Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:35:40 +0200, Matevz Jekovec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>Here are some screens from PiGaSos and IceHands: > >>http://users.otenet.gr/~ioanna-a/HAFF16.jpg > > > >..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) > >Do we

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread David Culp
> Well, sort of. I hadn't thought of doing it that way. > The thing is, you have to keep track of its attach point, > and if there are any winds, the the 'chute pulls the > attach point parallel to the relative wind vector at that > point. If you are landing in a crosswind, the > controllability

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Matevz Jekovec
Here are some screens from PiGaSos and IceHands: http://users.otenet.gr/~ioanna-a/HAFF16.jpg ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes modelled? The 3D model of drag chute is there beside the model. I'm not sure about the phi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Jim Wilson
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 15:57: > > Jim Wilson wrote: > > >One other thing you could mention is that we would be distributing the model > > >in an entirely different format (wouldn't we?). In that sense he would not be > > >rewriting th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:07:22 -0500 David Culp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes modelled? Yes. There exists a property called /controls/flight/drag-chute which takes a boolean value. In JSBSim you could add a Kin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:35:52 +0200 Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do we have drag shutes modelled? I've thought about this extensively. There are lots of reasons I'd like to model it. It would not be too hard, either. It's the *time*. Jon ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread David Culp
> ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) > Do we have drag shutes modelled? Yes. There exists a property called /controls/flight/drag-chute which takes a boolean value. In JSBSim you could add a Kinemat component to the FCS, just like speedbrake, gear or flaps. This

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 15:57: > Jim Wilson wrote: > >One other thing you could mention is that we would be distributing the model > >in an entirely different format (wouldn't we?). In that sense he would not be > >rewriting the license as these would be derived from the origina

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:00:57 +0200, Matevz Jekovec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here are some screens from PiGaSos and IceHands: > http://users.otenet.gr/~ioanna-a/HAFF16.jpg ..cool, then we don't need my F-16 drag shute housing pics. ;-) Do we have drag shutes m

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 12:07: > Ah, I see (although I don't quite remember when did Mandrake or RedHat > include FGFS in their distro:)). Don't know about Mandrake and RedHat, but SuSE has it since ages (or better said: since I asked them to include it in Dec 1998. :-) > No