On Wednesday 30 April 2008 04:21, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I recently talked to a guy who complained that some of the > > > aircraft are also initially positioned too high above ground, > > > which makes them fall down on start and in some cases crash. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Chris > > > > Depending on the aircraft, a work-around might be to start with > > zero fuel. This should reduce the weight of the aircraft, > > making it less likely to break the U/C when it drops on to the > > runway. You can then fuel the aircraft up from the menu. > > > > Obviously, a proper fix would be better. > > > > LeeE > > This is a strange problem. Just to be clear, though, this is not > a Vehicle (Visual) Reference Point issue. I know you are not > suggesting this, but this is an issue with something else. > > Jon
I didn't think so either, although perhaps it is related. As we've heard, using the aircraft nose vrp can result in the aircraft not starting on the runway but before it, and if there's no apron, the aircraft will end up positioned over the surrounding scenery terrain instead of the airport surfaces. At some airports I've noticed gaps between the polys making up the airport surfaces and the surrounding terrain. They don't seem to be visible from above though, so it looks like the gaps are due to differences in elevation. If this is so, we could have the situation where an aircraft is positioned according to the expected ground elevation taken from the coords of the vrp, which will be the runway start, while the elevation of the ground actually beneath the undercarriage is different. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
