> For RL flight planning charts are available for levels (pressure levels) > FL50(850mb), FL100(700mb), FL180(500mb), FL240(400mb), FL300(300mb), > FL390(200mb) and FL450(150mb). This should be sufficient for aloft data.
So, how would you imagine the GUI for this to be? I have never seen such charts (my real flight experience is with gliders, and they don't really use such charts...), so I don't know what level of information they would provide and how you'd use it. Essentially just like it is presently, with wind/direction for 7 different pressure altitudes (specified at your current position and kept constant)? With the same starting condition, but allowed to change slowly but randomly as you go? With entry fields for a number of coordinate points along your planned route, as a guide for the weather system what weather to generate for your flight? Including some selectable physics model for large-scale atmosphere dynamics? ...? > Boundary layer is another story, especially in rough terrain. I doubt we > will ever be able to simulate this by entering data into a form. No, this has to be generated by dynamically sampling the terrain close by and solving a rough but credible mockup of fluid-dynamics, just like with the ridge lift. Tough, but not impossible... Cheers, * Thorsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
