[Flightgear-devel] Re: code optimisation

2005-07-06 Thread Jim Campbell
Hi, One comment and some documentation has indicted that FDM doesnt consume much CPU. I ask myself why? The modelling of a generalised rigid body with six degrees of freedom in a rotating frame of reference should max out anyones and everyones CPU! Of course any model is only as good as the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: code optimisation

2005-07-06 Thread Andy Ross
Jim Campbell wrote: The modelling of a generalised rigid body with six degrees of freedom in a rotating frame of reference should max out anyones and everyones CPU! People were doing that in real time with VAX 11/780's in 1981. :) Seriously, no: the FDM takes up comparatively little CPU. Of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: code optimisation

2005-07-06 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Campbell schrieb: Hi, One comment and some documentation has indicted that FDM doesnt consume much CPU. I ask myself why? The modelling of a generalised rigid body with six degrees of freedom in a rotating frame of reference should max out