RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Terragear-devel] Flattening Stuff

2003-09-04 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: Have you tried preinserting some of the the higher res srtm1 data to terra innide of and on the edges of the airport polygons ? This shoud be quite accurate. Maybe *too* accurate -- at the resolution, a 747 parked on the field will start to show up in the

re: [Flightgear-devel] *awk

2003-09-04 Thread David Megginson
Jon S Berndt writes: Which is better: awk gawk nawk perl All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Bug: missing the runway

2003-09-03 Thread David Megginson
Since we threw out Metakit (another loud hurray!) I've noticed that FlightGear doesn't always place the runway correctly on the runway threshold any more. Try this with the current base package, for example: fgfs --airport=KHAF On the other hand, starting at KSFO is fine. At first, I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug: missing the runway

2003-09-03 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: This must be a data mismatch problem. I just checked KHAF with scenery I built over the weekend and it matched perfectly. But, just to confirm, you do find it out with the scenery in the base package? All the best, David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug: missing the runway

2003-09-03 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: But, just to confirm, you do find it out with the scenery in the base package? Yes, that appears to be true That's curious, then. I haven't tried building the chunk with KSFO in it, but I'm missing both old and new runways right now in w080n40. All the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug: missing the runway

2003-09-03 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Can you list a specific example? CYRP. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug: missing the runway

2003-09-03 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Can you list a specific example? CYRP. Sorry, I probably wasn't clear in my question. What about CYRP is not correct? The plane starts far before the threshold and to the right of the centreline. All the best, David

[Flightgear-devel] --ceiling option

2003-09-02 Thread David Megginson
I've added a new option to set an overcast ceiling quickly on the command line: --ceiling=FT_ASL[:THICKNESS_AGL] The default thickness is 2000 ft if the option is provided but the thickness is not included. For example, --ceiling=1000:200 will create an overcast layer starting at 1000 ft

[Flightgear-devel] Bug report: fog, clouds, and lighting

2003-09-02 Thread David Megginson
Try this command line: fgfs --altitude=6000 --vc=90 --visibility=50 If you look closely, you'll see a clearly visible division across the middle of the screen, day or night -- the bottom is brighter and the top is darker. As a result, you have a slightly dim but still clear and obvious

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --ceiling option

2003-09-02 Thread David Megginson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why don't we use SI Units in flightgear? Why unknown feets when meter is the international standard in this world? Ah, this is a long-standing thread. Personally, I'd love to use SI internally, but for the user interface, we still need to use Imperial, because

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Really OT: Motion sickness

2003-09-01 Thread David Megginson
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

[Flightgear-devel] The lighter-than-air crowd

2003-09-01 Thread David Megginson
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]

[Flightgear-devel] Framerate drop

2003-09-01 Thread David Megginson
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

re: [Flightgear-devel] Framerate drop

2003-09-01 Thread David Megginson
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

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Ebay! :-) I wonder if you could get a cheap pacemaker there as well. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread David Megginson
I had my first real vacuum failure last night, fortunately in VMC. The VAC annunciator lit up and the suction gauge went to 0 when I was 10 nm back from my runway -- by the time we touched down, the HI was very sluggish, and the AI was showing a 20-degree bank when level. My daughter and I both

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Real-life vacuum failure

2003-08-31 Thread David Megginson
Arnt Karlsen writes: ..ooops! You have no vacuum backup source??? No -- the only backup is the electric TC. The C-172-R and newer come with dual vacuum pumps (I don't know about the newer PA-28's), but dual vacuum pumps weren't standard in older Cherokees or Skyhawks. I'm looking at

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Old problem returns?

2003-08-30 Thread David Megginson
Jon Berndt writes: A left click will automagically return you to the 'forward view' I thought I had tried everything imaginable: left click, right click, middle click, double click. I guess I didn't get the right one (or rather, the left one). I still dislike this feature, never

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Outlook comments

2003-08-29 Thread David Megginson
Alex Perry writes: I have been wondering whether the Outlook autorun feature could conveniently be used to assist Windows users who would like to use FlightGear. They sign up for the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] as usual and their start of subscription mail message has a PIF

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Any Volunteers?

