--- Roy Vegard Ovesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 11 November 2004 18:14, Mr Michael
> Rawlins wrote:
> > Thanks Roy. I've updated the data directory, and
> had
> > grabbed the KAP140 manual last week. But am still
> > unable to turn on autopilot with left mouse click
> on
> > "AP".  All other functions on the panel work with
> left
> > mouse click.
> 
> You said you get something about not finding a nasal
> function at line 2, so 
> the the autopilot xml instrument configuration is
> working, it just cant find 
> the nasal function that it is tied to. This nasal
> function is in 
> data/Aircraft/c172p/kap140.nas, this file gets
> included by 
> data/Aircraft/c172p/c172p-set.xml. Can you verify
> that kap140.nas is in the 
> c172p directory. It used to be in data/Nasal, but
> it's not supposed to be 
> there!

Using ls -l command, in
/usr/local/FlightGear-0.9/data/Aircraft/c172p/

rw-r--r--  1 root root 39312 Nov  1 04:34 kap140.nas

> 
> Did you say you used the c172r?! I'm pretty sure you
> have to use the c172p for 
> the kap140.nas file to be included and the autopilot
> to work. If you start 
> FlightGear without specifying any aircraft you get
> the default c172p, and the 
> autopilot should definetly work there.

The AP works for c172p! For some reason that I can't
recall, I'd started using the c172r rather than
default c172p.  

> > This is in my .fgfsrc
> > --fg-root=/usr/local/FlightGear-0.9/data/
> 
> Are you absolutely, 100%, positively sure that this
> is the directory that you 
> just updated to latest CVS? It looks like a typical
> place where make install 
> would place the data files. I don't do make install,
> because I update from 
> CVS all the time, I keep it all in my home
> directory.

Yes. There are files/directories with dates of Nov 10
17:35, so I'm certain I issued the cvs command from
the Flightgear parent directory above /data.

> > For the past few months I've used the autopilot
> menu
> > at top of FG screen, which I've read is not the
> way to
> > go.
> 
> Well for aircraft that don't have a custom/explicit
> autopilot configuration, 
> the menu _is_ the way to go. Unfortunately the
> majority of aircraft don't 
> have a custom configuration, so they fall back to
> the generic.

After I get better with the Cessna AP, I'll try the
737.  Don't have much interest in many other aircraft
at this time.  I enjoy flying the Cessna around in IMC
and doing instrument approaches.  The last pilot I
spoke with after a recent USAir 737 flight thought I
was in ground school!

Many thanks Roy.

Mike 

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