Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-15 Thread Alan Teeder
-- From: Ivan Ngeow ivanng...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:14 AM To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module) The radio alt antennas point

Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-15 Thread Victhor
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module) The radio alt antennas point vertically downward. Just as pitch angle affects the displayed RA, so does bank angle. This effect increases with bank/pitch angle --- you can work out the trigonometry easily

Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-14 Thread Thorsten
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Victhor wrote: Em Dom, 2010-07-11 Ã s 18:33 +0200, Thorsten escreveu: Hi, I've been working on some smaller issues with the Ground Proximity Warning System. Is someone currently maintaining or actively working on the mk-viii module, or is any help

Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-14 Thread Ivan Ngeow
The radio alt antennas point vertically downward. Just as pitch angle affects the displayed RA, so does bank angle. This effect increases with bank/pitch angle --- you can work out the trigonometry easily. RA is calibrated to read 0 at main gear touchdown (nose up pitch angle perhaps 5 to 8

[Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-11 Thread Thorsten
Hi, I've been working on some smaller issues with the Ground Proximity Warning System. Is someone currently maintaining or actively working on the mk-viii module, or is any help wanted? * The Bank angle! warning wasn't working. It's because the module reads the planes angle from    

Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-11 Thread Victhor
Em Dom, 2010-07-11 às 18:33 +0200, Thorsten escreveu: Hi, I've been working on some smaller issues with the Ground Proximity Warning System. Is someone currently maintaining or actively working on the mk-viii module, or is any help wanted? * The Bank angle! warning wasn't working. It's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] EGPWS issues (mk-viii module)

2010-07-11 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, Thanks for your work on it! :-) It would be goof, if your work and the output (that was you found out) will be documented somewhere. To my knowledge James Turner aka zakalewe has made a wikipage, so you may use it. * With larger aircraft only the height call outs down to 20 feet are