Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-24 Thread Viktor Radnai
Hi all, The model was updated again. (Still at http://www.avatarzenekar.hu/files/sf25b.tar.bz2 ). Changes from yesterday: - Dependencies to other models removed - Radio and glider vario now works - Improved sounds I still need some help to figure out why it wants to ground loop so badly on takeo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-23 Thread Viktor Radnai
Hi all, I have uploaded a newer version of the Falke. Grab it from here as before: http://www.avatarzenekar.hu/files/sf25b.tar.bz2 The model now has the beginnings of an instrument panel, with instruments recycled from Instruments-3d or other models. The model specifically depends on the ASK13

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-16 Thread Viktor Radnai
Hi all, I have updated the model. Please download and test again if you are interested. http://www.avatarzenekar.hu/files/sf25b.tar.bz2 Many thanks to all especially Gary aka Buckaroo for his yasim xml and explanations. List of changes: - CG supposedly closer to real CG. - More realistic sink

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-16 Thread Viktor Radnai
Haha, that was me taxiing her out for takeoff for the first time! Part of the normal taxiway was cordoned off for some kind of car tuning show (you can see that on the left) and we had to go through slightly longer grass, with some weeds sticking out. That's the great thing about a grass airfie

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-16 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Viktor Radnai wrote: > http://www.avatarzenekar.hu/files/P1020617.JPG > http://www.avatarzenekar.hu/files/P1020618.JPG > Am I the only one that noticed that someone has been mowing a lawn with that prop? :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The onl

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-16 Thread Viktor Radnai
Hi guys, Thanks for this. Gary, I gave your yasim xml a spin. (sorry, long mail ahead) I don't have enough experience with the plane yet to comment on everything. The real thing seems to behave a bit better on takeoff when there is no crosswind -- haven't done a crosswind takeoff or landing ye

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-15 Thread Gary Neely
Vik, Based on Maik's CG information and a little nosing around for performance information online, I made an el-cheapo quick and dirty FDM: http://ltts.crlt.indiana.edu/grn/flightgear/sf25b-yasim.xml Feel free to use it, lose it, abuse it, or whatever. It's a bit tricky to takeoff and land, esp

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-15 Thread Maik Justus
To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25 > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Viktor Radnai wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Athanasios Goritsas (cc-d) created a nice Falke 3D model with a basic > > Yasim profile, b

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-15 Thread TDO_Brandano -
lider that will be the largest variable mass. > Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:18:53 -0400 > From: grne...@gmail.com > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25 > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Viktor Radnai > wrote: >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-15 Thread Gary Neely
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Viktor Radnai wrote: > Hi all, > > Athanasios Goritsas (cc-d) created a nice Falke 3D model with a basic > Yasim profile, based on the aircraft he flew with. I would like to > develop his model further (I'm doing my PPL on the real thing atm). We > would both like

[Flightgear-devel] New aircraft: SF-25

2011-08-15 Thread Viktor Radnai
Hi all, Athanasios Goritsas (cc-d) created a nice Falke 3D model with a basic Yasim profile, based on the aircraft he flew with. I would like to develop his model further (I'm doing my PPL on the real thing atm). We would both like to see it in Git (under a GPL license), maybe more people woul

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-15 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Maik wrote; > I have tested Daves modification and I like it. I think the Pitts is > more realistic with these modifications. But the glide angle is bit > too > > glider-like... > I vote for committing this modification to cvs. > > Stuart, thanks for this nice small aircraft. A pleasure as alw

