Hi all, Autopilot changes to the pa24 and SenecaII: For the last 5 weeks, I have been working with Torsten Dreyer to implement accurate models of the actual autopilots used by the pa24 and SenecaII.
Friday morning, I sent 4 patches to Andy Ross for submission to cvs that implement these three autopilots in a manner similar to the kap140 implementation. One patch puts the nasal models in Aircraft/Generic. Another patch puts the .ac models, the model xml, and the panel xml files in Instruments 3d. See the README.txt files in Aircraft/Instruments-3d/Century-IIB and Aircraft/Instruments-3d/Century-III for how to add these autopilots to other aircraft as well as where to get pdf files for Pilots Operating Handbook for these autopilots. Two other patches modify the pa24 and SenecaII to use these autopilots. The Altimatic IIIc is a modification of the Century III autopilot that uses the hsi pointer (both ends) in place of the DG heading bug vlaue that is referenced in the Century III documentation so that other than in heading mode, the heading bug is ignored. The SenecaII uses the Altimatic IIIc. With these patches, the pa24 now has two -set.xml files. The pa24-250-CIIB-set.xml file replaces the kap140 with the 2 axis Century IIB autopilot as in the real N7764P. The pa24-250-set.xml file replaces the kap140 with the 3 axis Century III autopilot. The autopilot config xml files are in the respective Systems folders. Check out these realistic autopilot implementations once they are in cvs. Cheers, Dave Perry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