2003-08-29 Thread David Megginson
Jon Stockill writes: After tweaking the Makefile to use the right compiler and flags, and point to glut running make gives: g++ -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 -g -DSAFETY -DIOSTREAMH -c terra.cc In file included from Geom.h:24, from Heap.h:4, from

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Outlook comments

2003-08-29 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: Actually, this should be /dev/null if you misspell null you're file system will probabably fill up rather quickly. (Spoken from personal experience.) :-) Yes indeed, more evidence that it's usually operator error :-) Especially since Curt's mail filter

Re: [Flightgear-devel] RIP: metakit

2003-08-29 Thread David Megginson
Martin Spott writes: I have rewritten the flightgear code that used metakit and have removed all traces of metakit from simgear and will probably have done the same in the flightgear tree by the time most people read this. Hoorrry ! Now, _this_ is good news. Wild dancing the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SRTM 1 arcsec trial

2003-08-29 Thread David Megginson
Christian Mayer writes: Can''t we use the land use data that we've got to calculate an automatic smoothing factor. I.e. when we know that we've got elevation data from a town we do much smoothing. And when we've got paddocks we hardly do any smoothing. You'd end up smoothing out the

Re: ..OT: blue paint bucket toss, was: [Flightgear-devel][OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread David Megginson
Matthew Johnson writes: Yes, if you see Bruce Willis on the plane ask to leave :). I should have phrased my thoughts a little better, any major failure on a commercial airline tends to result in heavy loss of life...Although I'd think there are far less id10t's in the air compared to

re: [Flightgear-devel] strange PA28

2003-08-26 Thread David Megginson
Martin Spott writes: The PA-28 behaves a bit strange: The outside view still rotates around the nose tip and I don't manage to increase the speed over 60 knots even at full throttle. Do you have a short info how to handle this aircraft - what's the recommended speed at takeoff/touchdown

Re: re: [Flightgear-devel] strange PA28

2003-08-26 Thread David Megginson
Martin Spott writes: I'm sorry -- I haven't really worked on the PA-28 for ages. No need for an excuse. I'm just curious - trying to fill my 'mission' for quality control ;-))) Here are some operational speeds for the PA-28-161 [...] Oh, thanks - this is more detailed than I

Re: ..OT: blue paint bucket toss, was: [Flightgear-devel] [OT]Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-26 Thread David Megginson
Matthew Johnson writes: Good point, something goes wrong on a commercial airliner very few, if anyone ever gets out alive... Not at all. Things go wrong in airliners flown by scheduled carriers all the time, and usually no one suffers anything more than stress from a delay or rerouting.

[Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-25 Thread David Megginson
say no: there are many decent alternatives even for Windows, such as Eudora and Mozilla mail. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-25 Thread David Megginson
Jon Berndt writes: Yeah, it's pretty bad. Microsoft ought to be completely embarrassed. For those of you whose ISPs provide a filtering service I'd advise taking it. I pay about $2 a month for this service and it has caught ALL of the virii headed for my Inbox. I regularly filter both

re: [Flightgear-devel] SRTM-30 scenery

2003-08-25 Thread David Megginson
Jon Stockill writes: Done. http://flightgear.stockill.org/scenery/ DNS lookup is failing on flightgear.stockill.org. All the best, David ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Packaging data files

2003-08-25 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Ok, if you start at Disney world, That's in Florida. I always remember it as Disney *LA*nd in LA. I think that your directions led to Mexico, and that you suggested we speak mainly Spanish in Canada. All the best, David

re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First Solo.

2003-08-24 Thread David Megginson
and started actually flying to a different city that I felt like a pilot. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

re: [Flightgear-devel] Cloud transparency problems solved

2003-08-22 Thread David Megginson
and elegant just by z-ordering the cloud layer drawing order in the preDraw routine of the sky code. Cool -- I'll have to check this out. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FGFS Base CVS

2003-08-22 Thread David Megginson
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] FGFS Base CVS

2003-08-22 Thread David Megginson
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[Flightgear-devel] (Real) Lancaster

2003-08-19 Thread David Megginson
/private/lancaster-01.jpg http://www.megginson.com/private/lancaster-02.jpg All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Some European cities satelite photos

2003-08-17 Thread David Megginson
California governor, the actor from the action movies cannot go on to become president without a constitutional ammendment. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

[Flightgear-devel] [OT] Born in the U.S.A.

2003-08-17 Thread David Megginson
to the Speaker of the House. 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 Propeller Drag

2003-08-14 Thread David Megginson
significant extra drag. I have a 60-inch-pitch prop (advance 60 inches for each revolution), so at 118 fps, its neutral speed is about 24 rps or 1450 RPM. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear

Re: RFD: Landmarks and scenery (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] CYTZ and CNTower)

2003-08-14 Thread David Megginson
should use a different one for each OS. If plib does not already encapsulate this convention, we can write a tiny module to do so. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

re: [Flightgear-devel] request for comments?

