[Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Aircraft/737/Instruments pfd2.xml,
* Martin Spott -- Monday 13 December 2004 22:14: I can confirm that the VSPEED display in the 737 PFD actually always shows the number 0 but I'd say this is still better than a fps display - at least for a real pilot. If the display sticks to 0 the pilot will realize very soon that it is broken, a display that shows totally incorrect numbers might hide a significant risk ;-) The smiley implies that this was meant as a joke, and I should take it as such. (It sounds like one, too). Having a broken instrument isn't acceptable either way. This patch was supposed to *fix* it. I just wasn't sure if fpm was a typo or if the responsible engineer didn't know that (s)he only had to add scale60/scale to make feet per minute out of /velocities/vertical-speed-fps. I even asked on the list and searched the internet[1] to find this out. If nobody feels responsible this is certainly not my fault. If you know better, why don't you submit a better patch? This wouldn't have been more work than complaining here. m. [1] for example here: http://www.b737.org.uk/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
[Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Aircraft/737/Instruments pfd2.xml,
Erik Hofman wrote: could you consider to apply this as well? The vertical speed display did never ever work. It uses a property /velocities/vertical-speed-fpm. Feet per minute? This property doesn't exist. I posted this patch on the developers list (6 Nov 2004) to give the 737 engineers a chance to comment on it, but this was ignored. I suggest to apply the patch, which replaces fpm by fps. If indeed fpm was meant, we can still add a factor later. I can confirm that the VSPEED display in the 737 PFD actually always shows the number 0 but I'd say this is still better than a fps display - at least for a real pilot. If the display sticks to 0 the pilot will realize very soon that it is broken, a display that shows totally incorrect numbers might hide a significant risk ;-) Cheers, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
