On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Curtis Olson wrote: >I'd suggest making the ramp 2 lanes wide ... so about 6-8 meters wide. >Maybe a 10-15 degree incline?
Make it user adjustable. 10-15 degrees sounds like a good range for the default value. >If the incline is too steep and we hit the ramp too hard, it will generate >a "crash" due to excessive gear compression. Make the transition from flat (the ground) to ramp be a curve. In highway design, these transitions are known as "vertical curves" and one simple mathematical solution is a segment of a parabola. I'm very short on time today, but I can provide more information later if anyone is interested. -- Mike Schuh - Seattle, Washington USA http://www.farmdale.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
