Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help request

2003-05-31 Thread David Megginson
lly in Canada -- we have to leave a very big safety factor. All the best, Daivd -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Navaids default.ils.gz,1.8,1.9

2003-05-27 Thread David Megginson
anded a fairly high degree of accuracy. It's also worth noting that the FAA data is (indirectly, through suppliers like Jepp) the basis for the GPS databases that GA and the airlines use. It might be interesting to look at some examples where the FAA and DAFIF data disagrees -- what are some o

Re: [Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Navaids default.ils.gz,1.8,1.9

2003-05-27 Thread David Megginson
hat we get from the DAFIF or FAA data should stand as-is, for example. For Robin Peel's data, we should fix things only when there is a known problem. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Fligh

[Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Navaids default.ils.gz,1.8,1.9

2003-05-27 Thread David Megginson
iscrepancy; where we're just guessing, of course, we should do the auto-correction. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgea

[Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: source/src/Systems system_mgr.cxx,1.8,1.9 vacuum.cxx,1.1,1.2vacuum.hxx,1.2,1.3

2003-05-27 Thread David Megginson
should be seeing just over 4 inhg at idle and approaching 5 inhg at > full throttle. Excellent. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.fl

re: [Flightgear-devel] architecture changes

2003-05-09 Thread David Megginson
imGear, you may have to make the 2D panel into a special kind of 3D extension that FlightGear plugs in somehow. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-06 Thread David Megginson
'd still have to wait for the next plib release before switching our model format over. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-06 Thread David Megginson
ays. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Random Fun

2003-04-05 Thread David Megginson
David Culp writes: > This is a step towards random failures too? A failure manager is on my TODO list. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-05 Thread David Megginson
hat, hopefully. With AC3D, you might find that the lack of a UV editor makes life fairly difficult. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-05 Thread David Megginson
ise (then again, I still haven't developed a taste for beer). > I'm still working on the caravan in 3DS Max - another > behemoth of an app but hopefully I will get it finished this year. That would be a nice plane to add. We have one on the north field at CYOW, and it's a big mon

re: [Flightgear-devel] problem with a10cl-yasim -- elevator trim error at start

2003-04-05 Thread David Megginson
k fixed a problem of mine earlier today). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] It's not a bug: tumbling AI in the C172

2003-04-04 Thread David Megginson
s behaviour, you can disable it by setting the /instrumentation/attitude-indicator/config/tumble-flag property to false in your $HOME/.fgfsrc. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightge

[Flightgear-devel] Random Fun

2003-04-04 Thread David Megginson
it (or perhaps climate change will catch up with us first). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] possible bug in model code or plib

2003-04-04 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: > Can we bypass this by doing our own ac loader in simgear? I guess > I need to understand better what the "optimization" gives us. Essentially nothing. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://w

re: [Flightgear-devel] possible bug in model code or plib

2003-04-04 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: > Well, I guess I can live with that. Does this happen during > loading the model data or further down the pipe? It happens in the optimization steps just after loading. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggins

re: [Flightgear-devel] possible bug in model code or plib

2003-04-03 Thread David Megginson
, so the name of an object with a single surface is lost. Unfortunately, Steve is not willing to accept a patch to change this behaviour. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mai

[Flightgear-devel] Tumbling attitude indicator

2003-04-03 Thread David Megginson
best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-03 Thread David Megginson
ter lesson 2... Post as often as you'd like -- we'll all be interested in hearing as it goes. If you're willing to make a 3D model of a 152 in Blender, I'll be happy to cobble together a flight model for you. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http:

re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Flight

2003-04-03 Thread David Megginson
> Now, will she hate me when I sell the car to pay for the > lessons...?! Make sure she gets at least 25-50% of the proceeds for something *she* wants (and save a bit of a reserve for the transit passes). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Question on tuesday's preferences.xml update

2003-04-02 Thread David Megginson
the way they were already. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Question on tuesday's preferences.xml update

