[Flightgear-devel] J3 Cub Back Seat Driver
Would it be possible to change the default position for the j3cub to sitting in the front seat instead of the back seat? That would make the instruments (especially the compass) actually readable. Maybe have a second -set file for back seat drivers? -- Hans Fugal - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] J3 Cub Back Seat Driver
Why not ad a second view, from where you can fly the aircraft? Better than two -set.xml-files... HHS --- Hans Fugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Would it be possible to change the default position for the j3cub to sitting in the front seat instead of the back seat? That would make the instruments (especially the compass) actually readable. Maybe have a second -set file for back seat drivers? -- Hans Fugal - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel Machen Sie Yahoo! zu Ihrer Startseite. Los geht's: http://de.yahoo.com/set - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] J3 Cub Back Seat Driver
Ah, I didn't realize you started there for weight/balance reasons. I thought it was just someone's preference. Definitely don't change it then. That mouse trick is nice. I wonder if it is really that hard to see the compass in the real plane. Maybe so, but combined with the small size and the various reasons why it's hard to make out the magnetic compass in FG even at regular size I have to think maybe it's extra-difficult. On 10/25/07, David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/10/2007, Hans Fugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would it be possible to change the default position for the j3cub to sitting in the front seat instead of the back seat? That would make the instruments (especially the compass) actually readable. Maybe have a second -set file for back seat drivers? The thing is, you do fly the J3 cub solo from the back seat for weight-and-balance reasons, so it definitely should be the default. Apparently, it really is that hard to see the instruments in a Cub, but fortunately, you don't use them much in a plane like that. You can move the pilot view position forward if you want using the mouse (that applies to any plane) -- go into mouse view mode, and hold down the middle mouse button and CTRL on the keyboard, then slide the mouse forward. Note that Microsoft Flight Simulator X, which now also comes with a J3 Cub (I think we were first), starts you in the back seat as well. All the best, David - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Hans Fugal Fugal Computing - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] J3 Cub Back Seat Driver
On 25/10/2007, Hans Fugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if it is really that hard to see the compass in the real plane. Maybe so, but combined with the small size and the various reasons why it's hard to make out the magnetic compass in FG even at regular size I have to think maybe it's extra-difficult. I can make it out at 1280x800, but I agree that it is hard to read. Then again, in real life, I can barely read the mag compass in my Warrior sitting in the front seat -- it's a tiny, dim sort of thing. Generally, I lean over and stick my face right in front of it when I need to calibrate my heading indicator. For flying a Cub, you shouldn't look at the compass very often -- it's a look-out-the-window plane, not a look-at-the-panel plane. Use 'x' to zoom in on the compass to check your heading once in a while (ctrl-X will snap back to regular zoom), then pick a point outside the window as your heading reference and look at it instead of the compass. That's probably the best equivalent of the Cub pilot leaning forward to take a glance. All the best, David - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
