re: [Flightgear-devel] Video flight recorder

Alex Perry writes: > 4. Which cockpit panel instruments currently support failure simulation ? This is something we could easily add in the panel config files. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: improved cloud support

cloud stuff could use some rewriting, if anyone wants to volunteer. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] uncool easter egg

I really think that grabbing files off the network without explicit > permission from the user is a bad idea, even when it's all in good > fun. Agreed. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ __

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: improved cloud support

ldn't happen -- if the type is clear, the layer shouldn't be drawn at all, at any elevation. Are you still seeing the problem? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Failed to load 3D model

Norman Vine writes: > So the way I read it the glider is no-more It's still there, but it's not used by the C172. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailin

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Failed to load 3D model

bstituting the glider path. Do we want to do that for *all* missing models, or just the aircraft? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: improved cloud support

void SGCloudLayer::draw() { if (layer_type != SG_CLOUD_CLEAR) ssgCullAndDraw( layer_root ); } If you have a chance, I'd be grateful if you could set a breakpoint on this method in gdb and see what's happening on your system. All the best, David -- David Meggins

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Failed to load 3D model

l). Actually, I think that Models/Buildings/big-apartment.ac would still be FlightGear's largest model, but I know what you mean. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: improved cloud support

ever do resets myself, so I missed that). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dc3-yasim model: engines?

maybe we can get to the bottom of this. I've missed the DC-3 the past few months, since this problem started. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] DC-3 takeoff roll: partial solution

xperienced pilots. Locking the tailwheel should help a lot, but we'll also have to make sure that the tailwheel has the right amount of authority. By the time the tailwheel starts to lift, I'd expect that the rudder should be becoming more effective. All the best, David -- Dav

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DC-3 takeoff roll: partial solution

h weight on the wheel? Note that I set castering="0" rather than removing the attribute completely. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DC-3 takeoff roll: partial solution

t you can engage the lock early while turning onto the runway. If that's too fancy, we could just have the lock instantly snap the wheel to position for now. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _

re: [Flightgear-devel] DC-3 ground handling. Fixed?

ng the tailwheel could automatically snap it to 0 deg steering angle. We could even handle that in the input bindings, if there were a pseudo-steering property for the tailwheel. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

[Flightgear-devel] DC-3 flies again (thanks, Andy)

e mains made contact (thank god for long jet runways). Nice work, Andy. For anyone else who wants to try this, the tailwheel is now locked by default, and you'll have to use 'l' (small L) to unlock it for taxiing. I'll have to start work on the 3D interior. All the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DC-3 ground handling. Fixed?

ut I haven't printed them out and measured. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Cessna POH's

Information Manual for the plane you're interested in -- I had no idea it would be so cheap. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgea

Re: [Flightgear-devel] yasim solution issues

nk that it starts at a very low altitude, like - meters -- that's why it reads a maximum climb. We need to find a way to delay initialization of the steam module until after the FDM is set up. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] yasim solution issues

ripts in Perl or Python to do interesting things (altimeter goes U/S at 750ft AGL on final on an NDB approach, and so on). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EM

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rudder inverted again in yasim

fixing it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rudder inverted again in yasim

tion back to FlightGear with positive for left rudder. No change to the JSBSim core was required -- I just multiplied FCS->GetDrPos(ofNorm) by -1 before passing the value to the FlightGear property. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rudder inverted again in yasim

rons will (usually) decrease your compass heading, while a positive input will increase it. On the other hand, a negative elevator input will increase your angle of attack, and that doesn't seem to bother anyone. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim and 2.95.2 math (was: Rudder inverted again in yasim)

is running with > the default half full tanks. Just wondering if you're seeing this > as well on your 2.95.2 build. Roskam's sample data for a 747-200 in cruise at 40,000ft gives these conditions: angle of attack: 2.4deg mach number: 0.9 TAS: 871fps (=516kt) weight: 636,63

[Flightgear-devel] [SITE] The Base of Aircraft Data (BADA)

3.3/DH8C__.OPF ftp://bada.eurocontrol.fr/bada/3.3/DH8C__.PTF Unfortunately, the DC-3 doesn't seem to be included. With 166 different models, you'd think they might have slipped it in... All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim solution solution?

t engine? I think that many of the 707 models shipped with turbojets. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

always fit exactly into the old holes. When I build new scenery from scratch, I don't see any holes around the airports. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

Melchior FRANZ writes: > * David Megginson -- Wednesday 29 May 2002 20:18: > > The problem is that the new airport objects (with lighting) don't > > always fit exactly into the old holes. When I build new scenery from > > scratch, I don't see any holes aro

re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim solution solution?

. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D model - C172 prop - 16 bit cards

aft models to fly without propellers ? We can do that entirely in the XML -- we just need a cheap-crappy-card (or "wise-economical-card", or perhaps "vintage-card") property that everyone can agree on, then we can make various bindings and animations conditional on it. All t

[Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

ncumbered, open-source aircraft models. What next? We're low on Pipers right now (both aero data and 3D models). Any favourites? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: improved cloud support

be hard to add more cloud types to SimGear, when textures are available. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Video flight recorder

s to select fuel tanks; i.e. we cannot just have -1 but rather, we'll need something like false true and so on. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightge

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

t to have something to drive your model, then work on the JSBSim model as time comes available. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.fli

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

so just type apt-get install innovation3d to try it out (assuming you use Debian). Here's a page with a list of 3D modellers and thumbnail reviews: http://www.worldforge.org/dev/eng/3d_compare_html All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://w

re: [Flightgear-devel] Developer Locations update

ware we own, when we're going away on vacation, etc. -- perhaps just degrees and minutes will be good enough (it will tell someone your neighbourhood but not your house); even just degrees would be OK. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cessna POH's

at gets passed on to the customer somehow. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cessna POH's

> Well, there should be outdated version of it. As they are "useless" we > should be able to get them very cheap. But who sells them? The airlines get them directly from the aircraft manufacturers. I'd be surprised if they were allowed to resell outdated ones. All the best,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim solution solution?

bination of bad performance numbers > being fed to YASim, and bad pilot climb technique. >From the BADA site I posted a couple of days ago: ftp://bada.eurocontrol.fr/bada/3.3/B744__.PTF All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PRO

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

f script (awk?) that adjusts the x or y coordinates. It would take a lot less time to learn Blender. Besides, batch-mode UV mapping wouldn't be fun. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim 747-400 climb performance

r "Atmosphere model". It could even be an interpolation problem -- I'm using the regular SimGear interpolation table, while YASim uses a custom interpolation table. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ __

re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

00 ft? Would a factor rather than an offset most appropriate? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] YASim and FGEnvironment

t it uses its own atmosphere model by default, for now. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] ANN: FlightGear Scenery Tutorial

y for any part of the world (nothing is US-specific), and can include roads, rivers, railroads, lit runways, locally-modified or new airports, etc. Curt: could you add this to the TerraGear Web site? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginso

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

use, which varies considerably from the poles to the equator and from even season to season. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim 747-400 climb performance

ns when you reduce the fuel load? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft

http://stoenworks.com/Flight%20of%20the%20V-Tail.html All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Gear rumble

H!" monkey sound used in movies, which > is really a bird of some sort. Now you've gone and spoiled it for me. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

re: [Flightgear-devel] new potential developer :)

D; that means that anything finer than 100m-resolution (1:250,000) DEMs probably won't build. We're still talking about LOD for terrain, but would love to have someone who actually does something rather than just talking about it. Let me know about any help you might need. All the best,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Parsing Lon/lat strings

tern Europe). Different tools have different input methods: if you're using Gnome, for example, the fastest way is to open the Gnome Character Map utility. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Crash on "Reset" function.

should not be necessary to delete and replace any subsystems on a reset, with the exception of the FDM, since all can adjust their state as required. The short-term fix is harder to guess; it will depend on what we all find while digging around. All the best, David -- David Megg

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new potential developer :)

t performing with more complex scenery. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Parsing Lon/lat strings

tions. North Americans are likely not to have a compose key set up, hence my other advice. Here's how to bind right-ALT to Multi-key: xmodmap -e 'keycode 113=Multi_key' Now you can type [RightAlt]^0 to get °. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

so I cannot afford to put anything large there for download. If there are any volunteers, I'd be happy to send copies of my scenery for them to host. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightg

