On 04/03/06, Dave Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to add a voltage check before moving the flaps or landing > gear in data/Nasal/controls.nas.
My Warrior has manual flaps activated by a giant metal bar between the seats, similar to a parking brake in a car -- I think that's true of all PA-28s. Instead of a motor hum, you hear a giant clunk whenever you move the flaps. Some aircraft have manual landing gear activated the same way (e.g. not just a backup manual system). I believe that the Mooney M20C is one example, but I might be misremembering. On larger aircraft with fly-by-wire systems, the major control surfaces are also electronically controlled; on others, they are hydraulically-assisted. Those are also failure modes that we'll want to model some day. It would be a bad idea to hardcode any of these, however -- there's just too much variety in how airplane controls work. All the best, David -- http://www.megginson.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
