Aerodynamics a creation of Functions Can answer the request I hope to give a demonstration of it with the Catalina. As soon as possible, the most difficult to me, is to write the Nasal script which will create the property which is needed , i mean the "Type of Material". JSBSim answer most of the specific requests, without any nasal scripts, i have included in it a lot of features: differential braking (Corsair F4U-7) , differential throttle (Catalina , P-38), chute command (BlackBird), water loading (Catalina), electric components and control, some useful variable data for animations......and soon again the AAR refueling. The existing flexibility gives the tools needed, we could ask more and more, but like it was said on an other topic "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." -- Gérard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
