On Sat, 2011-11-05 at 01:05 +0200, Eftychios Eftychiou wrote: > Hi Roland, > > What I am proposing is a Tower Control Simulator for the Controller and not > the Pilot. > Typically in such cases one or more "pilots" will control several airplanes > according to instructions provide to them from the controller. > Depending on the type of control different instructions might be given and > so forth. > > Some of the features should be the following > a) ability to control multiple airplanes > By Control I mean the following but not limited to heading, cleared > altitude/level, rate of climb/descent, heading to a waypoint, instruct > plane to perform a specific instrument approach procedure or proceed > visually if requested by pilot, force a go-around, the plane should be able > to land on its own. > b) ability to control vehicles in the airport, ie simulate runway > incursions , maintenance work etc > c) simulate emergencies unusual situations ie, flapless approach, engine > failure, bird strike etc > > Anyway the above is not a complete list of what a proper tower simulator > should be from the controllers perspective but as a proof of concept i > would say that A and B are a must. > > Regards, > Efty Yes, maybe most of those features are already implemented in the ATC-ML model. Please take a look at these screen shots which I made with latest GIT:
http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/screenshots-master/fgfs-screen-023.png http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/screenshots-master/fgfs-screen-024.png http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/screenshots-master/fgfs-screen-026.png It may not show all features, but it shows e.g. that you handle multiple airplanes. So maybe just this "aircraft" needs some extending/expanding or some missing features being added and not a whole simulation based in FGFS needs to be written. The controls in 023.png are for sending pre-defined messages to a pilot (or some to all airmen). The last shows (upper right corner) a screen when you have clicked on one pilot name (from the list in 023.png) or on empty space (e.g. to send it to all airmen). Regards, Roland
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