Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup.

2010-03-20 Thread Erik Hofman
Alan Teeder wrote: I am (trying) to develop a model with JSBSim. At the moment the aircraft jumps violently into the air at startup and then bounces around on the runway until it sorts itself out. Is there a way of setting the initial height so that it is more or less in balance or is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup.

2010-03-20 Thread Alan Teeder
-- From: Erik Hofman e...@ehofman.com Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:04 AM To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup. Alan Teeder wrote: I am (trying

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup.

2010-03-20 Thread Ron Jensen
On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 12:32 +, Alan Teeder wrote: -- From: Erik Hofman e...@ehofman.com Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:04 AM To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup.

2010-03-20 Thread Alan Teeder
-- From: Ron Jensen w...@jentronics.com Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:28 PM By design a gear doesn't support weight until it reaches 0.99 of extension. This was done so the gear would collapse rapidly if it was retracted on the ground.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup.

2010-03-20 Thread Alan Teeder
-- From: Alan Teeder ajtee...@v-twin.org.uk Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:55 PM To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bounce at startup