Re: [Flightgear-devel] Electrical system work..

2003-11-14 Thread Erik Hofman
.Gene Buckle wrote: Avionics power ratings are always available as nominal and max normal draw. Electrical systems are designed with a bit of extra capacity to deal with power on rush current, etc. The only time an aircraft author would have to give the the current draw any thought at all is if

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Scenery engine features.

2003-11-14 Thread Norman Vine
Curtis L. Olson writes: Paul Surgeon writes: I'm sure this subject has been brought up plenty of times but I think it would be great to compile a list of all the features that we need the FG terrain rendering system to support. Norman Vine writes: - Ability to cut in polygon models

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Who is John Ridouts?

2003-11-14 Thread Jon Stockill
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Lee Elliott wrote: Hello list, Basically more for info and speculation than anything else. I've just received an e-mail from a 'John Ridouts' that consists of nothing but an attachment titled '~WRD0564.scr' It's a virus - new mimail variant. The reason I mention it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Electrical system work..

2003-11-14 Thread Gene Buckle
.Gene Buckle wrote: Avionics power ratings are always available as nominal and max normal draw. Electrical systems are designed with a bit of extra capacity to deal with power on rush current, etc. The only time an aircraft author would have to give the the current draw any thought

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Electrical system work..

2003-11-14 Thread Erik Hofman
Gene Buckle wrote: .Gene Buckle wrote: Avionics power ratings are always available as nominal and max normal draw. Electrical systems are designed with a bit of extra capacity to deal with power on rush current, etc. The only time an aircraft author would have to give the the current draw any

[Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error

2003-11-14 Thread John Barrett
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jbarrett/Desktop/FlightSim/Devel/cvsroot/source/utils/js_server' g++ -g -O2 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o js_server.exe js_server.o -lplibjs -lplibnet -lplibul /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/../../../libplibjs.a(jsWindows.o)(.tex

Re: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error

2003-11-14 Thread John Barrett
- Original Message - From: John Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error

2003-11-14 Thread John Barrett
- Original Message - From: John Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error - Original Message - From: John Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error

2003-11-14 Thread Erik Hofman
John Barrett wrote: 180: undefined reference to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [js_server.exe] Error 1 is there another lib that needs to be linked on cygwin to get this to compile ?? Forget that question -- needed $(audio_LIBS) added to js_server_LDADD in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error

2003-11-14 Thread John Barrett
- Original Message - From: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] cygwin js-server build error John Barrett wrote: 180: undefined reference to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'

[Flightgear-devel] Weight Balance data...

2003-11-14 Thread Gene Buckle
After looking through the various instrumentation files, I noticed that there is no weight data associated with the instruments. For those that don't know, each instrument that goes into the panel is labeled with its weight. This is done to make sure that an accurate dry weight can be

[Flightgear-devel] OT: FlightGear presence on the Net

2003-11-14 Thread Paul Surgeon
I'm amazed at how many times I've searched for info on wgs84 and projections and datums on Google and get FlightGear mailing lists appearing on the first page. It's good to see that FlightGear/TerraGear are so highly regarded in the GIS world. ;) Paul

[Flightgear-devel] automake question

2003-11-14 Thread John Barrett
I've got some code from another project that I'm trying to hook into FG... it uses a short compiled program to generate a header file used by the rest of the package... I've added the program to Makefile.am, and it builds, now, how do I get that program to execute before the library that depends

Re: [Flightgear-devel] automake question

2003-11-14 Thread Curtis L. Olson
John Barrett writes: I've got some code from another project that I'm trying to hook into FG... it uses a short compiled program to generate a header file used by the rest of the package... I've added the program to Makefile.am, and it builds, now, how do I get that program to execute before

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weight Balance data...

2003-11-14 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:20:42 -0800 (PST) Gene Buckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any interest in getting that detailed on the WB calcs? When duplicating a real-world instrument, the weights are easily available and a generic weight could be assigned to avionics that don't model a specific

re: [Flightgear-devel] Weight Balance data...

2003-11-14 Thread David Megginson
Gene Buckle writes: After looking through the various instrumentation files, I noticed that there is no weight data associated with the instruments. For those that don't know, each instrument that goes into the panel is labeled with its weight. This is done to make sure that an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weight Balance data...

