Am Sonntag, den 08.03.2009, 07:58 +0100 schrieb Maik Justus: > Hello Melchior, > Melchior FRANZ schrieb am 07.03.2009 20:47: > > ... > > This will invert the throttle axis if a /rotors/ node existed > > at startup. The existence of this node isn't a very reliable > > indicator for a helicopter, though, and the condition might have > > to get extended. > > > > > Yes, that is a (the) way to go for released versions of flightgear. But > that would not work for all cases. E. g. the pogo has two rotors, but it > is intended to be flown with a normal throttle (because it is more an > airplane than a helicopter). And maybe in future someone would like to > use a rotor as the propeller in a YASim Aircraft (rotors produce > downwash acting on the elevator and rudder, which make some differences, > not only on acrobatic aircrafts) while YASim propellers don't.. > Now this is interesting! I used to model the tail surfaces on single engined Aircraft a bit larger to simulate the increased efficiency of engine blown rudders/elevators. But I would need a rotorgear to drive the prop/rotor and have to discard the engine or is there an alternative to attach a rotor to a YaSim engine?
> What's about an extra general property /controls/rotor/collective, which > is by default the same as the throttle of the first engine and can be > inverted either in the preferences or in the menu? With this approach we > would be able to split throttle and collective in a clear way for older > helicopters without governor. like the FA-223 I'm working on... > > m. > > > Best regards, > Maik > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
