Re: [Flightgear-devel] fgfs base sync?

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Saturday 01 December 2001 2:20 am, you wrote: > Did a fresh build of fgfs from the CVS library @ 10pm PST. Everthing went > fine. > > Downloaded the snapshot of the base package and installed Theres a fresh snap up really you should do a CVS checkout > > fgfs_base-snap.0.7.9.t

[Flightgear-devel] fgfs base sync?

2001-11-30 Thread John Wojnaroski
Did a fresh build of fgfs from the CVS library @ 10pm PST. Everthing went fine. Downloaded the snapshot of the base package and installed fgfs_base-snap.0.7.9.tar.gz 26.9M Friday, 30-Nov-2001 02:00:58 EST Got a config mismatch area from jsbsim for the configuration file:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: SGI Developer Edge - FLASH]

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Someone with an SGI already needs to build an executable for starters. Would be fun to arm wrestle to see who gets the new sgi. It wouldn't hurt our project to win an award now and then. I could burn a cd with the irix binary and contribute to the written description. Regards, Curt. Erik Hofm

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim, yet another FDM

2001-11-30 Thread Andy Ross
Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Andy, just gave this a quick try and my first comment is that the > ailerons appear to be rigged backwards. Haven't really made it very > far in the air yet. :-) Gr I thought I'd been so careful to make sure I worked with the defaults. Ugh, sorry. My joystick dr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim, yet another FDM

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Andy, I have added you initial revision to the flightgear tree and have committed it to CVS. We should probably 'negotiate' where the aircraft xml files should live in the base package. Wow, this has been a busy week: a whole new FDM to play with, zillions of changes to JSBSim, a new twin aircr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:24 pm, you wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2001.11.30 19:14]: > > On Friday 30 November 2001 5:49 pm, you wrote: > > > Are you going to base the panel on photos of the real thing? > > > David > > > > Yes, but there are a lot of configurations. I'm going with a 310R > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG Base CVS commit messages

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:01 pm, you wrote: > John, > Can you setup the fgfs-base CVS server to send commit messages to the > flightgear-cvslogs list? It would be helpful to know when stuff is > updated. Thanks Can't argue with that. I usually send a message manually, but I'm not the only

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim, yet another FDM

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Andy, just gave this a quick try and my first comment is that the ailerons appear to be rigged backwards. Haven't really made it very far in the air yet. :-) Curt. Andy Ross writes: > OK, as promised, I've put together a first release of my "YASim" (sue > me, I couldn't think of a better name)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2001.11.30 19:14]: > On Friday 30 November 2001 5:49 pm, you wrote: > > Are you going to base the panel on photos of the real thing? > > David > > Yes, but there are a lot of configurations. I'm going with a 310R > since that was the last piston engine variety. I found some n

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
John Check writes: > Try syncing your base package again, also make sure to set the mixture for > engine 2. When I committed the latest JSBSim stuff I inadvertently committed > a panel in progress. I've since rolled it back. As far as I can tell I have the latest of everything, right mixture pus

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 10:30 pm, you wrote: > David, > > With the latest JSBSim, latest c310.xml, and latest panel stuff from > John, I'm only able to start the left engine. The right engine will > crank, but it won't catch. Any ideas what I should look at? It was > working earlier today, b

[Flightgear-devel] FG Base CVS commit messages

2001-11-30 Thread Cameron Moore
John, Can you setup the fgfs-base CVS server to send commit messages to the flightgear-cvslogs list? It would be helpful to know when stuff is updated. Thanks -- Cameron Moore [ Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? ] ___ Flightgear-devel mail

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David, With the latest JSBSim, latest c310.xml, and latest panel stuff from John, I'm only able to start the left engine. The right engine will crank, but it won't catch. Any ideas what I should look at? It was working earlier today, but I'm having trouble now after the latest updates. Thanks

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new files

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
All: JSBSim should be fully synced as of 9pm Central USA time zone. Curt. BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM) writes: > The current version of JSBSim in JSBSim CVS is now completely syncronized > with several bugs squashed. The intense efforts of the FlightGear and the > "extended" JSBSim team h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new files