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FGFS & VC++ 7.0

I've put the patch in CVS -- thanks. David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FGFS & VC++ 7.0

; { > > //const string &name = node->getStringValue("name"); > const string name = node->getStringValue("name"); > > ... > > (the first line resulted in bad pointers during stream-operations > and when freeing memory :-)) This is th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

r pressure at sea level, and vice-versa. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

ing is encoded as factors instead. It seems OK at lower altitudes, but please let me know how it affects the 747. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAI

re: [Flightgear-devel] VSI units mismatch panel/steam

match here between fpsecond and fpminute. I've renamed the property to /steam/vertical-speed-fps and have updated the property name in the two panel instruments that depend on the property. I couldn't find any dependencies in the configurable HUDs. All the best, David --

[Flightgear-devel] YASim and the atmosphere

ve to figure out why JSBSim doesn't want to work with the external atmosphere model now. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

Kaiser Georg writes: > Which volume do we speek of? Gigabytes/month transfered. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim and the atmosphere

wouldn't want to bet much on my chances of clearing any obstacles near the end of the runway in a C172 under these conditions. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel maili

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Crash on "Reset" function.

le kludge that worked fine for a simple program; now that FlightGear is a lot more sophisticated, we need to refactor a bit rather than just holding things together with scotch tape and bubble gum. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMA

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Crash on "Reset" function.

suggest that the > recent fix that allows one reset has left a bug in there that > wasn't there a couple weeks ago. You should be able to do the same with clouds enabled. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTE

re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

'm amazed at how close it is now, given the limitations of the environment. I still find FlightGear harder to hold in the flare than the real thing, but that's probably because of the lack of peripheral vision and motion cues. I also find that the viewpoint in the 3D cockpit is s

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Crash on "Reset" function.

matically, as long as we add the subsystems to the vector in the right order. > IMHO being able to pause, restart with initial conditions, restart > with arbritray conditions is a good < should I say basic > test of > a well designed simulation. ie one that is controlable Agreed --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

ir IV, Colomban Cri-Cri, Zenair CH-801, Ryan > "Spirit of St Louis", Leza AirCam, the Hummelbird, the Volksplane etc. Sure, but I'm also interested in getting FlightGear set up as a decent general-aviation FTD -- some of the stuff in the flight schools is ancient, and FTD's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

dentally lowered 40 degrees of flaps on the base leg -- I descended a little too far, and ended up needing full throttle just to level my descent briefly at 70 KIAS. It's like dragging a parachute. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

Jon S Berndt writes: > Should we make it "nastier"? Is there a human factors > scale anywhere that has "Nasty" on it? :-) One American "Nasty" unit =~ 0.789 Metric "Paris Cabbies". All the best, David -- David Megginso

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Patch for options.cxx

ded into the source. > > Sound like a good idea? Any objections? It sounds harmless. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flig

[Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

e leg. Thanks again, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] BGL Loader for PLIB

s to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Seriously, Christian, we're not that bigoted. We know that you made important, free contributions to the MSFS community, and are very grateful that you're interested in doing the same here. All th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

172 is pretty heavy anyway), but I did end up in an extraordinarily long flare, even with full flaps and 65kt over the fence -- thank god for 3,000ft runways. > Congratulations! Thanks (and thanks to everyone else for their kind wishes as well). All the best, David -- David Megginson,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

ad the scenery. We should see if we can find someone with a fatter pipe. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Patch for options.cxx

t require special parsing of the argument, for example). Any volunteers? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/li

Re: [Flightgear-devel] BGL Loader part 2

Jürgen Marquardt writes: > done :) Here are the actual URLs: http://www.simpits.org/fileproc/files/fgfs-screen-017.jpg http://www.simpits.org/fileproc/files/fgfs-screen-019.jpg Beautiful! All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.

