Jon Berndt writes: > > Curtis L. Olson writes: > > > > > What we have been referring to as the CG is a bit of misnomer. We > > > really want the FDM to produce the location of a *fixed* "reference > > > point" of the aircraft (in world coordinates). > > > > The FAA TCDS's call this the "reference datum". We might as well > > adapt the same terminology. > > The CG is the CG - there's no misnomer. It may float, but it's still the > CG. If you want a reference datum, that would likely be the structural > frame origin. Is that what you want?
Yes! Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
