Re: [Flightgear-devel] MILOAB?

2003-03-24 Thread Erik Hofman
Martin Spott wrote: Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm...we have a flight model for that yet? We'd need a c-130 to roll it out of as well. Or would the j3 with the door open be good enough? :-) Hmmm, I think II remember a posting by Curt, meaning that FlightGear should remain free of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Hi-Res C172-S Instrument panel

2003-03-24 Thread Martin Dressler
Just two questions: I assume that this HSI uses an ADAHRS rather than a gyro, otherwise it would have to be calibrated, and I can't see a calibration knob anywhere. What North does it point to then? Also, if I use the AP in heading mode, why don't any two of the three headings (HSI, HUD, AP

Re: [Flightgear-devel] MILOAB?

2003-03-24 Thread Martin Spott
Erik, Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually Curtis wants this list free of politics. I agree with that, but I can hardly call this politics. It's merely a killing joke. Please excuse me for my mistakable posting. It was not my intention to attack anyone personally. Unfortunately even

Re: [Flightgear-devel] MILOAB?

2003-03-24 Thread Erik Hofman
Martin Spott wrote: Please excuse me for my mistakable posting. It was not my intention to attack anyone personally. No problem. I can handle it (I won't even think about the number of jokes about the Dutch in the USA (and Germany?) ...) Unfortunately even the most distant comment on military

[Flightgear-devel] out of town for a few days

2003-03-24 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Hi, I and my family are flying out to LAX for the week. I'll have some limited/brief access to email, but probably not enough to substantially respond to anything. I'll try and catch up on email when I get back (not that I've ever been caught up for the last 5 years.) Work for me, spring break

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: F16

2003-03-24 Thread Richard Bytheway
On closer inspection, I agree. Steering is back-to-front (left-to-right?), but the rudder is fine. Where is this specified in the model? Richard -Original Message- From: Istvan Marko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 March 2003 4:50 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[Flightgear-devel] Dutch posting

2003-03-24 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: Please excuse me for my mistakable posting. It was not my intention to attack anyone personally. No problem. I can handle it (I won't even think about the number of jokes about the Dutch in the USA (and Germany?) ...) There are still a lot left of Dutch jokes

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: F16

2003-03-24 Thread Erik Hofman
Richard Bytheway wrote: On closer inspection, I agree. Steering is back-to-front (left-to-right?), but the rudder is fine. Okay, I found it. It will be in CVS shortly. Erik ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Dutch posting

2003-03-24 Thread Erik Hofman
David Megginson wrote: There are still a lot left of Dutch jokes over from the 17th century, when England and the Netherlands were rival colonial powers: Dutch defense (surrendering) Dutch treat (making the other person pay a share) Dutch uncle (not your uncle) Dutch concert (a lot of

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: F16

2003-03-24 Thread Richard Bytheway
Cool. Fixed. Ummm, the HUD is way off the top of the screen now. I saw the discussion about the new 3D HUD patch recently, but didn't follow it too closely. Should I expect the HUD to be unusable at the moment? System is Cygwin/W2K, gcc3.2, full rebuild of SimGear and FlightGear this lunchtime

[Flightgear-devel] CVS settings

2003-03-24 Thread Gopal Mor
HI All, I have downloaded Flightgear from CVS using the instructions on http://www.flightgear.org/cvsResources/anoncvs.htmlpage. I feel that when I do update, I am not getting the latest postings which are discussed in the mailing list. Whether the instructions for CVS, in the above mentioned web

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: F16

2003-03-24 Thread Erik Hofman
Richard Bytheway wrote: Cool. Fixed. Ummm, the HUD is way off the top of the screen now. I saw the discussion about the new 3D HUD patch recently, but didn't follow it too closely. Should I expect the HUD to be unusable at the moment? Yes. System is Cygwin/W2K, gcc3.2, full rebuild of SimGear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS settings

2003-03-24 Thread Erik Hofman
Gopal Mor wrote: HI All, I have downloaded Flightgear from CVS using the instructions on http://www.flightgear.org/cvsResources/anoncvs.html page. I feel that when I do update, I am not getting the latest postings which are discussed in the mailing list. Whether the instructions for CVS, in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS settings

2003-03-24 Thread Frederic BOUVIER
Gopal Mor wrote : HI All, I have downloaded Flightgear from CVS using the instructions on http://www.flightgear.org/cvsResources/anoncvs.html page. I feel that when I do update, I am not getting the latest postings which are discussed in the mailing list. Whether the instructions

[Flightgear-devel] Re: P-51D 3d Model and help request

2003-03-24 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Monday 24 March 2003 02:35: The P-51D 3d Model has been added to CVS. ... and it looks superb! Can't wait to take off with it. And I also find it an excellent idea to provide the xcf's. This should make repainting a lot easier. But: shouldn't these Gimp files go to a separate

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: P-51D 3d Model and help request

2003-03-24 Thread Jim Wilson
Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: * Jim Wilson -- Monday 24 March 2003 02:35: The P-51D 3d Model has been added to CVS. ... and it looks superb! Can't wait to take off with it. And I also find it an excellent idea to provide the xcf's. This should make repainting a lot easier. But:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] installing SimGear

2003-03-24 Thread Stefan Champailler
When installing SimGear-0.3.1, configure complains that metakit is not installed and bails. However, metakit-2.4.5-1 definitely IS installed, so I don't know what is going on. Has anyone else ran into this? I I've installed everything from scratch on a suse 8.1, here's the command I've

[Flightgear-devel] Re: P-51D 3d Model and help request

2003-03-24 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Monday 24 March 2003 21:07: They are huge and I think it'd be worth offering them. [...] Yes, that's what I said. I was just worried that the base package might become too big for mere users to download, as soon as each of the models has its own xcf's. (Hint, hint!) But I agree

[Flightgear-devel] p51d wont load

2003-03-24 Thread Dave Perry
I updated plib and simgear from cvs yesterday and compiled both. This evening updated FlightGear source from cvs and compiled. Then updated the base package from cvs and then tried to launch the p51d. Got the following error: $ ./bin/fgfs --aircraft=p51d Cannot open file:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] p51d wont load

2003-03-24 Thread Jim Wilson
Dave, After editing the the config file and putting 1.60 in the version number, it still did not run. AFAIK this isn't the right file. I've been using this one. It has some problems, especially on the ground, but it does fly: http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/p51d.xml Still waiting to hear what

[Flightgear-devel] Re: p51d won't load

2003-03-24 Thread Dave Perry
Jim, I had tried changing the version also. I copied in the config file you posted and got further. But now it did not find the merlinV-1650 which dod not come in with the cvs update to the base package. Thanks, Dave Jim Wilson wrote Dave, After editing the the config file and putting 1.60