David Megginson wrote: > As I mentioned earlier, the Warrior model is looking great. Hi David,
Welcome back. I am the one that made all the changes to the Warrior. Starting directions and keyboard switch equivalents are under the help menu-Aircraft help, just like with the pa24-250. It was after you had commented on how you liked what I had done on the pa24 that you sent me your pictures and asked if I wanted to continue developing the Warrior, so I used the pa24 nasal work as a starting point for implementing the Warrior electrical system and switches. > However, > because it was starting with the engine and fuel off and the brakes > on, it took a while to get started (and wasn't realistic sitting on > the threshold with the engine off), and I don't think it was possible > to do an in-air start, e.g. > > fgfs --aircraft=pa28-161 --altitude=5000 --vc=100 > > There were some places that the Nasal scripts were overriding startup > preferences. I started cleaning those up and made a few more changes, > so that the Warrior now starts up just like the Cessna 172 or J3 Cub, > ready to take off. Please let me know if you find any problems. > I have not yet updated the warrior to your changes but I just used the command line above to do a mid air start. All it takes to have whatever power you have set from you throttle setting is to hit "f " and then "s". Then you need to switch on whatever else you want on such as pannel lights, strobes, fuel pump, etc. It seems to me that anyone experienced enough to desire starting in the air to practice instrument approaches should be able to figure out which keys are needed to get the engine on in 2 seconds especially since those keys are in the help menu. I still consider the Warrior your aircraft and had communicated to you off list in mid August that I had made updates and changes. I asked for feedback in that note. I assume that you did not disable or bypass the nasal implemented switches with the above change. I will update the Warrior from cvs this evening and then give feedback. I am clearly one that prefers to start with the brakes set and all switches off as that is the way every real flight starts. But I also see the advantage of having an easy option to start in the air with switches and fuel valve set for an approach. Perhaps with a little more effort, there is a way to accomplish both. Side comment. There are some AC in fgfs that start with the engine off, but no hot spots or help to point to how to get the AC started. This definitely is bad. AC designers need to include starting help. Really great to have you back! All the best, Dave Perry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
