On Friday 30 November 2001 10:30 pm, you wrote: > David, > > With the latest JSBSim, latest c310.xml, and latest panel stuff from > John, I'm only able to start the left engine. The right engine will > crank, but it won't catch. Any ideas what I should look at? It was > working earlier today, but I'm having trouble now after the latest > updates. > > Thanks, > > Curt. >
Try syncing your base package again, also make sure to set the mixture for engine 2. When I committed the latest JSBSim stuff I inadvertently committed a panel in progress. I've since rolled it back. > David Megginson writes: > > For those of you who haven't been following the discussion on > > flightgear-model, we have a new JSBSim aero model available in CVS. > > The Cessna 310 is a low-wing six-seater, twin-prop piston-powered > > aircraft with funny fuel tanks on the wingtips. It has a range of > > 800-1000nm (depending on configuration), and can cruise around > > 160-180kt. > > > > The aerodynamics are not right yet, but the plane is flyable (be > > careful to hold the nose down on climb). We don't have a proper 310 > > panel ready, but John Check has kindly modified the 172 panel to add > > instrumentation for the second engine in the mean time. You can > > download a 3D model of a 310 from Wolfram's site if you to watch the > > flight from the outside: > > > > http://home.t-online.de/home/Wolfram.Kuss/FGFS1/FGFS1.htm > > > > To try out the C310, make sure you have the latest CVS code for > > FlightGear and the base package, then do > > > > fgfs --aircraft=c310 > > --prop:/sim/panel/path=Aircraft/c310/c310-vfr-panel.xml > > > > You'll need to start each engine separately. By default, the joystick > > throttle will move the throttle for both engines. > > > > Major Caveats > > ------------- > > > > - Most of the aero coefficients are still for the C172 rather than the > > C310, so lift, drag, etc. are not quite right. > > > > - The plane is using the wrong propellor model. > > > > - There is not yet any way to control propellor pitch, cowl flaps, or > > landing gear (which is always down but creates no drag currently). > > > > - Single-engine flight doesn't cause any yaw (I suspect a JSBSim bug > > here). > > > > Despite these caveats, this plane can fly a lot faster, higher, and > > further than the C172, and it should be a lot of fun even before we > > start fine-tuning the model. > > > > > > Enjoy, > > > > > > David > > > > -- > > David Megginson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
