On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 03:14:07PM +0100, Jim Campbell wrote:
Hi,
Can the jsclient and the js_server code be extended to allow up to
eight joystick axis and the jsclient.cxx code enhanced to accept the
button bits? It looks like the js_server.cxx code is encapsulating
the button word as
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 02:11:55AM +, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote:
On June 13, 2005 12:42 am, Manuel Bessler wrote:
The stuff is still here:
1. http://cockpit.varxec.de/fgfs/fgfs_717-200.tar.bz2
2. http://cockpit.varxec.de/fgfs/fgfs_717-200_71.blend.gz
They are not there.
Ooops, my
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 10:09:29PM +, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote:
1) Does someone is already working on that?
I believe someone had been working on the Boeing 717/MD-82, but the author of
Well, I had been working on a B717... the flightmodel seemed ok, but
hasn't been updated to the
Hi Matin,
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 05:33:58PM -0700, martin pardee wrote:
it would make sense for the sim to support a pub-sub framework. centralizing
the messaging would be a way of 1) makeing sure that this wheel doesn't get
re-invented too often and 2) make sure that the performance hit
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 06:52:36PM -0700, Gene Buckle wrote:
you win! anyone who's willing to fabricate their own HUD i think should
take the prize (or title, or whatever) if there is one. if you don't
mind my asking, though, are you a single guy? or do you have the
ability to filter
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 05:23:29PM -0700, martin pardee wrote:
okay. looks like i've got some homework to do...
the more i get into this the more impressive this project seems.
i guess i need to try to start with the following two things:
1) is there a single set of classes i can look
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 07:23:21AM -0700, martin pardee wrote:
manuel,
my
(original) primary motivation was to obtain (buy) enough hardware that i could
have a Fsim that closely resembled the cockpit of the plane i fly ( a piper
cherokee 180).
the costs on this approach would easily
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 07:25:29AM -0700, martin pardee wrote:
it occurrs to me that if FG supports telnet, that there must be a class
somewhere that handles socket based communication. since sockets also make a
fairly elegant for of IPC on a unix system, i was thinking that developing a
class
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:11:40 -0700 (PDT)
martin pardee wrote:
folks:
i just joined your mailing list. and i've probably jumped into the
wrong one.
(and i'm about to start rambling, so if you're impatient, delete this
now...)
i am looking for some pointers on hardware interface.
I'm
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:20:25PM +0200, Boris Koenig wrote:
I'd say that would not really that much depend on the availabilty
of a FMC/CDU SDK but rather getting your hands on the right docs,
as soon as these have been collected it should be much more realistic
to that done, I think the idea
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:17:21PM +0200, Boris Koenig wrote:
I like the unix philosophy: for every task a seperate program that does
only the one thing its designed for. ( make each program do one thing
well)
I know this is not always appliceable esp. for a flightsimulator, but it
could
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:27:02PM +0200, Boris Koenig wrote:
Ususally, homebuilt CDUs consist of a small LCD w/ TV or VGA interface,
the pushbuttons and a piece of plastic resembling the CDU panel.
Use an older PC to drive the LCD with a CDU/FMC software running on it
(or remotely if
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:54:06AM +0200, Boris Koenig wrote:
Of course, if there's running X11 on that other machine,
FlightGear could still provide the graphics for such an
externally displayed CDU via network without the need to
explicitly be running on that machine :-)
x11 yes, but what
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:34:07PM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
Maybe something like that could work. There are some good suggestions in this
thread, but you know in the end these details are up to whoever takes the
initiative to write the code. There will always be room for further
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:26:12PM +0200, Boris Koenig wrote:
x11 yes, but what if not OpenGL capable.
well, in that specific example I was referring to the case
where a secondy machine would running dedicatedly for the
purpose of displaying a CDU for a FMS - so GENERALLY I would
I migth
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 12:51:02PM -0400, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote:
I think newer Airbus aircrafts have CDU's that have a more advanced GUI.
