On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 12:53 -0700, Ben Weir wrote: > Hi, > > I saw in the archives that someone asked how to start Flightgear with > the aircraft in the air and stable but didn't see any responses. I am > trying to do the same thing for practicing instrument approaches and > running into problems. Specifically I'm trying to fly the LOC/DME 31 > approach for Salinas (KSNS) and using the following command line:
He asked on the dev list... While this is a worthwhile thing it is not fully supported. > ./fgfs --enable-fullscreen --timeofday=morning --airport=ksns > --offset-distance=25 --offset-azimuth=107 --heading=297 --altitude=6000 > --vc=110 --nav1=311:108.5 --nav2=297:117.3 --dme=nav2 --ceiling=800 > > It puts me in the right position however the attitude indicator shows a > left bank of about 20 degrees even though the turn coordinator and > heading indicator show wings level flight. I can't get the AI to work > even if I fail it and unfail it in the Equipment menu. Suggestions? What is happening is the AI is tumbling because the instrumentation module starts before the aircraft is given its final position causing some very large accelerations. Three solutions: - Set the AI not to tumble. Add this to your command line: "--prop:/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/config/tumble-flag=0" - Manually clear the tumbled condition: Use the property browser to navigate to /instrumentation/attitude-indicator/tumble-norm and set it to 0.0 - Fly around VFR on top until it returns to normal. I believe it should take about 10 or 15 minutes. > or a fix? I tried using the --vor and --fix command line options but > they seemed to be ignored and flightgear took the offset-distance and > offset-azimuth relative to KHAF instead of the VOR/fix I wanted. > > This is flightear 1.0 on linux > > Thanks! > Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
