At 05:31 PM 7/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Curt and I have been having a discussion offline about algorithms for
NAV mode on a simple autopilot (like those typically found in a light
Cessna or Piper). The current autopilot does not have a working NAV
mode -- it was just a quick kludge, with ability
At 02:47 PM 5/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
David Megginson wrote:
1. According to the author, at least, differential braking is bad form
while taxiing the DC-3; you should use differential power instead
except for very tight turns.
I'll buy that. But working dual throttles during the
At 07:36 AM 5/15/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Jon Berndt writes:
Yes. We've got hooks in JSBSim to add in the effects of turbulence, but
the math model driver for turbulence can be complicated. It's being worked
on, albeit slowly.
When you're ready, let me know, and I'll add a normalized
At 09:13 PM 2/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Can someone describe to me where the flaps are located on the body of
a Cessna 310? I haven't been able to see them clearly in any of the
photos I've found on the Web, and the two sets of 3-views I have don't
indicate them. The ailerons are on the outside
At 12:17 PM 2/6/2002 -0800, you wrote:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2002/robochopper.html
Their ground station seems to have telemetry but no visualization ...
They would seem to be a bit behind Georgia Tech:
http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html
rj
At 05:39 PM 1/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Alex Perry writes:
Also, most aircraft make a noise when seriously uncoordinated (FGFS
does not).
We can, though -- what kind of a noise should it be?
Kind of a fluttering noise; lots of burbling. Hey, how about dual air jets
to blow air on one
At 07:28 PM 1/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:
Ralph Jones wrote:
snip
The setting of the OBS is immaterial on an ILS, because it does not work
like a VOR...
snip
Actually (and much to my surprise) in some airplanes (for example the 737) it
apparently does matter.
I don't recall the details
At 10:49 PM 1/4/2002 -0600, Jon S. Berndt wrote:
This assumes that MS is doing things correctly and/or the way things
should be done. This is an invalid assumption. This is one of the reasons
I, personally, wanted to begin writing an FDM.
A heavy assumption indeed. The MSFS flight model is
At 04:22 PM 12/14/2001 +0200, you wrote:
Once upon a time, you were sitting and writing:
Would it be possible to model skyglow in FlightGear? That way you could
see
when you're approaching a city, even when you can't see it for
mountains etc.
Interesting question. You could either try
At 03:10 PM 11/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
David Megginson writes:
Andy Ross writes:
On the ground, gravity holds it down (open), so the horn is off.
Now there's a good practical joke -- stick the horn tab on with a bit
of duct tape.
As long as they remember their pilot training and
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