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRHeft04/FRH0401/FR0401c1.JPG
looks like the A380. Is the overhead panel really a screen ? It looks
like a big
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 06:14:03PM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
Harald said:
- it's an external application because there is no need to put it in FG
code and there would be some complication with the display and keyboard
part ;
I like the idea of a FMC system. :-)
It would actually be
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 07:19:56PM +0200, Manuel Bessler wrote:
Next week is the Linuxtag in Karlsruhe, Germany.
It would be interesting to meet some flightgear folks.
If I go, it'll probably be saturday, or maybe friday.
I'll be there on Friday, so if anyone is there the same day, maybe we
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:09:40 +0200
Mathias Fröhlich wrote:
Hi,
Next week is the Linuxtag in Karlsruhe, Germany.
http://www.linuxtag.org/
Is Flightgear present this year?
Or will somebody be there for an other project?
I myself wondered if Flightgear is gonna be there.
I might go to
Hi Innis,
On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:13:25 +0800
Innis Cunningham wrote:
When doing my B717, I used qcad to measure things from these
drawings. Like engine placement, pilot viewpoint and also got me
started with the 3D model (which isn't finished yet, so if someone
wants to finish the 3D
On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:09:21PM -0400, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote:
I have been doing some hunting lately; namely, looking for information
regarding the MD-11's flightdeck: dimensions, layout, technical diagrams,
etc. I have tried many search keywords on the Internet, my local library, as
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:56:08 -0700 (PDT)
Gene Buckle wrote:
You could've saved yourself the effort and joined the simpits-tech
mailing list at http://www.simpits.org. There's over 300 people on
the list.
I AM on that list :)
I've even posted a few times.
Since I now have my own server with
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 19:03:53 +0100
Al West wrote:
There's not a whole lot of FGFS discussion because it's not a drop
and go solution like MSFS or Falcon (and soon to be Lock On: Modern
Air Combat) is. If it was easier for non-programmer types to
interface to, I'm sure more people would
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:12:16 -0400
Ampere K. Hardraade wrote:
That's because it isn't a 747-400, but a 747-200; which makes me think
that that might once been an actual plane.
Yes, it was an actual plane.
AFAIR D-ABYM of the Lufthansa.
Its part of a museum. Its staticly mounted, so no motion
On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 10:49:37AM -0600, David Culp wrote:
I see the file Aircraft/747/747-yasim-set.xml contains a question:
!-- These are complete fabrications. What are the real flap detent
settings on a 747-400? --
Depending on where you look, I've seen
[ 1, 5, 10, 20, 25,
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:35:23PM +0100, Avi Levy wrote:
I'm new to this group, and would like to add that if there is any
information needed on MD11 and B767 flight characteristics or systems, feel
free to ask through this mailing list, I have a lot of flying hours on these
types.
A MD11
Hi Matt,
seems nobody answered (at least not on the list)...
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 12:08:54PM +, Matthew Law wrote:
How do I export the trim position and IAS to a serial port?
I'd like to use these values to drive some stepper motors which crudely simulate
control load and trim
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:40:16AM -0500, Alan King wrote:
I have worked on a protocol for my own stuff...
it includes analog axis and button state support.
I've put up a picture of my protocol spec:
http://cockpit.varxec.de/fgfs/PHCC2HostProtocol.xfig.png
Can't get there
Hi Alan,
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 02:48:02AM -0500, Alan King wrote:
Anyone up for making a serial device? I only do a little programming
you mean for the microcontroller side ?
on the PC side of things, so am not currently up to the task I think.
Needs sync bytes, something like this
The SR-71 manual is available online for free:
http://www.sr-71.org/
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/index.htm
Regards,
Manuel
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On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:59:51AM -0800, Andy Ross wrote:
Alan King wrote:
A keyboard can be interrogated. A mouse outputs constant data
and/or can be interrogated. A standard joystick does.. nothing.
A standard joystick* looks like an HID device, just like a mouse or
[...]