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-15 Thread Maik Justus
Hi Dave and Stuart, dave perry schrieb am 12.11.2007 00:16: > dave perry wrote: > >> Stuart Buchanan wrote: >> >>> The model and FDM are fairly basic, but it is quite fun to fly, and a >>> challenge to land. Comment and any modifications are very welcome. >>> This is my first YASim aircr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread dave perry
dave perry wrote: > Stuart Buchanan wrote: >> The model and FDM are fairly basic, but it is quite fun to fly, and a >> challenge to land. Comment and any modifications are very welcome. >> This is my first YASim aircraft, so I'm sure the FDM could benefit >> from some tuning. >> >> > Stuart,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread dave perry
Stuart Buchanan wrote: The model and FDM are fairly basic, but it is quite fun to fly, and a challenge to land. Comment and any modifications are very welcome. This is my first YASim aircraft, so I'm sure the FDM could benefit from some tuning. Stuart, this is a really nice addition. Takin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread Maik Justus
Hi, Stuart Buchanan schrieb am 11.11.2007 19:17: Heiko Schulz wrote: So much as I know, there are some clubs using a Pitts for aerotowing. Yes, I am sure I saw it myself. I didn't know that - but know knowledge of glider towing is limited to the small number of clubs around our a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread Heiko Schulz
--- Stuart Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Heiko: Any chance you could reply to the _bottom_ of > posts rather than the _top_? > > As someone once said: > > A: Because it makes the reply difficult to > understand > Q: Why is top-posting bad? > > Thanks. > > -Stuart > Yes, I can.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Heiko Schulz wrote: > So much as I know, there are some clubs using a Pitts > for aerotowing. I didn't know that - but know knowledge of glider towing is limited to the small number of clubs around our airfield. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm glad there is another use for the Pitts! Maik - ple

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread Heiko Schulz
So much as I know, there are some clubs using a Pitts for aerotowing. Regards HHS --- Stuart Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Maik Justus wrote: > > Hi Stuart, > > > > nice aircraft. > > > > One comment regarding the fdm: The aerotow hook is > missing. > > > I didn't add the aerotow ho

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Maik Justus wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > nice aircraft. > > One comment regarding the fdm: The aerotow hook is missing. I didn't add the aerotow hook because I'm pretty sure no-one would try to tow a glider with a Pitts, and it's enough trouble trying to handle on its own, without the challenge of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-11 Thread Maik Justus
turday, 10 November, 2007 1:56:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C >> >> >> >> >>> Melchior wrote: >>> * Stuart Buchanan -- Saturday 10 November 2007: >>> >>>> The included livery

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
I wrote: > From: Stuart Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Sent: Saturday, 10 November, 2007 1:56:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C > > > > > Melchior wrote: > > * Stuart Buchanan

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
> Melchior wrote: > * Stuart Buchanan -- Saturday 10 November 2007: > > The included livery is for the well-known fictional beer company, > > Hmm ... I'm not sure if that's fictional enough. "20th Century Fox" > has already sued an Australian brewery for making Duff beer, although > they aren't

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-10 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Stuart Buchanan -- Saturday 10 November 2007: > The included livery is for the well-known fictional beer company, Hmm ... I'm not sure if that's fictional enough. "20th Century Fox" has already sued an Australian brewery for making Duff beer, although they aren't brewing beer themselves, obviou

[Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for CVS - Pitts S1C

2007-11-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi All, Over the last couple of weeks, I've been working on a Pitts S1C - the classic aerobatic biplane. It is available for download at http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/pittss1c.tar.gz. Screenshot at http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/pittss1c.jpg The model and FDM are fairly basic, but

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft: Dragonfly - Linuxtag edition

2007-06-04 Thread Nick Warne
Hi Torsten, On Monday 04 June 2007 17:04:20 Torsten Dreyer wrote: > The Dragonfly is a microlight aircraft built by Bill Moyes. > Have fun and please report problems (and maybe success) One thing I noticed - on the ground, apply brakes, the engine sound stops (or is silenced). Nick -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft: Dragonfly - Linuxtag edition

2007-06-04 Thread Nick Warne
On Monday 04 June 2007 17:04:20 Torsten Dreyer wrote: > Hi all, > > as promised the Dragonfly that was created during Linuxtag 2007 is in CVS > (thanks, Martin!). > > The Dragonfly is a microlight aircraft built by Bill Moyes. > > It is pure fun to fly and due to it's slow flying speed it is ideal

[Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft: Dragonfly - Linuxtag edition

2007-06-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, as promised the Dragonfly that was created during Linuxtag 2007 is in CVS (thanks, Martin!). The Dragonfly is a microlight aircraft built by Bill Moyes. It is pure fun to fly and due to it's slow flying speed it is ideal for scenery discovery and training flights. Have fun and please

[Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft: Ju 52 3/m

2006-04-14 Thread Detlef Faber
Hello everybody, Here is a preview of the ju 52, screenshots and aircraft: http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/aircr_e.htm Please test, Feedback is very welcome. And another question. How can I put something in the "Payload" section of the "Fuel and payload" menu? Greetings Detlef -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for fgfs - English Electric Lightning

2006-02-20 Thread AJ MacLeod
Just a note to say what I disastrously forgot to say in my initial email... The yasim version of the Lightning is badly broken, please use the JSBSim one which is hopefully much less so :-) I only left it in there in case someone else could make the yasim config converge - I might be better hav

[Flightgear-devel] New aircraft for fgfs - English Electric Lightning

2006-02-16 Thread AJ MacLeod
Hi all, I have been working for longer than I care to think on a model of an English Electric Lightning (F.1A) for flightgear, available at http://www.adeptoss.f2s.com/Lightning-20060216.tar.gz It has plenty of quirks and irregularities still (as did the original :-) but I hope it should never

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft

2006-02-10 Thread Martin Spott
Detlef Faber wrote: > here is a preview of my Messerschmitt Bf 109. It's a Work in Progress > and not feature complete, but quiet Fun to fly. Aaaah, nice I presume this one falls in the class of the "don't engage too much power while on ground because it turns you upside down"-aircraft :-)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft

2006-02-09 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Detlef Faber schrieb: Am Donnerstag, den 09.02.2006, 17:21 +0100 schrieb Georg Vollnhals: .. and for 2007: a FW 190! :-) (Bremen is my hometown) Thank you Georg, i've already searched after Infos or manuals for an FW 190 on the net, but sadly found little to create a FDM. If anybody has a lin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft

2006-02-09 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Donnerstag, den 09.02.2006, 17:21 +0100 schrieb Georg Vollnhals: > > .. and for 2007: a FW 190! :-) > (Bremen is my hometown) > Thank you Georg, i've already searched after Infos or manuals for an FW 190 on the net, but sadly found little to create a FDM. If anybody has a link I'll create one

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft

2006-02-09 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Hi Detlef, this is a very nice bird, thank you very much. But a real challenge, too. Will take me some time to get it into air more elegant and a lot more time to land it without crash - that was the same with the real one, as they say! Thank you for your aircraft help and the numbers which ar

[Flightgear-devel] New Aircraft

2006-02-09 Thread Detlef Faber
Hello everybody, here is a preview of my Messerschmitt Bf 109. It's a Work in Progress and not feature complete, but quiet Fun to fly. It was tested with FG 0.99. Pictures are here: http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/bf109-1.jpg http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/bf109-2.jpg http://www.sol2500.net

[Flightgear-devel] New aircraft modeling references on JSBSim web site

2006-01-14 Thread Jon S. Berndt
I thought I'd forward this from the JSBSim list:   To: JSBSim Developer List I have remodeled the Links page at the JSBSim web site to make navigation a bit easier. I have also added several papers hosted on the JSBSim site which had been difficult to find (for years!). These papers are key

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-13 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi, I have just put a new version of ogel to http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ and there are now two versions available: one is for FG v 0.9.9 and before using the old JSBSim Code and one is for current FG CVS with new JSBSim with the 2.x config-files. Also, I put into the XML files the GPL header and t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread dene maxwell
Hi, when will ogel be available on the FG a/c downloads? will it run ok in FGv098a? cheers Dene On Thursday 12 January 2006 15:42, AJ MacLeod wrote: > The ogeL is a really nice model, just needs a some drop tanks for our more >adventurous flights... Hrm... spoke too soon. That, and a JSBSim-

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:29:45 +0100, Torsten wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I just got a e-mail from LEGO saying that they grant permission to > publish the 3d-model to be used in FlightGear as I requested. > Only two restrictions apply: > - the word LEGO has to be followed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Thursday 12 January 2006 15:42, AJ MacLeod wrote: > The ogeL is a really nice model, just needs a some drop tanks for our more >adventurous flights... Hrm... spoke too soon. That, and a JSBSim-2.0 compatible config :-( AJ --- This SF.net

