> -----Original Message----- > From: AJ MacLeod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 December 2008 09:06 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 1.99.5: Release Candidate > > On Monday 01 December 2008 08:59:19 James Sleeman wrote: > > > I admit I am not a Camel expert :-) > Nor me, though Vivian and I did an awful lot of reading at the time... > > > I guess I always think of a Camel as having a Gnome in front, which has > > no throttle at all as I recall and as such blipping was the order of the > > day. Certainly other engines installed were throttle-able in a fashion. > > Now I look closer though I see in the Camel's help.xml it does have a > > blip switch, but still the throttle throttles, so I guess it's modelled > > with one of those other engines :-) > > Correct :-) Not that this excuses the poor sound of course ;-) >
The lever on the left of the Gnome-engined Camel cockpit might look like a throttle, but in fact is more properly a fuel control lever, which was used during starting and for small speed adjustments in flight. While we have modelled the blip switch, which was used to control engine speed in the approach, it is also true to say that we haven't completely correctly modelled the action of the "throttle" in the FDM. Perhaps we could do more work on this, but I'm not sure anyone would notice the subtle difference. On the other hand the Bentley-engined Camel did have a proper throttle, a push-pull lever on the right of the panel. We probably model the action of this engine more accurately than the Gnome whose cockpit we portray. AJ and I did discuss this issue a while back, and then got immersed in other issues. Of course, the Camel was difficult to fly in RL as in the Sim, and perhaps we don't want to make it any more difficult. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