[* i.e. a
Hi Alan,
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:50:11PM -0500, Alan King wrote:
Yep, here is a picture of my CNC/driller. I wanted mostly metal, all
cheap hardware store components, and just drill hole assembly, no
slotting etc. I have a large electronics inventory, and have about 400
stepper
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:52:52PM +, David Luff wrote:
mode joking=on
Actually, we just want you to work on the flightgear core and not be
sidetracked by drooling over hardware stuff others are building. Believe
me, it can be addicting just looking at what others are building. :-
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 03:40:54AM -0500, Alan King wrote:
time. Just show those (mostly ignorant) MSFS crowds what flightgear can
do :-)
Just joined the list myself and this was one of only a few main
reasons. I was drawing up homemade control system hardware this afternoon.
Welcome
Hi John,
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 03:02:25PM -0800, John Wojnaroski wrote:
Hi Manuel,
I've also talked to John Wojnaroski, He is also building hardware. Maybe
we're just a few doing flightgear, but that'll certainly change over
time. Just show those (mostly ignorant) MSFS crowds what
Hi Curt,
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:24:36AM -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
It's not a ton of work to setup a new mailing list, however, you might
consider just jumping on board with an existing home cockpit group
such as simpits.org. That would make more sense to me since they've
already gone
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:38:48PM +0100, Manuel Bessler wrote:
already gone to a lot of effort to collect like minded people.
Well, like minded
Ooops, didn't finish my sentence... this should not have been in my
reply. I was going to write something like like minded in terms of
building
Hi Al,
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:17:31AM -, Al West wrote:
http://cockpit.varxec.de/electronics/PIC_homecockpit_control.html
Wow, what you have done so far looks impressive. I've not even got off the
Thanks :-)
drawing board yet. At the moment I'm trying to work out the best trade
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 10:21:41AM -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
David Megginson writes:
Does anyone know if it's possible for a Garmin GPS to take its position
information from external NMEA input, rather than just broadcasting the
position as NMEA output? I wanted to experiment with
Hi Al,
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:11:06AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Very nice piece of kit - but a little costly. I've been toying with the idea
of building my own generic single seat cockpit unit. I do MIDI, LCD, Serial
and Keyboard interface controllers. Recently I've got
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:07:48AM +0100, Erik Hofman wrote:
Manuel Bessler wrote:
I've thrown together something similar with the plib js and net examples
and changed the joyclient on fgfs side. This allows you to use a
joystick port on another machine via the network.
One thing I'd
Hi Martin,
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:46:01PM +, Martin Spott wrote:
At least, now that the Concorde fleet is retired.
Oh my god, how could I forget the Concorde - and it's counterpart, the
TU-144 !?! We have both here in static display at Sinsheim,
I can't forget them... I see
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 09:57:06PM -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
Gene Buckle writes:
I'm going to talk to Peter Dowson about modifying WideFS for use with
FlightGear now that I've got the barest inkling of what the generic
network frame can handle. We'll see how it goes.
As far as I
On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 07:35:02PM +0800, Innis Cunningham wrote:
Hi All
In an effort to see what 3D models might be in the pipeline and to save
people working on the same model.
Maybe people could say what A/C they have under development(not in your
imagination though).
Boeing 717-200
Hi John,
On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 10:50:24AM -0700, John Wojnaroski wrote:
Hi,
Over the course of the last year I've been trying to find simulation hardware
(MCP,EFIS,EICAS,etc) that works with Linux and would support open source programs
like FlightGear and OpenGC. All I could find was
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:02:56PM -0400, David Megginson wrote:
Manuel Bessler writes:
Sure, if a model flies 'by the numbers' is a good start, but there
are other properties that need to be simulated well for a good
model, esp. outside of cruise (cruise is probably the simplest
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:53:50PM -0400, Nick wrote:
Manuel,
If you find errors in the MSFS let me know. I have a friend who is a developer
there, on CFS but he talks to the MSFS guys too. Just for information he is a
fully-trained (Kansas Univ.) engineer who used to do aero model
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:19:15AM +0200, Erik Hofman wrote:
Manuel Bessler wrote:
Could someone with that or a similar book please help out.
If you can help with better numbers for the 717-200 flightmodel that
would be highly appreciated.
