> > I had a chance to take a demo flight in a (real) Cirrus SR22-GTS > today. I posted my comments on my weblog: > > http://www.megginson.com/blogs/lahso/archives/2006/02/08/cirrus-sr22-demo-flight-initial-impressions/ > > It will be a lot of work to model the Avidyne glass cockpit in FlightGear. > >
Hi David, Welcome back! Interesting blog entry. I'm very glad to hear that you did not get to try out the CAPS. Have there been reports of successes with the system? For some reason I just imagine a pilot trying to avoid deploying (on engine failure for example) until it was too late. And it seems a lot of the other scenarios wouldn't be helped by a chute anyway. In any case that would be an interesting feature to model :-). As for GC panel modeling I'd think just doing something basic, with enough functionality to fly the aircraft wouldn't be all that hard. As with our current GC instruments, alternate views/modes could be added with time. On the other hand it would be great to see work that extended the 3D modeling of GC displays (capabilities) further than what was done for the 747 PFD. The two biggies would be a text "animation" and image generation (maps, radar). Best, Jim Wilson -- Jim Wilson Kelco Industries PO Box 160 Milbridge, ME 04658 207-546-7989 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
