Jon > > > In the course of developing the KC135, I noticed that parts > > of the autopilot function do not work in that model, copied > > from the B737 - the bits described as vor/loc and app. > > Investigation showed that the cause was simple > > - in JSBSim a jet ac does not have vacuum system. No vacuum - > > no Heading Indicator - no Heading Indicator - no vor/loc etc. > > > > Vivian > > I don't understand this. Is it that JSBSim code is missing some internal > capability, or that most JSBSim aircraft models (the XML files) do not > seem to have defined a vacuum system? Is this a code or a definition > problem? >
Well, unless you can show me that modern jet aircraft have a vacuum system that is gear driven from the engine or bled from it somewhere - the existing code is just fine and totally realistic. The problem is that the existing Heading Indicator is not the correct instrument, vacuum or electrically driven, and there is some programming that could be improved a little, but not in JSBSim. Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
