[Flightgear-devel] Really OT: Motion sickness
Given historical precedent of FGFS developers going for flight training... a magazine gave tips for motion sickness in boats, relevant to acft too. 1. Look at the horizon and try to have your side peripheral vision be horizon and not the moving side of the vehicle (if feasible). 2. Orient yourself and/or the vehicle so most of the motion is side to side; humans are more sensitive to longitudinal pitching. 3. Avoid tasks that require vision and preclude adherence to (1) above, so don't look at instruments or charts unless absolutely necessary. 4. Adjust air vents for a light draft of cool fresh air, but not a breeze. 5. Sit so your back and neck are supported and the muscles can relaz. 6. Do something active, such as fly the plane or discuss with instructor. 7. Eat and drink, preferably well before before takeoff, and avoid foods that cause dehydration such as coffee and some sodas (for example). 8. Always get plenty of sleep beforehand and avoid unnecessary stress. An important element of 3,6,8 is to brief the flight carefully beforehand and, where appropriate, pick up the lesson plan at the conclusion of the previous lesson so you can practice the activity using FlightGear first. Depending on the goal, FGFS may or may not accelerate that training, but it will definitely reduce stress, help you relax and look outside. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Really OT: Motion sickness
Alex Perry wrote: Given historical precedent of FGFS developers going for flight training... This is another nice contribution to the fschool document. Thanks Alex.! a magazine gave tips for motion sickness in boats, relevant to acft too. 1. Look at the horizon and try to have your side peripheral vision be horizon and not the moving side of the vehicle (if feasible). 2. Orient yourself and/or the vehicle so most of the motion is side to side; humans are more sensitive to longitudinal pitching. 3. Avoid tasks that require vision and preclude adherence to (1) above, so don't look at instruments or charts unless absolutely necessary. 4. Adjust air vents for a light draft of cool fresh air, but not a breeze. 5. Sit so your back and neck are supported and the muscles can relaz. 6. Do something active, such as fly the plane or discuss with instructor. 7. Eat and drink, preferably well before before takeoff, and avoid foods that cause dehydration such as coffee and some sodas (for example). 8. Always get plenty of sleep beforehand and avoid unnecessary stress. An important element of 3,6,8 is to brief the flight carefully beforehand and, where appropriate, pick up the lesson plan at the conclusion of the previous lesson so you can practice the activity using FlightGear first. Depending on the goal, FGFS may or may not accelerate that training, but it will definitely reduce stress, help you relax and look outside. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] Spam/Virii
Great, now they use my email address to start spamming flightsim.com with virus enhanced emails ... I wonder if Microsoft is really behind this now. I have one request for list members: Some of you have the email client add the complete email address in the reply message (for example: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message) Could you try to remove the email part from there? I don't know if it really helps any, but since most messages are kept on several places on the internet it makes me feel a bit more comfortable. Thanks. Erik Requested action not taken: virus detected Original message follows. Received: from web.flightsim.com [66.205.95.232] by cdi.com.au with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.02) id A413548010A; Mon, 01 Sep 2003 17:24:03 +1000 Received: from psmtp.com (exprod5mx69.postini.com [12.158.34.221]) by web.flightsim.com (8.11.6/8.10.1) with SMTP id h817BAY06519 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 03:11:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from source ([207.77.56.18]) by exprod5mx69.postini.com ([12.158.34.245]) with SMTP; Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:11:09 PDT Received: from SKANDER ([66.130.239.43]) by mail2.net1plus.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59765U14000L1700S0V35) with ESMTP id com for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 03:11:02 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Approved Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 3:10:58 --0500 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600. X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=_NextPart_000_008A26B6 X-IMAIL-SPAM-DNSBL: (SPEWS,88604938,127.0.0.2) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Spam/Virii
Erik Hofman wrote: Objet : [Flightgear-devel] Spam/Virii Great, now they use my email address to start spamming flightsim.com with virus enhanced emails ... I wonder if Microsoft is really behind this now. ... It seems it is the SoBig Virus that is harvesting all email addresses on the hard disk and use it for the destination as well as the return path (sender). A colleague of mine next door, hopefully not connected to flightgear, just thrown a whole lot of them to the office and the customers, just because he delayed the update of his virus definition list and prefer read his mail first. -Fred ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Really OT: Motion sickness