2003-04-02 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: > No, they were at 0, which is what makes sense. Ah -- they must have been set to 2 in the individual aircraft config files, then. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.

re: [Flightgear-devel] Question on tuesday's preferences.xml update

2003-04-02 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: > The magnetos are now defaulted to position 2 (Left) instead of 0 > (Off). Was that intentional? Is there anything else in global > preferences not mentioned in the log? Is that not where they used to be? If not, we can put them back. All the best, David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] controls->bind()

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: > Is there still no replacement function to do this kind of operation in a > C++ string? strstream would do the trick, but not all compilers support it yet. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggins

Re: [Flightgear-devel] debugging output

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
terrain astro flight input gl view cockpit general math event aircraft autopilot io clipper network You can also use one of the values "all" or "none". All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/

[Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/Controls controls.cxx,1.5,1.6

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
SGRawValueMethodsIndexed(this, index, &FGControls::get_mixture, &FGControls::set_mixture)); // and so on ... } All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/

Re: [Flightgear-devel] debugging output

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
e is code that uses the property /sim/log-level with an integer value. However, in fg_props.cxx, FlightGear also uses /sim/logging/priority /sim/logging/classes with string values (I added those a long time ago). I'm not sure how the two interact. All the best, David -- D

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
en in use for 70 years or so. With a constant-speed prop, the governor will attempt to maintain a constant RPM across a range of throttle settings by constantly varying the propeller pitch. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A bit of a mess

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
macs and etags, I was able to replace zillions of property names this morning, mainly in the base package. Try a new checkout. All the best, David p.s. cd $FG_ROOT find . -name '*.xml' -print | xargs etags -- David Meggins

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
riptive (it directly controls propeller speed, not pitch). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] A bit of a mess

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
gs grep /controls/aileron find . -name '*.xml' -print | xargs grep /controls/mixture and so on. I find 62 references to /controls/throttle alone. I am willing to help. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] The End of Python

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
Jonathan Polley writes: > I am waiting for the programming language for amateur radio operators, > Morse. There is nothing like programming in dots and dashes! .. -.. --- -. - --. . - .. - All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggins

[Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
(or something similar)? 3. Switches --- Note that Curt's electrical system has a /controls/switches subtree, while the recent rewrite has a /controls/lighting subtree. We need to choose one or the other. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

[Flightgear-devel] [OT] The End of Python

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
will no doubt write a Punctuation programming language, using only the characters [EMAIL PROTECTED]&*() (above 0-9 on the U.S. keyboard), as a pure act of spite to try to split the Perl community. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megg

re: [Flightgear-devel] Meigs Field Closed by Mayor Daley

2003-03-31 Thread David Megginson
history. Just be happy that Daley isn't mayor of New York or San Francisco, or you might see the Chrysler Building or Alcatraz coming down next. Note especially that this was done in the middle of the night with no prior notice -- even the FAA didn't know until after the fact. All th

re: [Flightgear-devel] squared tag in joystick files

2003-03-30 Thread David Megginson
.xml file with the effect of > over-riding the previous values? There have been instances where I > have wanted to do this, but I don't think it worked. It's doable, but complicated. Let me know what you're thinking of. All the best, Dav

[Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/Navaids ils.hxx,1.2,1.3

2003-03-30 Thread David Megginson
ext few years to, maybe, 400 feet. Under those conditions, you'd be able to switch to visual a couple of miles back from the field. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flight

Re: [Flightgear-devel] major frame rate drop?

2003-03-30 Thread David Megginson
David Luff writes: > OK, that's it!!! - ATC did *not* break TuxRacer ;-) Are you sure? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECT

re: [Flightgear-devel] squared tag in joystick files

2003-03-30 Thread David Megginson
property-scale /controls/aileron 2.0 The "squared" element is still supported for legacy purposes. Actually, to be most realistic, we'd add an ability to vary the value of based on the calibrated airspeed -- the lower the airspeed, the sloppier th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] major frame rate drop?

