Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Erik Hofman
Innis Cunningham wrote: Hi All As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear.If this is not the case then maybe some kind soul could point me to the said property. If there is infact no such property currently, is there some kind soul who could

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Innis Cunningham
Hi Eric Erik Hofman writes Innis Cunningham wrote: Hi All As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear.If this is not the case then maybe some kind soul could point me to the said property. If there is infact no such property currently, is there

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread David Culp
As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear.If this is not the case then maybe some kind soul could point me to the said property. I think the last time this came up the consensus was that the current elevator-trim property could be used for

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Andy Ross
Innis Cunningham wrote: As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear. If this is not the case then maybe some kind soul could point me to the said property. What's wrong with /controls/flight/elevator-trim? Stabilizer trim is an FDM

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Lee Elliott
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 20:22, Andy Ross wrote: [snip] FWIW: You can map controls to the incidence value of an htsab object in YASim to make this work, although all the current aircraft simply add the elevator trim to the tail's flap deflection. The results are indistinguishable. Andy

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Innis Cunningham
Thanks Guys I guess the answer is there is no stabilizer trim property. Andy Ross writes Innis Cunningham wrote: As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear. If this is not the case then maybe some kind soul could point me to the said property.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Tony Peden
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 18:36, Innis Cunningham wrote: Thanks Guys I guess the answer is there is no stabilizer trim property. Andy Ross writes Innis Cunningham wrote: As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear. If this is not the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Andy Ross
Innis Cunningham wrote: Andy Ross wrote: What's wrong with /controls/flight/elevator-trim? Because stab trim and elevator trim are not the same. It is like saying a piston engine and a jet engine are the same. They are in the fact that they both provide thrust to the aircraft.It is how

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Innis Cunningham
Andy Ross writes So I'll ask again: what is it you want to do that cannot be done with the existing control property? I guess that the current elevator trim property does trim the aircraft in pitch. But if the stabilizer trim and the elevator trim use the same property then applying trim will

[Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-26 Thread Innis Cunningham
Hi All As far as I can tell there is no property to simulate a stabilizer trim system in flightgear.If this is not the case then maybe some kind soul could point me to the said property. If there is infact no such property currently, is there some kind soul who could impliment it in flightgear. As