2003-11-14 Thread Gene Buckle
Is there any interest in getting that detailed on the WB calcs? When duplicating a real-world instrument, the weights are easily available and a generic weight could be assigned to avionics that don't model a specific real world model/brand. The only problem with that I think is that it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Who is John Ridouts?

2003-11-14 Thread Lee Elliott
On Friday 14 November 2003 11:11, Jon Stockill wrote: On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Lee Elliott wrote: Hello list, Basically more for info and speculation than anything else. I've just received an e-mail from a 'John Ridouts' that consists of nothing but an attachment titled '~WRD0564.scr'

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Electrical system work..

2003-11-14 Thread Ryan Larson
Also, on some small twin's you can't run everything on only one bus. So if you have a problem with one of the buses or the alternator you will have to shut down some extra stuff or risk draining your battery. Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flightgear-devel] Airport vehicle (driving) sim

2003-11-14 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Today I had a chance to see a driving sim located at KMSP. They use it to train drivers for driving around on the airport grounds (taxiways, runways, service roads, tunnels, etc.) The really interesting thing about this sim is they had a beautifully done model of the airport. Every light, every

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Electrical system work..

2003-11-14 Thread Lee Elliott
On Friday 14 November 2003 15:42, Erik Hofman wrote: Gene Buckle wrote: .Gene Buckle wrote: Avionics power ratings are always available as nominal and max normal draw. Electrical systems are designed with a bit of extra capacity to deal with power on rush current, etc. The only time

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weight Balance data...

2003-11-14 Thread Lee Elliott
On Friday 14 November 2003 19:20, Gene Buckle wrote: After looking through the various instrumentation files, I noticed that there is no weight data associated with the instruments. For those that don't know, each instrument that goes into the panel is labeled with its weight. This is done

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport vehicle (driving) sim

2003-11-14 Thread Lee Elliott
On Friday 14 November 2003 23:50, Curtis L. Olson wrote: Today I had a chance to see a driving sim located at KMSP. They use it to train drivers for driving around on the airport grounds (taxiways, runways, service roads, tunnels, etc.) The really interesting thing about this sim is they had

re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport vehicle (driving) sim

2003-11-14 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Today I had a chance to see a driving sim located at KMSP. They use it to train drivers for driving around on the airport grounds (taxiways, runways, service roads, tunnels, etc.) The really interesting thing about this sim is they had a beautifully done model

re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport vehicle (driving) sim

2003-11-14 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: If they ever need a volunteer to taxi around a virtual plane, getting in the drivers' way, let me know. They actually had a pretty neat scripting system. You could click a starting point, ending point, and a midpoint. The system would figure a reasonably optimal route

Re: [Flightgear-devel] automake question

2003-11-14 Thread John Barrett
- Original Message - From: Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] automake question John Barrett writes: I've got some code from another project that I'm trying

Re: [Flightgear-devel] automake question

2003-11-14 Thread Andy Ross
John Barrett wrote: I've got some code from another project that I'm trying to hook into FG... [which turns out to be:] I'm integrating the SpiderMonkey JS engine Into the client? Yikes. There was a big flame war the last time this was mentioned. That interpreter is almost bigger than

[Flightgear-devel] AI over SFO

2003-11-14 Thread David Culp
I've generalized the AITanker into AIAircraft and freed it from KEMT, so now I can put any airplane(s) anywhere (as well as boats and waterskiers). Here's a picture of the KC-135 over San Francisco. http://home.comcast.net/~davidculp2/KC-135_over_SFO.jpg Now I'd like to sail a ship through

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: FlightGear presence on the Net

2003-11-14 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Surgeon) [2003.11.14 13:20]: I'm amazed at how many times I've searched for info on wgs84 and projections and datums on Google and get FlightGear mailing lists appearing on the first page. It's good to see that FlightGear/TerraGear are so highly regarded in the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Who is John Ridouts?

2003-11-14 Thread Jim Wilson
Lee Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The e-mail addresses could be harvested from a number of places but it's curious that the data that was obtained was so old and didn't include my current ID. One theory might be that it is someone who was subscribed to the list at some point, then

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport vehicle (driving) sim

2003-11-14 Thread JD Fenech
Stupid idea: Has anyone thought to make a simple FDM for ground vechicles? I admit it might get boring quickly, but in a multiplay situation, it might be intresting to allow someone to simply watch takeoffs from the ground, with a mobile camera. It's half-assed, and since I can barely get FG