Andy Ross wrote
> Sent: 17 June 2004 19:36 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nasal - Question > > > Vivian Meazza wrote: > > Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > > Right, but the aircraft I have seen have just one > *switch* ... off, > > > both, left, right (and sometimes starter power is rolled in too.) > > > > > > If the physical aircraft has a separate switch for each magneto, > > > then the underlying logic should just change the > magneto-switch[0] > > > value. > > > > The physical aircraft has 2 magnetos and two switches, and > a separate > > starter (a Coffman cartridge starter - but that's a longer term > > problem). > > Actually, it might be cleaneast to model the engine control > properties as something like: > > /engines/engine[n]/magneto[0] (boolean) > /engines/engine[n]/magneto[1] (boolean) > /engines/engine[n]/starter (boolean) > > And re-write the "standard" switch binding such that it sets > the appropriate booleans on the engines based on the 4 switch > position values. > Hah! You have sussed out the cunning plan ... Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