2003-03-30 Thread David Megginson
ain subsystem manager (instead of updating manually), we can set it up to update, say, every 2 seconds instead of every frame. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [

[Flightgear-devel] YASim and Windmilling

2003-03-29 Thread David Megginson
atters for modelling an engine-out in a twin. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-28 Thread David Megginson
Major A writes: > Yes, but wouldn't it be better to have at least a small amount of > control around the centre? You do. Unlike a dead zone, this approach has no location where moving the joystick will not produce some kind of input. All the best, David -- David Meggin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-28 Thread David Megginson
mply add a linear term here? That would make the control linear > around the centre and transition into a square response at higher > deflections. I'm not sure that I understand the problem. As soon as you move the control, it is no longer at zero and will get a gradually increasing

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-28 Thread David Megginson
to > sci.aeronautics. One works for 'a big AC company' and has copied > several aerodynamics books from their library. Classics such as > one by Whittle on turbines. I think I might start reading sci.aeronautics. Thanks. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

re: [Flightgear-devel] P-51 ADF

2003-03-27 Thread David Megginson
A double ADF indicator would make a fair bit of sense -- with primitive equipment and no navigator, the pilot workload would be fairly high, and two needles would help a lot for triangulating a position (especially if the pilot would otherwise have to reach behind the seat to change frequencies).

re: [Flightgear-devel] P-51 ADF

2003-03-27 Thread David Megginson
card turns, the single needle points to the station > tuned in nav-radio #1 and the double needle points to the station > tuned in nav-radio #2. Are you thinking of an RMI? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-27 Thread David Megginson
data from JAN ROSKAM! Roskam might not be pleased either. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
I know even went as far as > changing locomotive shapes slightly to make rip-off models look really > bad. That's why I prefer public domain even to open source -- people spend way too long worrying about that kind of thing. All the best, David -- David Megginson,

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
first place. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
ect in itself. It would be useful for FlightGear, XPlane, and MSFS, and we'd end up with a much bigger pool of contributors. Hmm. Maybe I'll start on that. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Solution: nose-heavy YASim aircraft

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
that value > as a control input to the cruise configuration. That's very helpful -- thanks. Note that the small planes I've flown tend to use a bit of forward (nose-down) trim in cruise, not nose-up. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Solution: nose-heavy YASim aircraft

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
rating past Vne. Setting the elevator property solved the problem. I don't know why it wasn't trimming for 0 elevator/elevator trim. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-de

[Flightgear-devel] Solution: nose-heavy YASim aircraft

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
a slight nose-down bias for cruise), and it now glides just fine with neutral elevator: I recommend that other people designing YASim flight models try something similar. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megg

re: [Flightgear-devel] Landing Spotlight in Flightgear (I made it!!)

2003-03-26 Thread David Megginson
bably not full runway width) down at 10-20 ft AGL. If you aimed the light down 30 deg from the horizontal, gave it a narrow width and maybe a 100 ft range, and made it fairly dim, you wouldn't be too far off. All the best, David -- D

re: [Flightgear-devel] RE: Flying in the UK

2003-03-25 Thread David Megginson
a cessna! Let us know how your first flight goes. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] GPS and Linux

2003-03-25 Thread David Megginson
s do what I want. If having > a unit with a SD card, or whatever, will make this easier, I can move to > that. Here are the scripts to get waypoints into and out of a Magellan 315/320: http://www.inet.bg/~zezo/mag/ All the best, David -- David Meggin

