RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim turbo/supercharger issues

2005-04-23 Thread Vivian Meazza
Andy Ross wrote > > Drew wrote: > > IMHO, it's best to use interpolation tables rather than equations if > > you're trying to curve fit empirical data. > > Not in this context. The data here isn't being used to model a > specific engine, but to provide sane parameters for all > (super/turbochar

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..any estimates on SW rendering?, was: World Wind as moving map display

2005-04-23 Thread Paul Kahler
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 23:17 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..not yet, I'm scheeming a renderfarm stunt; some new 2'nd hand HW shop > here says they got 200 Celeron 850's handy, so that got me thinking > about picking this: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BogoMips/x29.html#AEN54 > sweet spot for a wee while.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] realistic scenery

2005-04-23 Thread Paul Kahler
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 08:16 -0700, Andy Ross wrote: > Oliver C. wrote: > > How does X-Plane 8.1 solve that? > > It's not that terribly hard: store the texture mesh (2D, from the land > use data) and polygon mesh (3D, from the elevation data) separately > and do an intersection test when generating

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..any estimates on SW rendering?, was: World Wind as moving map display

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:27:01 -0400, Paul wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 23:17 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..not yet, I'm scheeming a renderfarm stunt; some new 2'nd hand HW > > shop here says they got 200 Celeron 850's handy, so that got me > > thinking about pic

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim turbo/supercharger issues

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:15:31 +0100, Vivian wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Andy Ross wrote > > > > > Drew wrote: > > > IMHO, it's best to use interpolation tables rather than equations > > > if you're trying to curve fit empirical data. > > > > Not in this context. The data here isn't

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another fgfs enabled rating!

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:24:25 +0200, Thomas wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am Freitag 22 April 2005 05:07 schrieb Dave Perry: > > I passed my instrument rating oral and practical (check ride) this > > afternoon. Five hours including the oral and ride. > > Congratulations Dave. > > > Th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another fgfs enabled rating!

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:09:34 +0200, Thomas wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am Freitag 22 April 2005 18:33 schrieb Martin Spott: > > Adam Dershowitz wrote: > > > Martin: Yes, in the US it is often done in single engine > > > airplanes. There is a lot of single engine IFR flying here, so

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..any estimates on SW rendering?, was: World Wind as moving map display

2005-04-23 Thread Paul Kahler
Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:27:01 -0400, Paul wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I guess it's time to do that ray-traced FGFS after all. ..tell me more. But you don't have enough bandwidth for that. .. how much do I need? One 1024x768x24 image is what? 2.25MB Even at a slow

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fun with Nasal (II)

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:21:46 -0700, Andy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anyway, have fun with it. I just kinda wanted to show it off. :) ..show-off, shouldn't there be a 622'nd here? ;o) http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/n.html -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt...

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim turbo/supercharger issues

2005-04-23 Thread Vivian Meazza
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > Andy Ross wrote > > > > > > > > Drew wrote: > > > > IMHO, it's best to use interpolation tables rather than equations > > > > if you're trying to curve fit empirical data. > > > > > > Not in this context. The data here isn't being used to model a > > > specific engine,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..any estimates on SW rendering?, was: World Wind as moving map display

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:48:21 -0400, Paul wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:27:01 -0400, Paul wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I guess it's time to do that ray-traced FGFS after all. > > > > ..tell me more. > > > > > But yo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim turbo/supercharger issues

2005-04-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:02:48 +0100, Vivian wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > > Andy Ross wrote > > > > > > > > > > > Drew wrote: > > > > > IMHO, it's best to use interpolation tables rather than > > > > > equations if you're trying to curve fit empirical data

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim turbo/supercharger issues

2005-04-23 Thread Vivian Meazza
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flightgear-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnt Karlsen > Sent: 23 April 2005 22:02 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim turbo/supercharger issues > > On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:02:48 +0