2001-11-30 Thread John Wojnaroski
> > FYI the engIO470D.xml does not exist in JSBsim CVS > > Yes it does. Well, as of three minutes ago, anyhow! > > > There are also: > > eng_io320.xml > > c172.xml > > c172.xml isn't actually in CVS, though it may have been distributed in that > directory somehow. the other engine is not

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
John, A fix was commited to CVS much earlier today. Make sure your cvs tree is up to date and it all should work. Curt. John Wojnaroski writes: > Has anyone seen this? Not sure this warrants a bug report or where to report > it, > > Doing a new build with the the C310 code and latest CVS (We

RE: [Flightgear-devel] new files

2001-11-30 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> FYI the engIO470D.xml does not exist in JSBsim CVS Yes it does. Well, as of three minutes ago, anyhow! > There are also: > eng_io320.xml > c172.xml c172.xml isn't actually in CVS, though it may have been distributed in that directory somehow. the other engine is not bogus but probably u

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new files

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 8:22 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2001 7:47 pm, you wrote: > > The current version of JSBSim in JSBSim CVS is now completely syncronized > > with several bugs squashed. The intense efforts of the FlightGear and the > > "extended" JSBSim team have given us a new

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new files

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 7:47 pm, you wrote: > The current version of JSBSim in JSBSim CVS is now completely syncronized > with several bugs squashed. The intense efforts of the FlightGear and the > "extended" JSBSim team have given us a new vehicle to fly, the Cessna 310. > As David Megginson m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 5:49 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:42, you wrote: > > John Check writes: > > > First item on my list is correct style throttle, pitch and mixture > > > controls. Where can I get engine specs so I can redo the gauge > > > faces? > > > > Are they readable on a

[Flightgear-devel] new files

2001-11-30 Thread BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM)
The current version of JSBSim in JSBSim CVS is now completely syncronized with several bugs squashed. The intense efforts of the FlightGear and the "extended" JSBSim team have given us a new vehicle to fly, the Cessna 310. As David Megginson mentioned in his release announcement, there are still a

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM)
> then I should replace the FGState.cpp code from the C310 package?? > > JW If I were you I'd grab it all from JSBSim CVS now. It's all in sync and works - it is *very* fresh. This new version requires the latest config files. Jon ___ Flightgear-dev

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM)
> Okay, I think I found it. > > In FGPosition 1.31 2001/11/30 16:49there is a GetHOverBCG() and > GetHOverBMAC() > > In FGState.cpp from the C310 package the function > FGState::GetParameter(...) > defines > > case FG_HOVERB: > return Position->GetHOverB(): > > Should one or both

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Wojnaroski
- enough? any ideas? > > No, it is not late enough. I made a fix to JSBSim.cxx (now in JSBSim CVS) > that you need. This file has apparently not been committed to FGFS CVS, yet. > Get all the files from JSBSim CVS and put those in your flightgear tree. Put > the aircraft and engine files into

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Wojnaroski
Okay, I think I found it. In FGPosition 1.31 2001/11/30 16:49there is a GetHOverBCG() and GetHOverBMAC() In FGState.cpp from the C310 package the function FGState::GetParameter(...) defines case FG_HOVERB: return Position->GetHOverB(): Should one or both of these be added to the c

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM)
> Doing a new build with the the C310 code and latest CVS > (Wednesday- noon) > > during compile FGReportState complains about a missing > FGAerodynamics::GetNlf(); > At runtime everything normal until error msg: > > "FGState::GetParameter() - No handler for parameter height/span" > > Is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Wojnaroski
Has anyone seen this? Not sure this warrants a bug report or where to report it, Doing a new build with the the C310 code and latest CVS (Wednesday- noon) during compile FGReportState complains about a missing FGAerodynamics::GetNlf(); Yep, nothing in .[ch}xx (at least not in my copy) Created a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread David Findlay
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:42, you wrote: > John Check writes: > > First item on my list is correct style throttle, pitch and mixture > > controls. Where can I get engine specs so I can redo the gauge > > faces? > > Are they readable on any of the pics I sent you? If not, try to find > a screensho

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 5:36 pm, you wrote: > Would this be of help?: > > http://www.lycoming.textron.com/products/engines/540.html > > I provide this link because I suspect the IO540 is the engine we want(?) > > Jon > Doesn't hurt. Thanks. > > -Original Message- > > From: John Check

