-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 David Megginson wrote: > On 12/10/2007, AnMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I prefer starting with engine off (and not at threshold) so why not add >> support for starting >> somewhere else than end of runway? Starting at the gate for example (makes >> sense for 787 but not for >> the warrior) or in a hangar (if such exist at that airport). > > You probably wouldn't want to start in a hangar unless you wanted to > animate a little pilot with a sore back pulling the plane out onto the > apron -- it's extremely rare to start the prop when the plane is > indoors. In front of a hangar might make sense, but with the nose > angled away so that the prop blast doesn't blow back into the hangar. Maybe add tow truck to flightgear? I wouldn't want to pull an English Electric Lightning for example (would it even be possible?)
/AnMaster > > Seriously, I think we should make it easy to start the way you want, > but there's a lot of work involved. The original aircraft config > system was designed to make it easy for users to override default > settings at runtime, but I notice now that lots of people use Nasal > scripts (etc.) to forcibly override default properties, so you're > pretty-much stuck with whatever the designer decided until we have > time to clean up all the config files. > > > All the best, > > > David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHD6ngWmK6ng/aMNkRCiaXAJ9bHthmtolIcQTMmYDDBHMBSSFw3ACfQnjZ 70E1Gs1YKfTXAVY67/yNsY0= =PeL1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
