Alex Romosan wrote:
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
* Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 01:19:
as a matter of fact it does seem that european helicopters behave
differently from american ones.
Yes, you are right, sorry. I was slightly pissed, because if felt as
if you needlessly d
I don't like the way this discussion goes by now. Because I'll finish
the second fgfs heli soon, I want to show my point of view in this
matter may to finish this argument soon, too...;-)
If you choose an input modality which is closer to the reality - eg.
using stick, pedals and a 'park-break-
* Martin Spott -- Monday 09 August 2004 14:37:
> Alex Romosan wrote:
>
> > [...] i use the keyboard mappings and
> > a mouse to "fly" and i noticed that the collective is mapped backwards
> > (up goes down and down goes up).
>
> which very much resembles the controls of a real heli !
> A hel
Melchior FRANZ said:
> * Jeff Sinsay -- Saturday 07 August 2004 16:28:
> > Yes indeed, when looking from the top down American Helicopters
> > rotate-counter clockwise, while European/Russian Helis rotate
> > clockwise.
>
> Yes, that's widely known. But nobody would seriously assume that
> anyw
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 01:19:
>> as a matter of fact it does seem that european helicopters behave
>> differently from american ones.
>
> Yes, you are right, sorry. I was slightly pissed, because if felt as
> if you needlessly dragged
* Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 01:19:
> as a matter of fact it does seem that european helicopters behave
> differently from american ones.
Yes, you are right, sorry. I was slightly pissed, because if felt as
if you needlessly dragged my country into the matter, only because
we didn't a
"Jim Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Those photos are really are nice! Wow! Mind me asking what you took
> them with?
i have a sony dsc-f717 digital camera (but now i want the dsc-f828 :-(
) the original pictures are 2560x1920 though.
--alex--
--
| I believe the moment is at hand when, b
> * Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 00:36:
> > you can clearly hear the woman say that if you lift the collective you
> > increase the pitch of the blades so you get more lift and you'll go
> > up. so it would seem that collective up means helicopter goes up.
> > maybe in austria they do it
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 00:36:
>> you can clearly hear the woman say that if you lift the collective you
>> increase the pitch of the blades so you get more lift and you'll go
>> up. so it would seem that collective up means helicopter
i am not sure what the collective has to do with the throttle. if i
understand this correctly, the collective changes the pitch of the
rotor blades. i thought helicopters don't have a throttle the way
fixed wing aircraft do: i.e. the engine is always at a constant rpm.
but then i am not a helicopt
* Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 00:36:
> you can clearly hear the woman say that if you lift the collective you
> increase the pitch of the blades so you get more lift and you'll go
> up. so it would seem that collective up means helicopter goes up.
> maybe in austria they do it different
Alex Romosan wrote:
> Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > * Alex Romosan -- Friday 06 August 2004 21:31:
> >> and i noticed that the collective is mapped backwards
> >> (up goes down and down goes up).
> >
> > Yes, and that's the way it should be and there's no way in hell to have
> >
* Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 00:28:
> okay, then you should change the default so the helicopter starts with
> the collective up so the helicopter doesn't just take off once you
> start the rotor.
Yes, a solution for keyboarders would be desirable. But it may only
influence the keyboa
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Alex Romosan -- Friday 06 August 2004 21:31:
>> and i noticed that the collective is mapped backwards
>> (up goes down and down goes up).
>
> Yes, and that's the way it should be and there's no way in hell to have
> this changed. If you don't like how
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Alex Romosan -- Friday 06 August 2004 21:31:
>> and i noticed that the collective is mapped backwards
>> (up goes down and down goes up).
>
> Yes, and that's the way it should be and there's no way in hell to have
> this changed. If you don't like how
* Alex Romosan -- Friday 06 August 2004 21:31:
> and i noticed that the collective is mapped backwards
> (up goes down and down goes up).
Yes, and that's the way it should be and there's no way in hell to have
this changed. If you don't like how helicopters work, don't fly them. There
are enough f
"Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Great pictures and screenshots. If you have one or two screenshots
> you are especially fond of, it might be worth putting them on the FG
> page since I haven't updated screen shots in quite some time.
i really like http://caliban.lbl.gov/fgfs-heli
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