Re: [Flightgear-devel] Way, way, way off topic!

2008-08-29 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:00:54 -0500, Curtis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is way way way off topic, but some of you mind find it > interesting and I have a very small connection to this adventure. > > http://junkraft.blogspot.com/ > The problem is that even though the plastic

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Alex Romosan
Erik Hofman writes: > Sorry, I got the data from windtunnel test data performed by NASA. can you give me a pointer as to where i could get this data? thanks. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneou

Re: [Flightgear-devel] GIT

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Spott
Thomas wrote: > Thanks for that review. I'm still wary of the auto line term > conversion and would probably favor disabling it. The usual Unix tools have been _very_ reliable about telling different file types for decades and I'd assume (read: I'm not certain) that GIT on Windows would use the s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] GIT

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Spott
Christian Schmitt wrote: > As I already wrote here yesterday, the fgdata repo needs currently > approx 1GB of diskspace on my machine here. This is a bit surprising, as the repository _without_ checkout should have approximately this size: hypersphere: 15:58:01 ~> du -hs git/fgdata/ GIT/fgdata/

Re: [Flightgear-devel] GIT

2008-08-29 Thread Christian Schmitt
Thomas wrote: > > Thanks for that review. I'm still wary of the auto line term > conversion and would probably favor disabling it. > > I'm more concerned about the 2 GB repo size limit listed in the "Known > issues" in the release notes. I don't think that will work for FG. Am > I correct in as

[Flightgear-devel] Way, way, way off topic!

2008-08-29 Thread Curtis Olson
This is way way way off topic, but some of you mind find it interesting and I have a very small connection to this adventure. http://junkraft.blogspot.com/ These guys just arrived in Honolulu after sailing a raft made out of plastic junk and a Cessna 310 fuselage from Los Angeles. They left

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Ralf Gerlich
Hi! Martin Spott wrote: > I think Ralf Gerlich has quite some expertise on this one - his home > airfield is the place where these beasts are being built and he's one > of these guys who want to know every detail :-) > As far as I remember he also has a nice livery for the "Gummiwoosch", > yet I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] GIT

2008-08-29 Thread Thomas
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:11 AM, "Stefan C. Müller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I just joined this list a few days ago. And haven't contributed a single > codeline to flightgear (yet). So its not my place to say what I'd like > best. But I'm possibly kind of the avarage maybe-contributor wi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Alex Romosan wrote: > Erik Hofman writes: > >> Alex Romosan wrote: >>> I felt what happens! It seemed my face was being pulled from my >>> skull. I couldn't believe how effective those speed brakes were. An >>> F-16's speed brakes are located at the back of the fuselage either >>> side of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Erik Hofman
gerard robin wrote: >> A Only my 2 cents, if the question is not stupid :) > How does the fly-by-wire, regarding the speedbrake lift effect ? What happens (with regard to the fly-by-wire system) is this: Speedbrake deflection causes a pitching moment which the FCS automatically compensates be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread gerard robin
On ven 29 août 2008, Erik Hofman wrote: > Alex Romosan wrote: > > Erik Hofman writes: > >> Believe me, this is correct behavior, and this is why: > > > > i found a nice article about flying in an f16: > > > > http://www.avweb.com/news/skywrite/181916-1.html > > > > this is the part about the spee

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Alex Romosan
Erik Hofman writes: > Alex Romosan wrote: >> >> I felt what happens! It seemed my face was being pulled from my >> skull. I couldn't believe how effective those speed brakes were. An >> F-16's speed brakes are located at the back of the fuselage either >> side of the engine nacelle, and re

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Alex Romosan wrote: > Erik Hofman writes: > >> Believe me, this is correct behavior, and this is why: > > i found a nice article about flying in an f16: > > http://www.avweb.com/news/skywrite/181916-1.html > > this is the part about the speed brakes: > > "Here's where the speed brakes come

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Curtis Olson
Oh man, you are wasting my time here! On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Anders Gidenstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Curtis Olson wrote: > > > Ok, all done, thanks for putting up with my idiosyncrasies. :-) > > > > Thanks! > > Unfortunately, I messed up and sent off older v

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Curtis Olson wrote: > Ok, all done, thanks for putting up with my idiosyncrasies. :-) > Thanks! Unfortunately, I messed up and sent off older versions of a few files.. The new versions are here: http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/aircraft_updates/ZLT-NT_update.tar.gz Sorr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Curtis Olson
Ok, all done, thanks for putting up with my idiosyncrasies. :-) Curt. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Anders Gidenstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hi all, > > Could someone with CVS access apply this update for my Zeppelin NT, > please? > > > http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/aircraft_upda

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Alex Romosan
Erik Hofman writes: > Believe me, this is correct behavior, and this is why: i found a nice article about flying in an f16: http://www.avweb.com/news/skywrite/181916-1.html this is the part about the speed brakes: "Here's where the speed brakes come in handy, I'll open em up. And you'll

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Spott
I think Ralf Gerlich has quite some expertise on this one - his home airfield is the place where these beasts are being built and he's one of these guys who want to know every detail :-) As far as I remember he also has a nice livery for the "Gummiwoosch", yet I don't know wether it's ready for di

Re: [Flightgear-devel] f16 speedbrakes

2008-08-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Alex Romosan wrote: > i hate to bring this up again but i still think the speedbrakes don't > work as they should, instead generating quite a lot of lift. i've > tested this on final approach at about 160-170 knots, speedbrakes on; > i can keep the plane level. retract the speedbrakes, the plane s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Curtis Olson
Hi Anders, I have committed your updates. I saw the goodyear blimp put on a show at EAA Oshkosh this year. It flew down the flight light and then did a roaring 45 degree climb-out. Not quite as awesome as the F-22, but it still was fun to watch after seeing it just float around for 2 days. Bes

[Flightgear-devel] Zeppelin NT (ZLT-NT) update

2008-08-29 Thread Anders Gidenstam
Hi all, Could someone with CVS access apply this update for my Zeppelin NT, please? http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/aircraft_updates/ZLT-NT-20080828.tar.bz2 - Added a multiplayer copilot. - Some FDM updates. The archive is formatted by fg-submit. The files in ZLT-NT/Models/Instruments/VH

Re: [Flightgear-devel] improving VOR indication (patch for navradio.cxx/hxx)

2008-08-29 Thread John Denker
On 08/28/2008 12:04 PM, Torsten Dreyer wrote: > Here is a little patch that changes the behaviour of the VOR CDI and OFF-flag > for indicators like the HSI when getting outside the range of the VOR > station. > The benefit is: > - No more jitter for flag and needles That's not a benefit.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] GIT

2008-08-29 Thread Stefan C. Müller
Hi I just joined this list a few days ago. And haven't contributed a single codeline to flightgear (yet). So its not my place to say what I'd like best. But I'm possibly kind of the avarage maybe-contributor with svn and cvs experience (later I have nightmares about), who has never heard of gi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] GIT

2008-08-29 Thread Melchior FRANZ
Just for the record: KDE, one of the biggest F/OSS projects out there, switched to SVN a few years ago. Now there are plans to switch to one of the distributed SCM systems. SVN's capabilities seem to be no longer fit for the job. The project will probably switch to GIT. Here's an article about it.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AI Carrier with Aircraft, and the last JSBSim version

2008-08-29 Thread gerard robin
On ven 29 août 2008, Bill Galbraith wrote: > > With Catapult it is less a problem, with answering time > > delay, i mean it should work. > > Catapults features need only to know the "starting position" > > with a more or less value precision: a carrier with 20 km > > speed does 5.6 meter per secon