[Flightgear-devel] Dutch posting

2003-03-24 Thread David Megginson
oyal family during WW II (Princess Margriet was born a few minutes' walk from my house) and for helping to liberate the Netherlands at the end of the war. The result of all this is that we're not all that inclined to make Dutch jokes. All the bes

re: [Flightgear-devel] I want to contribute

2003-03-23 Thread David Megginson
lications (please look over my resume, > attached to this message.) Welcome. Please feel free to spend some time looking over the code you're interested in helping with, and to post any questions you have to this list. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTEC

re: [Flightgear-devel] I am iterested in contributing as a flightgear developer

2003-03-23 Thread David Megginson
Data We're always interested in extending our current database of navaids, fixes, airports, and ATC frequencies -- feel free to contribute anything that's missing. There's more as well, including scripting, but this should make a good start. All the best, David -- David

re: [Flightgear-devel] Disabling the 3D Panel

2003-03-22 Thread David Megginson
u can toggle on and off, because the airplane around you is part of the scene graph instead of a flat picture stuck in front of it. You can toggle the 3D model with the /sim/view/internal property (false to disable the 3D model). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Screenshots: Curt's scenery improvements

2003-03-21 Thread David Megginson
as outside North America, but then, until a few days ago I hadn't known that the Canadian data were available. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PR

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
surfaces. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Screenshots: Curt's scenery improvements

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
Frederic Bouvier writes: > from my understanding : > > 360 degres = 44000km > 1 degre = 122.22km > 1 minute = 2.037km > 1 second = 0.033km Let's keep it simple. 1 minute of latitude is one nautical mile -- that's its definition. All the best, David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Screenshots: Curt's scenery improvements

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
that. Note that that's not necessary using the vmap0 data, since the world land mass is already split up into manageable chunks. The Great Lakes and major North American rivers are also in the right place with vmap0, but that's another discussion. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying in the UK

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
ing a flight in the UK in summer as well, probably with a > Tiger Moth. You can do this without any flying license. Really? In Canada, you need a license even for an ultralight or a glider. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Screenshots: Curt's scenery improvements

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
c data covers only the U.S., but the 3 arcsec data covers all of North America, as far as I can see. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Screenshots: Curt's scenery improvements

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
dn't hurt. :-) In the meantime, there is 3 arcsec SRTM data for Canada and Mexico, so we can join the club. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flightgear-devel] Screenshots: Curt's scenery improvements

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
ghtsim/new-scenery.png The higher-resolution SRTM helped, of course, but the scenery still looked much flatter than this until I used Curt's arrayfit tool to preprocess the elevation arrays generated from the SRTM. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://ww

re: [Flightgear-devel] FGControls

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
m and instrument failures. Deciding how long to make the paths is always difficult because of the tradeoffs between typing and browsing. For the typists, it's best to keep the tree as flat as possible; for the browsers, it's best to keep the tree nodes as uncluttered as possible. T

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
mponent > of roll damping that would then be modeled by this piecewise > approach. So, would we remove the Clp (roll damping) coefficient? I think that most of the moment coefficients would be redundant when you chose to model an aircraft his way. All the best, David --

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
Tony Peden writes: > How would we specify the characteristics of each of those surfaces? Do you mean the position/orientation, the shape, or the aerodynamic behaviour? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
(mostly forces) for the collection of surfaces. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
s as you want. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
ional coefficient-based engines are faking it just as much as YASim is -- they just generally have more complete data to start with. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Architectural questions

2003-03-20 Thread David Megginson
y separate coefficients and relative orientations for each lifting surface. Then, if the right wing were producing more lift than the left, you would have a left roll; if the right wing were also producing more drag, you would have a right yaw; and so on. All the best, David -- David Meggins

re: [Flightgear-devel] key binding question

2003-03-19 Thread David Megginson
false property-cycle /foo/bar 0 -1 You can have as many values as you want. If the current value of the property does not appear in the list, the command causes it to start over again. Make sure you don't include any duplicate values in the cycle. All the best,

re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer support and 3D HUD

2003-03-19 Thread David Megginson
vices Australia > > Does anybody object to including these into the code? Now that Erik is the newest sucker^H^H^H^H^H^Hco-maintainer, feel free to send him patches to him as well as Curt and me. Curt prefers complete files and I prefer diffs -- what will Erik choose? All the best, David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying in the UK

