Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread John Wojnaroski
And don't forget to consider if the prop can be feathered. Just an aside... remember light twins single engine performance numbers are based on *density* altitudes. On a hot, humid day at higher altitude airports lose an engine and your only option to maintain Vmc is a descent to a controll

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Extending weather scenarios - W as: Visibility and ceiling options broken?

2009-06-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi Ron > - I like the scenario chooser, but after choosing a scenario it would > pop back to live metar every time I transitioned from one metar area to > another. The gui should toggle real-weather-fetch on and off. It actually does (or should do?) this. I had a "disable-real-weather-fetch" in m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread Victhor
It is avaliable in all aircraft. Maybe you don't use CVS version? > That's very interesting to know John.Coping with the windmilling drag > would be the next step. But first I want to be able to cut the engine. > > Thanks Victhor and Ron. > > Victhor, I've tried Method 3 but I cannot find any M

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Extending weather scenarios - Was: Visibility and ceiling options broken?

2009-06-06 Thread Ron Jensen
On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 12:29 +0200, Torsten Dreyer wrote: > > So - I am just about to commit what I have done so far. > And now i did. > > If anything is broken or does not work as expected, please shout. > > Torsten Just took my first flight in it... - I like the scenario chooser, but after ch

Re: [Flightgear-devel] shift key ignored

2009-06-06 Thread Alex Romosan
Melchior FRANZ writes: > * dave perry -- Friday 29 May 2009: >> None of the keyboard inputs involving shift work any more. > > That's now fixed in OSG/SVN. but the [ and ] keys still don't seem to work so there is no flaps control anymore. reverting src/osgViewer/GraphicsWindowX11.cpp to version

[Flightgear-devel] FG-1.9.1, nav frequency change and carb heat off problems.

2009-06-06 Thread Ferdinand Badescu
I have installed FlightGear v1.9.1 on a Fedora 10, 64-bit system, and I ran into a couple of problems when I started the sim with stock C-172. 1. How do you change the nav/comm frequency without going through the Equipment -> Radio Settings menus? In other words: I tried to change the frequency by

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread Ron Jensen
On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 23:34 +0300, Fabian Grodek wrote: > That's very interesting to know John.Coping with the windmilling drag > would be the next step. But first I want to be able to cut the engine. The code for the propeller model already does drag, assuming the negative c_thrust values are goo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread Fabian Grodek
That's very interesting to know John.Coping with the windmilling drag would be the next step. But first I want to be able to cut the engine. Thanks Victhor and Ron. Victhor, I've tried Method 3 but I cannot find any MTBF for the engines; maybe this is only available for a specific aircraft model?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread John Wojnaroski
Fabian Grodek wrote: >Hello, > >Is it possible to simulate an engine failure during takeoff (or at any >flight stage) in Flightgear? If the answer is positive, is there an aircraft >model (with two or more engines, of course) ready to do that? > >I've tried to set "set-running" property to false o

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread Ron Jensen
On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 23:04 +0300, Fabian Grodek wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to simulate an engine failure during takeoff (or at any > flight stage) in Flightgear? If the answer is positive, is there an > aircraft model (with two or more engines, of course) ready to do that? > > I've tri

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread Victhor
Method 1: Turn off magnetos/set mixture to full lean (if piston engined) Method 2: Toggle cutoff for desired engine (both) Method 3: Equipment > System Failures > MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) of desired engine in seconds. Unchecking the checkbox will cause the selected engine to fail. Press Ap

[Flightgear-devel] Single engine takeoff simulation

2009-06-06 Thread Fabian Grodek
Hello, Is it possible to simulate an engine failure during takeoff (or at any flight stage) in Flightgear? If the answer is positive, is there an aircraft model (with two or more engines, of course) ready to do that? I've tried to set "set-running" property to false or 0 in the property browser w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Gui - updating gui state dynamically

2009-06-06 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Friday 05 June 2009: > With some code in dialog.cxx live updates of lists could be implemented, > too. Recent changes made that easier than before. This would really be the best approach. It could then also be used to live-enable/disable (grey out) widgets, or to change their