Hi, NOTAM: Refueling CLOSED, temporarily at least...
Ok, have finished for now my refueling sorties. As I put in the chat after one pilot reported holding a position for refueling can be quite tiring - Yes, so can even watching it ;=)) It all certainly confirmed that some FG code changes are needed to make this experience viable... like removing, or reducing the rubber-band effect, and compensating for lag which makes the view from the tanker different to the view from the aircraft. Additionally, there is NO collision detection code between the aircraft and the mp derived models, so this means even when you get the probe into the basket, if you push forward a few more feet, and the basket/drogue will enter your cockpit ;=)) But I had lots of fun, and I hope the others that joined me did also ;=)) As to the virtual bottle of red wine, I think that must go to callsign jano, who held steady very close, or touching! proximity for the longest period of time in the lightning (jsb). http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19756#p181737 I chose a Chateau Petrus 1982, and the 'virtual' bottle is here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petrus1982.jpg It is under a GFLD licence, which I understand is GPL compatible ;=)) jano later tried to repeat the feat in an f-14b (yasim), but while holding a similar relatively close position, the aircraft always looked quite 'jumpy'... maybe something to do with the different FDM? An honorable mention must go to F-JJTH who posted an image with the probe in the basket, followed by one with the basket in the cockpit ;=)) http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19756#p181749 As per some others if you scroll down... I have now put up a page on my site with the images I took - http://geoffair.org/fg/mp I left all the images at full screen shot size, so they can take a little time to download... But a BIG thank you to ALL who came along for the ride... As stated, it was great, if not exhausting!, FUN! Regards, Geoff. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