2003-03-19 Thread David Megginson
t a try is dirt cheap (though the rest of the training won't be). At the Ottawa Flying Club, you can get a 30-minute intro flight in a Cessna 150 for CAD 49.00, which is about EUR 32.00. You cannot even get lunch for that in London or New York. All the best, David -- Da

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flying in the UK

2003-03-19 Thread David Megginson
m Thanks -- that looks like a great resource. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Teaser

2003-03-19 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: > Here's a shot of the p51d as is so far. > > http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/p51dshot7.png > > Just finished (most of) the exterior texturing. Very nice. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

[Flightgear-devel] Flying in the UK

2003-03-18 Thread David Megginson
r for a short day trip? I'd especially like to overfly Hastings, where my wife and I spent six weeks of our honeymoon in a snug little flat in 1988. I'd also be grateful for pointers to Web sites with info on rules and procedures for flying in the UK. Thanks, and all the best, D

Re: [Flightgear-devel] La Paz

2003-03-18 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: > I remember exactly 0% of the flight or the airport, ... because you were unconscious due to hypoxia? ... > but my family flew into La Paz when I was 5. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggins

[Flightgear-devel] Speaking of helicopters...

2003-03-17 Thread David Megginson
I just found this: http://www.me.psu.edu/me415/fall01/boeing2/ It's a little old -- apologies if the link has already been posted. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-

re: [Flightgear-devel] B52 takeoff

2003-03-16 Thread David Megginson
del. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
tation at 130 kt seems to do fine. > I also tried an approach set-up, but the "--offset-distance" flag > doesn't seem to work for SLLP -- any ideas why? Try selecting the runway as well: fgfs --altitude=14500 --vc=140 --offset-distance=2 --runway=27L --airport=SLLP --aircra

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
irely within the intersecting area -- that's something that tower would be more likely to allow. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
in mph rather than kt. I think that the actual stall speed is around 25 kt, which should show up as a little under 30 mph. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EM

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
t the point of contact -- maybe a few cm/sec. For a short-field landing, you plant it harder, but I'm not sure of the exact vertical velocity. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
ter skill, but part is also the fact that I now fly a plane with higher wing loading than the 172, so it comes down faster when I need it to. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
but since the plane's not certified for spins or snap-rolls (and I'm not trained in aerobatics anyway), I'm not going to try. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
a difference. If anyone wants a real challenge, try landing the Cub across the runway instead of along it. It should be easily doable with the 200-foot wide runway, but I haven't quite succeeded yet. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
the plane climbs, you're still above the stall; if you raise the nose and the plane descends, you're on the far side of the stall curve, and raising the nose will help you descend faster (hopefully, you're only a couple of feet up at this point). All the best, D

[Flightgear-devel] Short-field landing

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
al or simulated, in well under 500 feet. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] DC-3 Panel

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
ve a chance, then. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] C-310 Virtual cockpit issues

2003-03-15 Thread David Megginson
and viewing position. We'll have to keep tweaking. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] [BUG]? input/keyboard: "repeatable" depends on cpu clock

2003-03-14 Thread David Megginson
his week. Any suggestions on what the standard default repeat frequency should be? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Landing the F-16

2003-03-13 Thread David Megginson
apply 100% brakes right away -- use rudder pedals, or bind an axis on your input device. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgea

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call it a day.

2003-03-13 Thread David Megginson
wise it will, indeed, keep flying no > matter what. Exactly -- it seems to touch down at just a little over 100kt. What is the typical approach speed for an F-16? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call it a day.

2003-03-13 Thread David Megginson
nouously), *and* the fact that the > leading and trailing edge flaps aren't implemented at this moment make > it fly a bit itchy. I was actually making a joke. I found the F-16 very easy to handle, even without a flight computer. All the best, David -- Dav

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call it a day.

2003-03-12 Thread David Megginson
knots too high and the flare lasts forever. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

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