On jeudi 19 mars 2009, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * gerard robin -- Thursday 19 March 2009: > > With the usual AI tankers we have a lot of data regarding the Radar > > x-shift y-shift in-range , rotation, v-offset, .. and so on........ > > > > That tanker feature don't gives such information , it is missing , > > is it any valuable reason ? > > That's not exactly "missing". It's not provided on purpose. > > The Nasal tanker is a radar *target*. It gives enough hints for radar > implementations (be it the (wx)radar instrument or the f-14b's radar): > lat/lon/altitude/ktas/true-heading/bearing/elevation/range. > > But the tanker cannot decide whether it is in some radar's range, nor > where it should appear on a radar screen. This depends entirely on > the radar and is the radar's job, not the tanker's. How would the > tanker decide whether it is "in range"? In which range? > > The built-in AI radar is obsolete and should be phased out. > > m. >
Then, do you mean that the old "Radar Fashion" will be removed, what a pity. It is very useful. We could want to keep it . -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
