Andy Ross writes: > Hrm... I'm not liking the idea of specifying explicit, absolute angles > as the interface here. First off is the problem of configuration -- > what are the appropriate angles? If we put them in the property > interface, then both the FDMs and the model need to know. If we use > abstract coordinates, only the model cares.
In fact, the model doesn't have to know if the FDM does, and vice-versa -- I can just let my models trust the FDM, and any visual anomalies will indicate an flight-model bug. > Also, this ties us to a particular style of surface design. Not all > control surfaces simply rotate around a joint. In particular, flaps, > slats, spoilers and speedbrakes often have a translational component. > Should the FDM worry about this too? Good point. > And then there's the fact that YASim cares nothing at all about these > numbers. Adding them to the FDM would do nothing but add complexity; > there is nothing useful I can do with them. I hadn't realised that YASim didn't know the deflection angles. I'm just as happy either way -- I had thought that the all the FDMs already did know the angles, it wasn't worth making the 3D models recalculate them, but it's not a lot of extra trouble (except for Tony, if he has to change his last checkin). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