As someone who has suffered from motion sickness since childhood and had to struggle with it during flight training, I'd like to add a few more hints to Alex's excellent post: a. Exercise can make an enormous difference to airsickness -- for me, aerobic exercise (like running) doesn't make much of a difference, but anaerobic exercise (like weight-lifting) and stretching a couple of hours before the flight matter a lot. b. Don't fly on an empty stomach, but do eat light food that's easily digestible -- avoid a lot of dairy or other fat. c. Keep the ball centred -- yaw makes you and your passengers sicker than anything else. That's especially important in turbulence, where you'll normally be concentrating more on pitch and roll. d. Chew gum, preferably strong mint (it works for me, anyway). e. Put smaller passengers (or pilots) up on a couple of cushions so that they have a better outside view. f. For me, cold is better than warm -- I deliberately set things up so that I'm a little chilly while I'm flying, but again, other people may have different experiences. g. If all else fails, avoid flying on summer afternoons. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Spam/Virii
Frederic BOUVIER wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: Objet : [Flightgear-devel] Spam/Virii Great, now they use my email address to start spamming flightsim.com with virus enhanced emails ... I wonder if Microsoft is really behind this now. ... It seems it is the SoBig Virus that is harvesting all email addresses on the hard disk and use it for the destination as well as the return path (sender). A colleague of mine next door, hopefully not connected to flightgear, just thrown a whole lot of them to the office and the customers, just because he delayed the update of his virus definition list and prefer read his mail first. I read somewhere that computer virii are a good thing because it makes computer(networks) stronger in the end. To some point I agree, but this is getting annoying :-( Erik ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] Re: [Terragear-devel] Airport data
Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have grabbed Robin Peel's latest x-plane data which is DAFIF based + a lot of hand additions for airports not in DAFIF's listings. Our current data is based off of Robin's Data of maybe 2-3 years ago so we are long due to freshen up and get current. [...] I have a couple scripts that will translate the x-plane format into the flightgear format [...] I'll try to summarize for understanding: 1.) The current X-Plane data includes any information we need for Flightgear or it is possible to extract everything that is required, 2.) Updates should be sent to Robin for inclusion into his database, 3.) You intend to slowly move over to X-Plane data format while eliminating the need for you scripts that currently do the transformation. Is my understanding correct ? Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] The lighter-than-air crowd
Here's the story about a whole pile of balloons landing short: http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/story.asp?id=123F920A-6995-40EB-BE32-3C58A6FCB761 All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] missing file or wrong declaration at YF-23
Hello, I have the impression there is something missing with the YF-23 in the CVS base package: WARNING: ssgLoadAC: Failed to open '/home/mas/CVS/FlightGear/data/Aircraft/yf23/Models/YF23-5-1h1.ac' for reading /home/mas/CVS/FlightGear/data/ contains the complete base package. I even did a full checkout to verify. I assume the file should carry the name YF23-5-1j.ac or the config file has to be changed, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] Framerate drop
I've noticed a substantial (50%) framerate drop with the recent revisions to FlightGear. I'll try some profiling when I have time, but is it possible that some of the recent changes to airport handling have introduced some slow code into the main loop? It could also be a problem with the new nvidia drivers, of course. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
re: [Flightgear-devel] Framerate drop
David Megginson writes: I've noticed a substantial (50%) framerate drop with the recent revisions to FlightGear. I'll try some profiling when I have time, but is it possible that some of the recent changes to airport handling have introduced some slow code into the main loop? It could also be a problem with the new nvidia drivers, of course. Please disregard -- Mozilla had left some big processes running in the background, hogging the CPU. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
RE: [Flightgear-devel] Framerate drop
David Megginson writes: I've noticed a substantial (50%) framerate drop with the recent revisions to FlightGear. I'll try some profiling when I have time, but is it possible that some of the recent changes to airport handling have introduced some slow code into the main loop? It could also be a problem with the new nvidia drivers, of course. Is this everywhere or just at KSFO ? I noticed a *very* significant fps drop with the new scenry objects in San Francisco which may be due to having many small textures rather then having the small textures combined into one as is done with the Panel Cheers Norman ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
