Re: [Flightgear-devel] SID, STAR, and airway data

2004-06-05 Thread Jorge Van Hemelryck
On Sun, 30 May 2004 21:58:12 +0200 Durk Talsma wrote: I hadn't really thought about that so much. However, while these SIDs and STARs wouldn't be very useful for AI traffic, they probably wouldn't be too problematic either. As long as there is an initial and a final waypoint, the expect

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SID, STAR, and airway data

2004-05-30 Thread Durk Talsma
On Wednesday 26 May 2004 23:21, David Megginson wrote: I agree. Unfortunately, you will find that many SIDs consist of something along the lines of - fly runway heading - maintain 3,000 ft unless otherwise advised by ATC - expect vectors on course Similarily, many STARs simply provide an

[Flightgear-devel] SID, STAR, and airway data

2004-05-26 Thread Durk Talsma
In February Erik Hofman mentioned that Robin Peel maintains a database of airway data, for shared use between x-plane and FlightGear. I was wondering if there's also a database of SID and STAR procedures that we could use? The reason I'm asking is that these might be extremely useful in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SID, STAR, and airway data

2004-05-26 Thread David Megginson
Durk Talsma wrote: In February Erik Hofman mentioned that Robin Peel maintains a database of airway data, for shared use between x-plane and FlightGear. I was wondering if there's also a database of SID and STAR procedures that we could use? The reason I'm asking is that these might be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SID, STAR, and airway data

2004-05-26 Thread Durk Talsma
On Wednesday 26 May 2004 19:15, David Megginson wrote: The reason they don't work in real life is that everyone is flying at a different speed. There's typically one STAR for every arrival direction (often centred around a major intersection or navaid), but ATC has IFR traffic ranging from

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SID, STAR, and airway data

2004-05-26 Thread David Megginson
Durk Talsma wrote: However, until we are at that point of sophistication, I would rather see some standard approach and departure patterns being used than nothing at all. I agree. Unfortunately, you will find that many SIDs consist of something along the lines of - fly runway heading -