On Thursday, August 26, 2010 06:21:16 pm Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > From: Hal V. Engel [mailto:hven...@gmail.com] > > > > Since I have started using FG GIT with it's newer versions of JSBSim I > > have > > > noticed that the behavior I had created with the stall/spin function was > > much > > > more pronounced and today I had a closer look at this. With current > > versions > > > of FG and JSBSim even with my stall/spin function removed I am seeing a > > very > > > pronounced tendency to drop the left wing at the stall and this now acts > > much > > > like it did in FG 2.0 with my stall/spin function included. Although I > > think > > > the effect is more pronounced with a tendency to snap to the left when > > doing > > > high G maneuvers that was not there with my function and FG 2.0. > > > > It appears that there has been some work done on JSBSim to get more > > realistic > > > stall/spin/snap behavior. Is this correct or am I imagining things? > > > > Here are my thoughts about what I am seeing. > > > > 1. This is a step in the right direction that should result in a > > immediate improvement to the stall/spin/snap behavior for most existing > > models. > > > I can't think of anything we've done that would have had this effect. We > have been making some bug fixes, and architectural changes, and so on. I > guess it's possible that something we did may have fixed an error, which > resulted in better performance. I'm glad things got better, though! > > Jon
I did a quick test with the pc7 and it did not exhibit any tendency to snap or spin. It mushed straight ahead. So I concluded that this was something in my model. Turns out that I forgot that I had two functions related to stall/spin and I needed to work on both. Sorry for the noise. Hal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
