[Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 12:07: Ah, I see (although I don't quite remember when did Mandrake or RedHat include FGFS in their distro:)). Don't know about Mandrake and RedHat, but SuSE has it since ages (or better said: since I asked them to include it in Dec 1998. :-) No

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:00:57 +0200, Matevz Jekovec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Here are some screens from PiGaSos and IceHands: http://users.otenet.gr/~ioanna-a/HAFF16.jpg ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 15:57: Jim Wilson wrote: One other thing you could mention is that we would be distributing the model in an entirely different format (wouldn't we?). In that sense he would not be rewriting the license as these would be derived from the original, and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread David Culp
..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes modelled? Yes. There exists a property called /controls/flight/drag-chute which takes a boolean value. In JSBSim you could add a Kinemat component to the FCS, just like speedbrake, gear or flaps. This

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:35:52 +0200 Arnt Karlsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have drag shutes modelled? I've thought about this extensively. There are lots of reasons I'd like to model it. It would not be too hard, either. It's the *time*. Jon

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:07:22 -0500 David Culp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes modelled? Yes. There exists a property called /controls/flight/drag-chute which takes a boolean value. In JSBSim you could add a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Jim Wilson
Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: * Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 15:57: Jim Wilson wrote: One other thing you could mention is that we would be distributing the model in an entirely different format (wouldn't we?). In that sense he would not be rewriting the license as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Matevz Jekovec
Here are some screens from PiGaSos and IceHands: http://users.otenet.gr/~ioanna-a/HAFF16.jpg ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes modelled? The 3D model of drag chute is there beside the model. I'm not sure about the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread David Culp
Well, sort of. I hadn't thought of doing it that way. The thing is, you have to keep track of its attach point, and if there are any winds, the the 'chute pulls the attach point parallel to the relative wind vector at that point. If you are landing in a crosswind, the controllability

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:35:40 +0200, Matevz Jekovec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Here are some screens from PiGaSos and IceHands: http://users.otenet.gr/~ioanna-a/HAFF16.jpg ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag