Stuart wrote: > > Sent: 04 December 2007 22:16 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear prerelease > > > > --- Durk Talsma wrote: > > Another question: we always have a limited number of > aircraft that are > > in the distribution, with the rest being available as separate > > downloads. We like to > > keep the number of aircraft constant, and representative of the many > > types of > > aircraft supported by FlightGear. Is there any pressing > reason to swap > > one > > aircraft for another one? IIRC, there have been some suggestions of > > replacing > > the 737 by the 787. FWIW, we currently have the following > selection of > > aircraft (Taken from Makefile.am): > > > > > data/Aircraft/UIUC \ > > Ditch this - I don't think we have any UIUC aircraft in > common use (though the Wright Flyer might be) > > > data/Aircraft/c172 \ > > data/Aircraft/c172p \ > > c172p should be included as it is mentioned extensively in > the docs and has basic tutorials. > > > data/Aircraft/c310 \ > > data/Aircraft/c310u3a \ > > Much as I like the c310 - it's now very primitive compared > with recent aircraft. Replace with the Seneca II. > > <snip> > > > data/Aircraft/j3cub \ > > Include as a nice easy taildragger. > > > data/Aircraft/Hunter \ > > data/Aircraft/p51d \ > > > data/Aircraft/pa28-161 \ > > I'd suggest replacing this with a complex single, say the > pa24-250. Then we have a nice progression from training to > complex twin. > > > data/Aircraft/Rascal \ > > Does anyone actually use this? > > > data/Aircraft/T38 \ > > I'm sure that there are better jets, but I'm not familiar > with them in enough detail to suggest a replacement. > > > data/Aircraft/ufo \ > > data/Aircraft/wrightFlyer1903 \ > > As Melchior says - ditch as no-one uses it. > > I'd also suggest that we include a carrier-capable jet as > well - seahawk? >
The Seahawk is the most complete carrier-capable ac that we have, so if we want to include that capability that the one to have. On the Other hand the Hunter is probably the easiest ac to fly that we have in the inventory. I'd like to see the Lightning included - it is very complete, it has a nice tutorial, and demonstrates the aar capability. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
