RE: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread Gene Buckle
> Maybe I've been around NASA types too long. ;-) What I meant was that we'd > like to have at least *believable* flight dynamics when flying in > off-nominal conditions (spin, hammerhead, etc.) > > But I am glad I made you laugh. :-) > You just keep on hanging out with those NASA guys. :) BT

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM)
> > Ha! Actually, when we get around to it, we do want to be > > plausible off-nominal, too. > > > > Jon > > > Jon, I read that sentence, digested it and promptly started snickering > insanely. What a quote. "I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!" > > *rofl* ?? Maybe I've been around

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread Gene Buckle
> > Ha! Actually, when we get around to it, we do want to be plausible off-nominal, > too. > > Jon > Jon, I read that sentence, digested it and promptly started snickering insanely. What a quote. "I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!" *rofl* g. _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread jsb
> Alex Perry wrote: > >>Think of it this way: a YASim aircraft will be as close to the real > >>airplane as the real one is to any other aircraft of the same general > >>class. That's good enough for me. And in a lot of situations > >>(military aircraft in particular), this is as good as we're g

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread Erik Hofman
Alex Perry wrote: >>Think of it this way: a YASim aircraft will be as close to the real >>airplane as the real one is to any other aircraft of the same general >>class. That's good enough for me. And in a lot of situations >>(military aircraft in particular), this is as good as we're going to >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread Alex Perry
> Think of it this way: a YASim aircraft will be as close to the real > airplane as the real one is to any other aircraft of the same general > class. That's good enough for me. And in a lot of situations > (military aircraft in particular), this is as good as we're going to > get anyway. There

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread Andy Ross
Jon S. Berndt wrote: > David Megginson wrote: > > Regarding this paragraph, > > > > > Recently, Andrew Ross contributed another flight model called > > > YASim for Yet another simulator. At present, it sports another > > > Cessna 172, a Cessna 182 and a Boeing 747. This one is based on > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another documentation correction

2002-02-14 Thread jsb
> Regarding this paragraph, > > Recently, Andrew Ross contributed another flight model called YASim > for Yet another simulator. At present, it sports another Cessna 172, > a Cessna 182 and a Boeing 747. This one is based on geometry > information rather than aerodynamic coefficients. Alt