Hi, There were major changes on the GPS and Route-Manager since August (3 Months ago already!)
So this has affected the the use of the autopilot as well. All aircrafts using the generic Autopilot-panel are affected, but not those with an own written flightdirector like Syds Aircrafts (Citation Bravo works perfect) or with own configured autopilots like the senecaII, c172p, PA24-250. True-Heading can be used with the DTO-Mode in the GPS-menu in the Menubar. I think James can tell more! Cheers HHS > Hi, > Why is the autopilot broken? > > Specifically on my models like bluebird (or ufo if you > prefer), I > started to implement a requested feature, but found it does > not work > like it used to. > > The property: > /autopilot/settings/true-heading-deg > > acts like it is being set by something else that > shouldn't. > When pressing the Heading Hold button on the panel, my > aircraft flies in > circles, because this property is constantly changing. Or > with c172p > press [F11] to load autopilot settings, click True Heading, > and attempt > to give it a heading to follow! I am surprised the c172p is > broken as > well, so it is not just my models. > Is there a reason the Autopilot on the top menubar is > greyed out? > > I narrowed down the time frame when this changed. > It works correctly Aug.11 and early Aug.12 (stays nil until > set, and > stays as set), > and is broken Aug.13 > > Changes include: > P source/src/Airports/simple.hxx > P source/src/Autopilot/route_mgr.cxx > P source/src/Cockpit/hud.cxx > P source/src/Environment/environment_ctrl.cxx > P source/src/FDM/JSBSim/**** 105 files updated by > ehofman (Is that you > Eric?) > P source/src/Instrumentation/** 5 files > > If you press [/] right after the scenery starts loading, > then quickly > click down 2 directory levels, you can watch when this > property starts > getting set. Throttle up and the autopilot heading starts > changing > faster and faster, slows down at 180 from current heading, > then speeds > up as fast as 10 degrees per second. Quite wild. > > I also searched the last few months of messages, but can't > find anything > relevant to this. > > Stewart > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer > Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development > support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app > distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon > customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
