On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:10:21 -0500
  Michael Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Pertaining to the question about where the target spot is 
>located, i.e. what the viewer code uses as the "reference 
>point" for centering the model on the screen.  This point 
>should be the aircraft c.g.  The reason is that it is 
>about this point that the FDM's define the aircraft 
>orientation, and I presume that it is this orientation 
>information that the viewer code uses to position the 
>aircraft/view.  For external views, the center should not 
>be the pilot's eye.

Yes. The one foggy point in my mind is what problems (if 
any) might be associated with a floating CG (i.e. from 
fuel burnoff, etc.).
Jon

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