Update to my own comments:
Julian Foad wrote:
The spinning propellor (on c172-3d) needs a bit of work.
It spins even when the model is parked and the engine stopped. If pause mode
is on, it spins more slowly but still does not stop.
That works now (it stops). Maybe I didn't have that
Julian Foad writes:
Apologies - it looks pretty good as it is, both in sunlight and at
night, now that I see it as intended - i.e. very feint, so the
colouring of it is not too important. In fact, the light grey
colour of it looks like a highlight reflection off the blades. The
only
Julian Foad writes:
It spins even when the model is parked and the engine stopped. If
pause mode is on, it spins more slowly but still does not stop.
This was fixed in JSBSim a week or so ago -- unless something else has
undone the change, try updating to the newest FlightGear CVS. The
On the C172s I've used, the prop starts about as fast as a car engine,
i.e. in well under a second. It would be hard to get a tach reading,
but I'll try to remember.
Would you get the same cranking speed if you cranked the engine with the magnetos off?
It would certainly stop the engine
I agree that this was how it was originally coded, but something has
changed in the last week or so and the propellor definitely spins an
order of magnitude slower than reported rpm.
Did someone get rps and rpm mixed up?? ;-)
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Jim Wilson writes:
Yes, that needs to be fixed, but I'm still trying to understand it
(even my own preflight inspections of a real C172 prop aren't helping
me yet).
If you look down at the propeller in the model from above (with the
nose appearing pointed up on the screen), the
On Thu 18. April 2002 13:17, you wrote:
Yes, I think the tach probably should only read 100-200 rpm while the
engine is cranking, before it catches. Maybe Alex (or David) could
watch this on their next flight?
On the C172s I've used, the prop starts about as fast as a car engine,
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magnification, it was obvious what had happened. A new checkin is on
the way.
You forgot to correct your model to avoid the cutting propeller disc !
-Fred
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Frederic Bouvier writes:
You forgot to correct your model to avoid the cutting propeller disc !
What do you mean, exactly, by a cutting disk?
All the best,
David
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Frederic Bouvier writes:
What do you mean, exactly, by a cutting disk?
We can see the interior of the c172 when viewing the front of the
plane in the external view
Right -- I forgot to edit the ac file. I'll check in the fix right
now.
All the best,
David
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Julian Foad writes:
The spinning propellor (on c172-3d) needs a bit of work.
It spins even when the model is parked and the engine stopped. If
pause mode is on, it spins more slowly but still does not stop.
For me, the propellor does stop completely.
With magnetos off but starter
Curtis L. Olson wrote:
Yes, the propellor spins way to slowly compared to engine rpm. This
might be intentional so that it maintains 'smooth' animation. But,
it is maybe just a little noticably too slow ...
Actually, I think this is a recent change. I remember doing some back
of the
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