Hello, the exclusive hang-glider in fg, AirwaveXtreme150, is in a poor condition. After the switch from plib to osg the model becomes "invisible". I am afraid that this hang-glider is going to die in the future. This would be a pity because the fdm is very special, unique AND quite realistic!
Therefore I started an ouverhaul: - convert model hgdlr_cs.mdl to hgdlr_cs.ac - convert textures hgdlr_cs.0af to hgdlr_cs0.rgb - convert textures hgdlr_cs.1af to hgdlr_cs1.rgb - add missing pilot-neck and back-wires - retexturing - repainting (ok, we can discuss the colours) - shifting cg of model to origin (0,0,0) - rotate model to fit (visible) incidence - adapt contact points - pilot animation - additional view (keel view) - fdm unchanged! - add aircraft help - add aircraft status - add splash.png - update thumbnail.jpg In my opinion AirwaveXtreme is now in the best condition ever! Please let me know if you are interested in this work and to whom I could send this files (1.2MB). If you have additional suggestions for improving I will try to incorporate that. Finally I have 2 questions: 1. is it correct that the LaRCsim/UIUC fdm isn't able to interact with "environment" (wind, turbulence, thermals, ridge lift)? 2. I struggled with the contact point at the nose of the hang-glider. Every attempt to move the actual contact point (the fake point; far in front of the nose and far to low) to the nose ends with a wild bouncing model. Modifying the spring parameters doesn't improve this. It would be great if the nose is able to "whack" onto the ground. Real life hang-glider pilots are "used to it" :-) . Could an expert help me with this? Btw: This year is the 10th anniversary of this hang-glider! Best regards D-NXKT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
