On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 15:11 +0000, AJ MacLeod wrote: > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 06:16, Ron Jensen wrote: > > Do drag chutes work in JBSim? F4s really need them! > > They do indeed - check out the Lightning for an example (maybe more > convoluted > than you might want, but should give an idea at least.)
Ah-hah, it seems to work. I'll have to play with it more later, but the basic functionality is there. Is it possible to move the properties out of /sim/model/control and into /control... Perhaps I'll borrow the Lightning's chute.ac model for the F4. > In theory the same > should also be possible in YASim with the a "weight" tag - with a negligible > weight but a high Cd attached. > > Since there is no dragchute I decided to add a tailhook. ;) O/o raises > > and lowers it, but it doesn't do anything but it looks good. > > It's a pity JSBSim doesn't allow such devices yet (a Phantom would be great > for flying from our carriers) - there is a patch floating around to provide > such a function but of course that's not really an option for a plane you > intend to be more widely distributed. I looked at that patch briefly, the "E" model F4 isn't carrier rated, anyway. The hook is for the BAK-* barriers at the ends of military runways. > Nice to see the Phantom coming along... > > Cheers, > > AJ > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
