David Megginson wrote: ... > Ignore the --aero option. Here are the planes that (mostly) work: ...
I'm not a pilot myself but love flying simulators... but have to admit that there is a bit too much realism for me to figure out in some planes. There have been quite a few questions regarding the 'left' tendency of the 172 etc. Would it be possible to put a quick explanation of the planes and their particularities (along with a picture) on the website somewhere? I tried a dc3, for example, which behaved something like this: - engine was not started, so I pushed space to start it (don't remember if I had to touch the magnetos or not) - applied throttle and the plane started moving forward - all of a sudden the plane lurched to the right. - applied left rudder and it didn't go left. - suddenly the plane lurched to the left. - then went straight for a while. - then lurched to the right. - etc. It took me a while to figure out that I probably only had one engine started, and the dc3 probably had tail wheel steering (I needed an external view to tell me this), so as soon as the tail was off the ground the plane lurched right, and when it was back on the ground it lurched back left because of the wheel. After doing a cartwheel with the plane (unsuccessfully) at some point in time, I reset, started both engines, and made it into the air just fine. (You can all stop laughing now :) Having the equivalent of a 'check out ride' on the web pages would be nice to briefly familiarise people with the plane, the realism they can expect, and anything else that non-flying sim-only people might need to know. Even some of the model particuliarities could be in there. Another example- I tried flying the 747 (no cartwheels; I guess all engines were started for me automatically...;) and moving the stick caused very jumpy reactions in the plane that seemed out of character for a plane that large. I'm interested in learning more about planes and flying in general, and I think a page like this would be a great resource to be able to go to. Thanks, Nils. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users
