On 07/07/2007 05:16 AM, Gordan Sikic wrote: > Dear John, > > I didn't have any intention to start any quarrellings with you. Being > open minded, I've just asked you to share your literature with us, and I > don't understand why you feel so pissed off.
Why do you think I am "pissed" at you? AFAICT there's not even a question about polarity, let alone a pissy question. > If you really do not have > any literature to share with us, just say (write) so. 1) I am traveling right now. I am away from my books. But I remain confident that the books say what I said they say. 2) There was one brief misunderstanding, but I thought that was cleared up with help of Jon Berndt, so I thought there was no need for literature or for additional clarification. 3) I consider this misunderstanding trivial, because the ideas and the code remain the same; only the wording of my explanation needed to change. 4) I have already apologized once for this brief and superficial misunderstanding. What more do I need to do? >>> "Aircraft control and simulation", by Brian Stevens and Frank Lewis, >>> on page 128, there is a table (TABLE 3.3.1), where is clearly stated >>> that positive movements of all primary control surfaces produce >>> negative moments. >> >> 1) As Jon B. pointed out, I intended to talk about cockpit control >> deflections, not physical aerosurface deflections. I'm a pilot >> and flight instructor, and I sometimes lapse into pilot-speak >> without realizing it. >> >> I thought it was obvious from context that I was talking about >> cockpit controls and cockpit indicators, but I gather it wasn't >> sufficiently obvious. Sorry. >> >> 2) The fact remains that FG does not consistently follow either >> convention. My patch makes it possible to present a consistent >> convention to the pilot. >> >> If this does not address the point you were making, please re-ask >> the question. Note that the FG properties /controls/flight/rudder /controls/flight/elevator /controls/flight/aileron pertain to cockpit controls, not to "control surfaces" directly. If anybody thinks that these properties are conventional as to polarity, please say so. I have not yet heard anyone say that they are. Unless/until I hear that there actually is a issue here, I will assume there is no issue, and no need for me to cite literature or say anything more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