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
On Friday 30 November 2001 5:42 pm, you wrote: > John Check writes: > > First item on my list is correct style throttle, pitch and mixture > > controls. Where can I get engine specs so I can redo the gauge > > faces? > > Are they readable on any of the pics I sent you? If not, try to find > a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread David Megginson
John Check writes: > First item on my list is correct style throttle, pitch and mixture > controls. Where can I get engine specs so I can redo the gauge > faces? Are they readable on any of the pics I sent you? If not, try to find a screenshot from a good MSFS panel (I think there were a co

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM)
Would this be of help?: http://www.lycoming.textron.com/products/engines/540.html I provide this link because I suspect the IO540 is the engine we want(?) Jon > -Original Message- > From: John Check [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread John Check
First item on my list is correct style throttle, pitch and mixture controls. Where can I get engine specs so I can redo the gauge faces? TTYL J On Friday 30 November 2001 3:42 pm, you wrote: > David, John, > > Good work on the initial panel and model. Minor nit (before even > trying to take off

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread jsb
> - Single-engine flight doesn't cause any yaw (I suspect a JSBSim bug > here). What!? no yaw? ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: > Good work on the initial panel and model. Minor nit (before even > trying to take off) The engine will not even crank if the mixture is > pulled all the way out. Push in the mixture and the engine cranks > (and starts) just fine. The piston engine model currently

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David, John, Good work on the initial panel and model. Minor nit (before even trying to take off) The engine will not even crank if the mixture is pulled all the way out. Push in the mixture and the engine cranks (and starts) just fine. Thanks, Curt. David Megginson writes: > For those of y

[Flightgear-devel] ANN: Cessna 310 twin-prop

2001-11-30 Thread David Megginson
For those of you who haven't been following the discussion on flightgear-model, we have a new JSBSim aero model available in CVS. The Cessna 310 is a low-wing six-seater, twin-prop piston-powered aircraft with funny fuel tanks on the wingtips. It has a range of 800-1000nm (depending on configurat

[Flightgear-devel] Some YASim documentation

2001-11-30 Thread Andy Ross
One of the biggest shortcomings of the YASim stuff I posted yesterday was the lack of documentation for the XML aircraft configuration files. So I wrote some; it's attached. This is terse (it only describes the tags available, and doesn't make a very good how-to guide), but should be useful to a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim, yet another FDM

2001-11-30 Thread jj
Just a slight note of clarification. John Wojnaroski wrote: >(Primary flight display and engine displays) running. FG and panel source is >at ftp://ftp.kingmont.com with some install and build instructions. Those files are actually located down in the sub directory at: ftp://ftp.kingmo

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: JSBSim BUG?

2001-11-30 Thread Vallevand, Mark K
Perhaps you mean '=' instead of '=='? void SetEngineNumber(int nn) {EngineNumber = nn;} Regards. Mark K Vallevand Fat, dumb and happy. 2 out of 3 ain't bad. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:08 AM > To:

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: JSBSim BUG?

2001-11-30 Thread David Megginson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "../FGEngine.h", line 186: warning(1171): expression has no effect > > void SetEngineNumber(int nn) {EngineNumber == nn;} > > Yes, I have just noticed that but cannot figure out what the hell that's all > about. Am I missing something obvious? "==" inste

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: JSBSim BUG?

2001-11-30 Thread jsb
> It looks to me like it evaluates EngineNumber == nn, but does nothing > with the result, hence 'Expression has no effect'. oh $hi#. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: JSBSim BUG?

2001-11-30 Thread Ross Golder
It looks to me like it evaluates EngineNumber == nn, but does nothing with the result, hence 'Expression has no effect'. -- Ross On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 16:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > > > It looks like the compiler has got something here: > > > > "../FGEngine.h", line 186: warni

[Flightgear-devel] Re: JSBSim BUG?

2001-11-30 Thread jsb
> Hi Jon, > > It looks like the compiler has got something here: > > "../FGEngine.h", line 186: warning(1171): expression has no effect > void SetEngineNumber(int nn) {EngineNumber == nn;} Yes, I have just noticed that but cannot figure out what the hell that's all about. Am I missing som