James Turner wrote > > > On 5 Oct 2008, at 09:13, Durk Talsma wrote: > > > So, with these criteria in mind, what would be your current top 10 of > > aircraft? > > Before the debate gets too details, there intention was (and still is, > I think) to have at least one aircraft from the following categories: > > - the c172 > - another light, GA single (eg, the cub, or maybe a more modern > single-engine, like the piper archer) > - a piston driven twin (senea, c310, etc) > - a turboprop (eg, the b1900d, or Dh-6) > - a WW2 era fighter (p51d, spitfire, one of the japanese fighters) > - a heli > - a transport class jet (737, A320, 777ER) > - a glider > - a modern fighter (f16, f14, SU-37) > > That's eight straight away, which are basically fixed, to 'prove' to > new users that FG can handle all those classes of vehicle. Ten or > twelve seems like a good limit - eg add a biz-jet (One of the > citations being the obvious candidate) and then there's loads of > 'cool' planes - the Osprey, Concorde, the WW1 era fighters, and so on. > > I'll leave it to Durk to pick a base package size based on the current > aircraft selection, but people should be thinking along these lines > when picking aircraft. The decision isn't how good the F18 / F14 is, > it's whether it's better than then F16 / SU-37. Similarly, the 777ER > verses the A320 or 737. And so on for each class - though in some it's > easier, the Bo-105 is probably the clear winner for the heli, and the > b1900d in the turboprop segment. > > There's also good arguments for including one 'show-off' aircraft in > the base package - the the SR-71, Concorde, the 747-400 or A380, so > people get some 'wow' factor without any install / download hassles. > Particularly if someone wants to script a demo mode with Concorde > taking off over the Golden Gate from KSFO or similar. >
To which I would add that we also want to demonstrate carrier and AAR capabilities. I would personally like to see a float/seaplane included I wouldn't mind getting some particles in there too. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