Did you see these pages:
http://www.bh.com
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 05:08:15PM +0200, Matevz Jekovec wrote:
The 3D model is not that far yet. I'm not very good when it comes to
modelling. Its completely made in blender (2.27).
No movable parts yet. I realized that the ac-export python script does
not use the names for the meshes that
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:19:45PM -0500, David Culp wrote:
I'd like to hear what you think. (esp. concerning the flightmodel)
Very nice! I took it around the pattern once, and it flies well.
I'll fly it some more later. Off hand I'd say it needs a little more drag
when fully
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:33:44PM -0400, Nick wrote:
Good evening,
Just as a matter of professional technique, the pilot's opinion is the last place to
go for verification. Do every possible thing you can to check your results
objectively. Then tell the pilot you've done every possible
Hi,
my jsbsim 717-200 flies much nicer now.
Maybe a little more fiddling w/ the elevator.
For test flights, check out the plane at:
http://cockpit.varxec.de/fgfs/fgfs_717-200.tar.bz2
(includes ac3d file of visual model, but no sounds)
http://cockpit.varxec.de/fgfs/fgfs_717-200_71.blend.gz
(the
I was wondering about one issue while messing with the UNDERCARRIAGE
section of my 717 model:
the dxf drawings from Boeing show the nose gear at a slightly higher
ground level than the main gear. Thus, when the real aircraft is on
ground, the fwd part of the fuselage will have less ground
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 03:03:40AM +0100, Lee Elliott wrote:
I'm not very familiar with JSBSim so I don't know if it includes a gear
compression factor. This could be important when you set the gear up because
it might assume, or you might have to tell it, whether the gear z-axis is a
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:53:39PM -0700, Tony Peden wrote:
config with some others, like the F100, and they are the same although
the F100 doesn't seem to suffer from the same problems.
I've also used MoI values similar to those of the F100.
Any suggestions for the fdm/aero beginner ?
Hi all,
I'm working on a Boeing 717-200 flightmodel (jsbsim) and the 3D visual model in
blender.
(I've uploaded it here for now:
http://cockpit.varxec.de/fgfs/B717_model_1.tar.bz2 [180k])
This is my first attempt at a flight model. I've learned some stuff
about aerodynamics in the process,
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:28:13AM +0200, Frederic Bouvier wrote:
Manuel Bessler wrote:
The fuselage front and rear were the biggest problems for me. I ended up
using nurbs circles along the length of the plane and then converting
the nurbs circles into meshes. Then I manually created
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 01:50:36AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
..if there are GPL'ed alternatives, we should link to them.
7-Zip is LGPL
http://7-zip.org/
Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM
and DEB.
7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. Command line
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 03:42:58PM +0200, Carsten Hoefer wrote:
Hi,
I tried to write a small program to plot various flight information. For
example height vs. time, speed vs. time, etc
Unfortunately I am a programing novice. That's why I need your help now!
A couple of weeks ago I
Hi
Just found this site with dxf/dwg (Autocad) 3D Drawings from Boeing:
http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/aircompat/3d_view.html
CAD 3 View Drawings for Airport Planning Purposes
Just thought that this might come in handy for the modellers.
Regards,
Manuel
Hi Jim,
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 01:27:25PM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
This was an outstanding find. I did have a main panel map that John sent me a
while back, but this has the whole flight deck in one pdf. Now if I could
only have (for free :-)) the pages that reference each of the balloon
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:04:11PM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
Hmm, this makes me think we could use the Linux way of switching text
consoles: alt+F1 ... alt+F8 - 8 different views!
I know there's at least one flight simulator that toggles views with the
function keys. Maybe it's
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 06:24:19PM -0700, WillyB wrote:
I have made a list of common acronyms for myself a while ago. Some
definitions are adapted from the flightsim navigation tutorial at
http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/
My list can be found at:
http://cockpit.varxec.de/acronyms/
There
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 12:35:35AM -0700, WillyB wrote:
Something that someone who knows could add would be a page that has the
definitions of all of the different acronyms (sp) used.. and what they are
for / how to use them...
I know these are covered in the links within fg docs, but a list
Hi Jim,
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:19:23AM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
it is 22 degrees from the vertical.
