Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Vivian Meazza
Georg Vollnhals wrote: -Original Message- -cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1] Original-Nachricht Betreff: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AI load_demo.xml,NONE,1.1 Datum:Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:25:13 +0100 Von: Georg Vollnhals

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Vivian Meazza schrieb: Georg Vollnhals wrote: Good to know that it works so far! The arrows are so that Maik knows which way is up:-). We have a little more work to do to make it pick-up-able. But you can make the load move around by altering the settings in sim/ai/ballistic/force[2].

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Heiko Schulz
Even if the bucket is not filled it is a weight some distance away from the helicopter. And when your downpitching into autorotation it will influence the CG of your a/c. And due to the load change it will start to swing. And groundnear it may hook into the vegetation. Many helicopter

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Heiko Schulz
--- Georg Vollnhals [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Vivian Meazza schrieb: Georg Vollnhals wrote: Good to know that it works so far! The arrows are so that Maik knows which way is up:-). We have a little more work to do to make it pick-up-able. But you can make the load move around

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Heiko Schulz schrieb: I JUST got this link and it is on the discussed subject although it happened in Nov. 2007: http://www.feuerwehr-kaiserslautern.de/Einsatz/2007/november/hubschrauber.html This is the very lucky result (helicopter destroyed, pilot unhurt) if you carry an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Heiko Schulz schrieb: You're generally right- but in your named case 30ft (9m) are not much for autorotating - on the pics it seems that he couldn't get rid of the cargo in time. Hi HHS, I don't want to annoy you but as I think you are a real helicopter enthusiast, so I want to correct: I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Heiko Schulz
--- Georg Vollnhals [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Heiko Schulz schrieb: You're generally right- but in your named case 30ft (9m) are not much for autorotating - on the pics it seems that he couldn't get rid of the cargo in time. Hi HHS, I don't want to annoy you but as I think you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Heiko Schulz schrieb: long time I wondered why my autorotatings shortly after start (simulatinng engine failure) don't work and I crashed. It is really nice to compare the different helicopters in FGFS: The EC135 is hardly to autorotate comparred to the S76c. I didn't try the R22, but it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Josh Babcock schrieb: Heh, yeah. The one I trained with the guy told me that the cable wasn't even attached to the winch. If they let it out too far it would just wind off and fall. The last 20 feet of cable was painted red. Josh Josh, this is even better. Then you can only pray that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/AIload_demo.xml, NONE, 1.1]

2008-01-05 Thread Josh Babcock
Georg Vollnhals wrote: But the external load seems to me not be an big issue at this crash. Even if the bucket is not filled it is a weight some distance away from the helicopter. And when your downpitching into autorotation it will influence the CG of your a/c. And due to the load change it