Am Freitag, den 12.10.2007, 07:53 -0400 schrieb David Megginson: > On 11/10/2007, Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This isn't the only plane that starts in cold configuration. I think > > it would be best to be consistent - either leave it up to the plane > > designer in every case (I believe in this case at least it was a > > conscious decision on the part of the designer), or decide on a policy > > that every aircraft should start hot and try to make that consistent > > throughout. > > I was the aircraft designer, though others have done a lot of > excellent work on the Warrior since. > > One problem with starting in cold configuration by default is that > in-air starts won't work. For example, if you use FlightGear to > practice IFR approaches (like I do), you want to start in the air > about 10 miles from the runway, not in the tie-down area. There was no > way to do that using command-line options with the previous version of > the config files. > That is not necessarily so. The default bf109 starts cold too, but you can set a property (either on the commandline or -set.xml) to have the engine running at startup. For Newbies I've provided a menu entry to "magically" start the engine.
> I recommend that we start all aircraft running and ready to roll, but > provide an easy way for advanced users to start cold if they want to. > I know that aircraft designers work hard on the switches and systems > and want to show them off, but forcing people to use them every time > might not be the best choice, especially for new users (and when the > default start is on a runway threshold, where the engine should be > running). > > All the best, > > > David > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel Greetings -- Detlef Faber http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