Thanks for the great link. Does that seem like too much of a slope to you?
That's close to half of a 45.
Well, I was a little surprised when I read that, but since I've been
hearing
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 02:11:26PM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
Manuel Bessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Have you seen this page?:
http://www.simpit.de/
This guy has the cockpits of both a 767 and an A320 measured out.(in
centimeters, if your brain is not 'compatible' with metrical units
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 02:14:51PM -, Jim Wilson wrote:
Does anyone know what the slope of the backplane on the 747-400 main panel is?
It certainly isn't vertical. I might end up just using what looks correct,
but it'd be nice to know what it is supposed to be.
according to this:
Hi,
I found a sound package of DC-3 sounds (actually for
'that other simulator') which might license-wise be compatible with the
GPL.
http://www.dc3airways.com/
... or direct link to the sounds:
http://www.dc3airways.com/dc3sounds.zip
quote from the readme
hahaha !!! I have no legal
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:31:30PM -0500, David Megginson wrote:
So it is. I've just checked in some changes, so that all a subsystem
has to do is override FGSubsystem::is_suspended() to return false, and
it will keep running during a pause. I've made the change to the
input module, and the
Since nobody posted anything about my first question/possible bug report
I'll try it again:
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 02:57:40AM +0100, Manuel Bessler wrote:
Hi
I've noticed that cycling (right clicking) between mouse pointer mode, yoke mode, and
view mode has no effect while paused. If you
Hi
I've noticed that cycling (right clicking) between mouse pointer mode, yoke mode, and
view mode has no effect while paused. If you right click while paused it
does not change mode until I hit 'p' again to unpause. It seems that it
'records' at most one right click in paused mode.
It worked
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 10:22:18PM -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
So, could the Lambert Conformal Conic be the projection I am looking for ?
Any help or pointers are appreciated.
You might be thinking too hard about this.
Yeah, I guess. But then, I'm too often a perfectionist ;-)
I couldn't find any good info on what kind of map projection
technique to use for the ND.
ie. mapping lat/lon to x/y-screen coord.
I took a look at the OpenGC source,
and as far as I understand, it uses a technique which converts
RijksDriehoeks to Hayford.
I tried to google a bit on
Hi Norman,
I heard about this... this still doesn't help me with the specific
projection technique used on NDs.
the proj package can do the conversion for you
I understand that, but my what I would like to know is: Is the
RijksDriehoeks conversion to Hayford as used by OpenGC the method
Hi
I am working on something similar to OpenGC, but not
OpenGL based, but rather xlib-based... (its supposed to run on lowlevel
Pentiums w/ non-3D accel graphics cards, maybe even 486s)
I couldn't find any good info on what kind of map projection
technique to use for the ND.
ie. mapping lat/lon
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 06:04:21PM -0500, Norman Vine wrote:
Manuel Bessler writes:
I am working on something similar to OpenGC, but not
OpenGL based, but rather xlib-based... (its supposed to run on lowlevel
Pentiums w/ non-3D accel graphics cards, maybe even 486s)
I couldn't find
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:34:55PM -0800, Andy Ross wrote:
Only by bugging Curt to make a new release. :)
Is CVS relatively stable (near releasability) at this time ?
To be fair, building FlightGear from CVS really is no harder than
building the source tarballs.
Its not really the building,
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:24:43AM -0800, Andy Ross wrote:
Cool, someone's playing with the 747. This model hasn't had a lot of
tweaking yet beyond the engine thrust bugs that Jim Wilson dealt with
a few months back.
Hey, the 747 is the queen of the sky :-)
Does it model the thrust
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 06:12:33AM -0700, ace project wrote:
Our upcoming network module can support the network
joystick input part. Just make a nice 'packet-layout'
(max packet size 512bytes) that contains the info you
need, a few functions to fill the variables in Flight
Gear and a small
Hi
having played around a little bit with flightgrear earlier this year,
I got really hooked since 0.8.0 came out. Good work guys... :)
A couple of questions have popped up in my mind about some
things... (some are especially interesting for cockpit builders :-)
Is it possible to have (or
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