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
Cool. Maybe you should upload a text file saying this with the original mail in in to the ogeL aircraft CVS, so that this stays with the model. V. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Torsten Dreyer schrieb: > Hi all, > > I just got a e-mail from LEGO saying that they grant permission to publish > the > 3d-model to be used in FlightGear as I requested. > Only two restrictions apply: > - the word LEGO has to be followed by the r

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Thursday 12 January 2006 15:29, Torsten Dreyer wrote: > I just got a e-mail from LEGO saying that they grant permission to publish > the 3d-model to be used in FlightGear as I requested. > Only two restrictions apply: > - the word LEGO has to be followed by the rightmark-sign ( ® ) > - the red L

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-12 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi all, I just got a e-mail from LEGO saying that they grant permission to publish the 3d-model to be used in FlightGear as I requested. Only two restrictions apply: - the word LEGO has to be followed by the rightmark-sign ( ® ) - the red LEGO logo must not be used (the read 4-knob brick) which i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread fenejd
I thought ogeL had something to do with OpenGL at first, so I think it would stand against allegations of trademark dilution :) Besides, Lego owns the rights to the concept of linking the building blocks used in the model, not the model itself, much less a computer rendition of that model. The m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:36:08 +0100, Torsten wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ..hang on a sec: Did you make ogeL, or did Lego? Extend this a bit, > > and ask whether we can legally model the A380, the Wright Flyer etc. > > > > ..the test is, who made it. Inspiration can legally come f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> ..hang on a sec: Did you make ogeL, or did Lego? Extend this a bit, and > ask whether we can legally model the A380, the Wright Flyer etc. > > ..the test is, who made it. Inspiration can legally come from > anywhere, even from Microsoft. ;o) > We're wise to document all the details, however.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:10:10 +0100, Torsten wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I tried the same approach as everyone else: get as close to the > original as possible. > What makes a model of a kids toy different from a model of a A380, a > Cub, a 747 or a PA28? > But to keep it safe, I wi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Ralf Gerlich
Hi, Christian Mayer schrieb: IANAL, as well, but I think "geschäftsmäßig" does not necessarily have to do with charging money for something. AFAIK it's about whether you do something regularly. So even distributing it on a private webpage might be considered "geschäftsmäßig". However, I'm not su

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Gerlich schrieb: > Hi, > > Christian Mayer schrieb: > >> BTW: at least in Germany it makes a difference if it used >> "geschäftsmäßig" or not. As someone might ask money for distributing it >> (at least the big distributions are!), it falls unde

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Ralf Gerlich
Hi, Christian Mayer schrieb: BTW: at least in Germany it makes a difference if it used "geschäftsmäßig" or not. As someone might ask money for distributing it (at least the big distributions are!), it falls under the "geschäftsmäßig" category - and "Markenrecht" applies. IANAL, as well, but I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Torsten Dreyer schrieb: > I tried the same approach as everyone else: get as close to the original as > possible. > What makes a model of a kids toy different from a model of a A380, a Cub, a > 747 or a PA28? > But to keep it safe, I will send a de

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-09 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I tried the same approach as everyone else: get as close to the original as possible. What makes a model of a kids toy different from a model of a A380, a Cub, a 747 or a PA28? But to keep it safe, I will send a description and a link to my model and to flightgear to Lego and ask for permissio

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-08 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 23:21 +0100, Christian Mayer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Torsten Dreyer schrieb: > > Hi everybody, > > > > i made a new aircraft and placed it here: > > > > http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ > > > > It's name is ogeL. > > > > ogeL? > > LOL! >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-08 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-08 Thread Martin Spott
Torsten Dreyer wrote: > i made a new aircraft and placed it here: > > http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ Oh, this one looks nice !! Curt, would you add this to your 'collection' ? Thanks, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-08 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Torsten Dreyer schrieb: > Hi everybody, > > i made a new aircraft and placed it here: > > http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ > > It's name is ogeL. > > ogeL? LOL! (I hope that the official ynapmoc ogeL doesn't have a plane that looks very similar - not

[Flightgear-devel] New aircraft - have fun!

2006-01-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi everybody, i made a new aircraft and placed it here: http://www.t3r.de/fg/ogel/ It's name is ogeL. ogeL? Well - look yourself and with a little imagination... Stay young! Greetings, Torsten (Comments, bugreports etc. are welcome) --