Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread Bill Galbraith
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jon S. Berndt > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:29 PM > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank > ang

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> Hi, > > I'm sorry but its sounding a little anomalous to me. > > >From the kinematic relationships; > > p = phidot - psidot sin(theta) > > q = thetadot cos(phi) + psidot cos(theta) sin(phi) > > r = psidot cos(theta) cos(phi) - thetadot sin(phi) > > now for a steady turn, theta can be approximated

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread bass pumped
On 3/23/07, Jon S. Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My question: > > > If I put the aircraft (Cub or 172) into a constant bank and > > > pitch angle turn ("trimmed"), I expect phidot and thetadot to > > > be near zero, and psidot non-zero... Yet, I see thetadot near > > > zero, and phidot an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> > My question: > > If I put the aircraft (Cub or 172) into a constant bank and > > pitch angle turn ("trimmed"), I expect phidot and thetadot to > > be near zero, and psidot non-zero... Yet, I see thetadot near > > zero, and phidot and psidot non-zero (as a matter of fact: > > phidot is almost as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread Bill Galbraith
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nicol Carstens > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 5:51 AM > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Flightgear-deve

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread Curtis Olson
On 3/23/07, Nicol Carstens wrote: Hi guys. First of all (before I start "complaining") let me start off by saying: thanks for sharing your work publicly! MUCH appreciated. If you don't mind, and have some time to spare me, I need to ask a question... About myself and my project: I am qualifi

[Flightgear-devel] Phidot not zero.. And bank angle constant...

2007-03-23 Thread Nicol Carstens
Hi guys. First of all (before I start "complaining") let me start off by saying: thanks for sharing your work publicly! MUCH appreciated. If you don't mind, and have some time to spare me, I need to ask a question... About myself and my project: I am qualified as an electronic engineer (did a