Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-13 Thread Vivian Meazza
Csaba Halász On 4/12/07, Vivian Meazza wrote: Why do you want to offset a TACAN position? You know why: because on the carriers the tacan altitude is 100 feet. And that *is* fixed, no matter where the carrier happens to be. It should be fixed relative to the carrier. So as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-13 Thread gh.robin
On Fri 13 April 2007 10:31, Vivian Meazza wrote: SNIP Yes - this is Mathias' business, I really can't comment, except to say that I would be surprised if there were anything much wrong with his code, and certainly not his mathematics. Have I missed anything? Yup - if it ain't broke don't

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-13 Thread Vivian Meazza
gh.robin wrote: ... Snip ... Hello Vivian, Csaba I am a TACAN user, with Tankers and Carriers, (mainly developing French Navy Aircraft models) i have read with interest that long conversation. I can say, the existing TACAN system, which has been implemented and improved by Vivian

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-13 Thread Csaba Halász
On 4/13/07, Vivian Meazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly my point: AIBase only reads generic values. Offsets are not generic values, and their reading should remain where they are at present. If another AI Object comes up with a requirement, then that is a different matter. They are

[Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-12 Thread Csaba Halász
Hello! I have looked into tacan code when investigating a bug found by Nick. From the one-liner fix it grew to this massive patch. Here is what I did: Moved tacan parameters from carrier_nav.dat to the appropriate model node in the property tree (eg. /ai/models/carrier/navaids/tacan).

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-12 Thread Vivian Meazza
Csaba Halász Hello! I have looked into tacan code when investigating a bug found by Nick. From the one-liner fix it grew to this massive patch. Here is what I did: Moved tacan parameters from carrier_nav.dat to the appropriate model node in the property tree (eg.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-12 Thread Csaba Halász
On 4/12/07, Vivian Meazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't make any sense to me - what bug are you trying to fix? None, it is already fixed. This is just a follow-up. Why do you want to offset a TACAN position? You know why: because on the carriers the tacan altitude is 100 feet. And that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-12 Thread Vivian Meazza
Csaba Halász On 4/12/07, Vivian Meazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't make any sense to me - what bug are you trying to fix? None, it is already fixed. This is just a follow-up. Why do you want to offset a TACAN position? You know why: because on the carriers the tacan altitude

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] tacan rewrite

2007-04-12 Thread Csaba Halász
On 4/13/07, Vivian Meazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Csaba Halász On 4/12/07, Vivian Meazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do you want to offset a TACAN position? You know why: because on the carriers the tacan altitude is 100 feet. And that *is* fixed, no matter where the carrier