[Flightgear-devel] Java client library

of these. Contributions are welcome, of course. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Atmosphere and JSBSim

. Leaning the mixture probably would have helped. These are close to the extreme conditions most pilots would see near sea level, unless they're flying around Antarctica. For more fun, try the second scenario at a high-elevation airport like Denver. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

are other fgfs developers who are), and Java will make life a lot easier for Mac and Windows users who probably already have Java on their systems but would run away screaming if we asked them to install Python or Perl. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www

re: [Flightgear-devel] Where is the time ?

Olivier Grisel writes: > I can't see the date / time in the property tree. > Can we act on it only with the command line options ? /sim/time/gmt It is in the ISO format -mm-ddThh:mm:ss. At the time of writing, it is approximately 2002-06-08T17:45:00. All the best, David

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

the future. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

ipt since it's better known. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] --wind option update

--wind=180:220@5 All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Plib smoothing and transparency patches

are making noises about putting out a stable release; with luck, it will be ready in time for our next release. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

re: [Flightgear-devel] Rain, snow and thunderstorm

drifting down. It's a big problem, and I'd like to solve some smaller problems first (like 3D clouds), but we'll have to hit it someday. If you're volunteering, you are very welcome. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PRO

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --wind option update

o download winds aloft country-by-country. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: SGPropertyChangeListener

imited to one listener per node? No, it's a lazy vector pointer (not allocated until the first listener is added). On a separate note, I think that I can do a little fancy stuff with the listener to help with memory management -- if the abstract base class keeps a back pointer to every property nod

Re: [Flightgear-devel] static variables

-process model rather than a multi-thread model, and to swap entire property trees in and out like memory pages; we'll certainly avoid a lot of bugs that way (because the wrong properties simply won't be available). What does everyone else think? All the best, David -- David Megginson,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

degrees of pitch. Yanking the stick back > on the A-4 tries to rotate the aircraft by 20-30 degrees, and is > much less forgiving. That might be overstating the case. Smooth inputs are necessary on a C172 as well, especially if you're trying to stay within small tolerances (i.e. +-5

[Flightgear-devel] More on property listeners

easy to test in batch mode. If there are any volunteers for either of these, I will be very grateful; otherwise, I'll try to get to them as time is available. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

Andy Ross writes: > David Megginson wrote: > > That might be overstating the case. Smooth inputs are necessary on > > a C172 as well, especially if you're trying to stay within small > > tolerances (i.e. +-5kt airspeed or +-50ft altitude). > > True e

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

so it shouldn't be that hard; I'd imagine that even a Spitfire could manage 6Gs in some maneuvers. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

> cool. :) Yes, I think that was BoB. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] US and Canadian Circuits

) Alpha Bravo Charlie. Apparently, American controllers have a tendency to add a "November" before Canadian callsigns, just out of habit. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: Landing hints (was re: [Flightgear-devel] New A-4/jet panel instruments)

ch in the real C172, I tend to be 5 kt too fast on approach in fgfs under the same conditions). One evening I did over 40 approaches in rapid succession using the forecast conditions from the TAF, then nailed my first solo the next morning. 3. Reading, rereading, and rerereading

Re: [Flightgear-devel] question about fg joystick support -- whereis it?/grep question

stepping through the results. > (And after all that, I'm sure that someone will point out that emacs > has a multi-file grep feature too. I'm just not aware of one.) M-x grep M-x grep-find Or, if you've already run etags, M-x tags-search All the best, Davi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] US and Canadian Circuits

een the film "Canadian Bacon" ? No, but I've heard about it. "Strange Brew" is the classic Canadian-identity movie. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mail

Re: Landing hints (was re: [Flightgear-devel] New A-4/jet panel instruments)

eel this before worrying about > > _which_ glide slope you're on. It seems to work quite well. > > That's the same technique that sailors are using to figure out if they > are on collision course. And WWII fighter pilots, for that matter. All the best, Da

re: [Flightgear-devel] Spiffy new panel gadget

or now. I did some experimentation a while ago, and AC3D is the only format that worked acceptably for me in plib with textured models. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Spiffy new panel gadget

nd to a halt very quickly. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Spiffy new panel gadget

Andy Ross writes: > Maybe this is specific to my box -- does no one else notice the > significant jitter of the A-4 cockpit? It might not be so noticable if the 2D panel was jittering with it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggins

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