Re: [Flightgear-devel] Slightly OT: Vector math question(s)!
Matthew Law wrote: Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..be adviced the guys here torched me for suggesting redoing FG in C, so I guess you by "C" really meant C++, no? ;-) No I really did mean C :-) I'm not suggesting redoing anything, just writing an app which may be useful to real pilots and FG pilots too. AFAIK (and I don't know much!) the free palm development tools for linux are all C-based. All the best, Matt. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel Just use C++ and avoid all the ++ extensions it should compile ok. :) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Slightly OT: Vector math question(s)!
Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..be adviced the guys here torched me for suggesting redoing FG in C, so I guess you by "C" really meant C++, no? ;-) No I really did mean C :-) I'm not suggesting redoing anything, just writing an app which may be useful to real pilots and FG pilots too. AFAIK (and I don't know much!) the free palm development tools for linux are all C-based. All the best, Matt. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Slightly OT: Vector math question(s)!
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:09:51 +0100, Matthew wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm about to start writing something in C to calculate the heading > required to maintain a track and the resultant ground speed given a > wind vector. This is destined to be a simple flight planner for my > Palm but I'd like to make an interface to FG so that in theory you > could save a real flight and replay it in FG with the same conditions. > > I envisage creating a struct to hold the the polar co-ords of each of > the vectors involved i.e. magnitude and angle from 0 deg. Given that > the processor in a palm is not that beefy should I be storing and > calculating the vectors this way or using the cartesian system? > > I'm a total C newbie so please go easy on me :-) ..be adviced the guys here torched me for suggesting redoing FG in C, so I guess you by "C" really meant C++, no? ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
