On Monday 09 February 2009 01:33:44 pm Bo Berglund wrote: > I was told that there was a glider available for download so I went > searching and found the ASK-21 (which I have flown a lot in real life). I > found it as "early production" from 2007, but downloaded it and had a go > and now I have a few questions (being a FlightGear newbie...): > > 1. Simulation realism > ---------------------- > I feel that the simulated ASK is a bit too quick in response to stick > movements. It feels like there is not enough simulated mass or something > like that because when I just touch the stick I can get it into a 70 degree > bank in less than a second and that never happened in real life. So I am > just wondering if there are any place where some fundamental constants can > be tweaked to make it more realistic?
One place where this can be changed is to tweak the scaling factor on that axis in the joystick xml file. But there probably is a place to do this so that can be changed for only the ASK-21. One of the folks here that does more with aircraft modeling can probably tell you how to do that. > > 2. Instrumentation > ------------------- > I found the instrument panel somewhat lacking (speedometer, altitude and > variometer only). Is there some way I can add to this myself to get for > example an attitude display (don't know the English word, but it is the > instrument with a ball in a bent glass tube showing if you are flying > straight on your wings). A turn and bank indicator or a turn coordinator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_and_bank_indicator And yes you can modify the models on your local machine and once you are happy with it you can ask here for someone to put the changes into CVS so that it will be part of the next release. There are other aircraft that have this meter so you should be able to figure out how to get this into the model by finding one of these and looking at it's model. > > The altitude meter is graduated in feet, whereas I am used to meter, can > this be changed somewhere? Also the altitude meter only has one hand where > I am used to a tw-hand meter, can this be changed? > > Is there a g-force meter? I had that on the club ASK-21 and it was zeroed > (both ways) before every takeoff. These are like the turn and bank above. Find another model with the type of meters you want and use their code as a basis for adding this to the ASK-21. The Bocian has a turn and bank and also has at least some instruments that are metric. > > 3. Water ballast > ----------------- > Is there a way to add water in the wings and be able to release it? I don't know if the model has this and a quick look does not show this but you could simulate this by settings file -> internal properties -> consumables -> fuel -> total-fuel-lbs = <some value> Where <some value> = 220 for a 100 Kg ballist load. to create some ballist and then use file -> internal properties -> controls -> fuel dump-values = true to dump the ballist. It should be possible to use one of your joystick control buttons or a keyboard key to toggle the fuel-dump-value setting. > > 4. Weather > ----------- > How can one change the weather such that instead of the very annoying haze > (which we do not have much of in Sweden) one could get some nice cumuluses > and with thermals below? And a clear view to the horizon... > > Maybe I am asking too much? But it would be fun to have it work closer to > real life.... > > BosseB > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing > skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that > combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. > Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
