Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flightgear- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sent: 27 May 2006 10:16 > To: fgfs list > Subject: [Flightgear-users] A thank-you (Lightning) + two requests > > First the thank-you (to "AJ"). I have been away from FG for > a few months and on returning I find a wonderful Lightning. > I wrote a post ages ago begging for one. Somewhere I have a > photo of my brother in cockpit at an RAF Finningley > Open Day in the early 1960s - for some reason I did not get > a go and I have envied him ever since. > > Next the requests: > > (1) I know how much work goes into these models (so I won't > hold my breath), but if we can have a Lightning, how about > a Vulcan? At that same Finningley display they put on a > Vulcan squadron scramble. It was the most memorable thing > I have ever seen in aviation. > > (2) Maybe this is already a feature of FG that I have > missed, but is it / would it be, possible to have > a command to illuminate the instruments in daytime? > Learning a new model is particularly difficult when the sun > has to be in the right place before you can see a thing. > Flying by night raises other problems when learning, > but in my case it is even more difficult because frame > rates are too slow in that mode. >
2D panels "illuminate" themselves at night. You will find a switch and dimmer somewhere on the panel on some of the 3D models (Hunter, Seahawk, Spitfire, Hurricane, and, I think, Lightning). Vivian ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