2003-08-14 Thread David Megginson
think that the SSG stuff is spread a little haphazardly through the code base. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim Propeller Drag

2003-08-14 Thread David Megginson
and compression (slowing the prop down) and the oncoming airstream (speeding the prop up). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

re: [Flightgear-devel] Textures model question

2003-08-14 Thread David Megginson
it. For the animations, look at some of the existing files to get started. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim Propeller Drag

2003-08-14 Thread David Megginson
engines are air-cooled. 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

RFD: Landmarks and scenery (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] CYTZ and CNTower)

2003-08-09 Thread David Megginson
code well enough, and couldn't figure it out. Perhaps someone who knows the code could look into implementing this on top of plib's platform-independent path support. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] WANTED: mailing list admin

2003-08-09 Thread David Megginson
members post from a different e-mail address, but it's not too hard to sort out. Nearly every mailing list I belong to (aside from the fgfs-related lists) bounce all non-member postings, and the system seems to work fairly well. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

[Flightgear-devel] CYTZ and CN Tower

2003-08-09 Thread David Megginson
scenery build is unusable for the Great Lakes. The tower looks awfully lonely without Skydome beside it and the other big downtown buildings around it, but at least Toronto looks a bit like Toronto now. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] WANTED: mailing list admin

2003-08-09 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Our initial intent was to be new-user friendly, but maybe in today's day and age, automatically bouncing non-members is acceptable. Absolutely -- even two years ago, I knew of very few lists that didn't require a subscription. All the best, David -- David

RE: RFD: Landmarks and scenery (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] CYTZ andCNTower)

2003-08-08 Thread David Megginson
for keeping the management of land mark development and distribution under control. It also allows people to make their own releases of landmarks, independent of the main FlightGear scenery distribution. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: RFD: Landmarks and scenery (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] CYTZ and CNTower)

2003-08-08 Thread David Megginson
weren't going to include DOS drive letters, you wouldn't need to worry about ':'. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

re: [Flightgear-devel] dc3 wing twist in yasim?

2003-08-07 Thread David Megginson
that the plane handles more correctly. I don't spend enough time with the plane any more to get a good feel for its flying, and I'll be happy to check in any reasonable changes. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim Propeller Drag

2003-08-07 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: So we need the amount of force needed to rotate the mechanics (crank shaft, bearings, etc.) The biggest draw is probably compressing the air in the cylinders. Those pistons are still going up and down, even without the plugs firing. All the best, David -- David

[Flightgear-devel] YASim Propeller Drag

2003-08-07 Thread David Megginson
either. 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] Clouds3D and Matrices in general

2003-08-04 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: I think we should be drawing the 3d model of the aircraft last, after the sky, terrain, and clouds. It's not a big deal, but that will mean that the plane will be visible through hills, towers, clouds, etc. from external view. All the best, David -- David

[Flightgear-devel] Blender 2.28 and plib progress

2003-08-04 Thread David Megginson
/ssgLoadVRML1.cxx. 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: Scenery development question

2003-08-03 Thread David Megginson
of the extra information in vmap0, and occasionally, that causes TerraGear to break down a bit and produce something like this. If we start adding roads, rivers, etc. from any other source, we get the same problem. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery development question

2003-08-03 Thread David Megginson
for the Great Lakes (vmap0 has the detail). 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] Gliding (Stall)

2003-08-01 Thread David Megginson
because the plane suddenly loses airspeed very rapidly. I just tried a deadstick approach at 48 mph, and the Cub landed fine. What approach speed are you using? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Gliding (Stall)

2003-08-01 Thread David Megginson
available, but the model does need a little tweaking -- I'd like to add wing washout and increase rudder effectivity a bit. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Gliding (Stall)

2003-08-01 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Oil Pressure 3d Model

2003-07-31 Thread David Megginson
WillyB writes: Got it moving from the correct position now... what's left is getting the factor correct so it does not go out past the side of the gauge! Sketch it on paper and figure out the angle of rotation, then the factor should come easily. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Speed question?

2003-07-30 Thread David Megginson
or trademark, as could Air France or anyone else. In fact, the British Crown asserts a perpetual copyright over the Book of Common Prayer, dating back many centuries. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] Glide path fun

2003-07-30 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Speed question?

2003-07-30 Thread David Megginson
if they had wanted to, and we also are creating a kind of pop art (interactive, no less). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Speed question?

2003-07-30 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Glide path fun

2003-07-30 Thread David Megginson
all of the NAV radios. I did the DME (it still needs work), but the others are still in their old versions in the src/Cockpit/ directory. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Glide path fun

2003-07-30 Thread David Megginson
two vacuum pumps and two alternators, for example, and transport aircraft have duplicates of most of the primary instruments. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Speed question?

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
as well. 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] Speed question?

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
to the plane. 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] Instrument help

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
this works -- I bought my O-320 manual on eBay for almost nothing. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument help

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
Arnt Karlsen writes: ...except when running lean-of-peak, where leaning further, lowers CHT further. Anything lean of 50 degF rich of peak EGT will result in lower CHT. Running right at peak is already slightly cooler, though only by a few degrees. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument help

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
in your spreadsheet, etc., so it's a bit like a poor-man's flight data recorder. It's also considerably cheaper than other toys like an IFR GPS or a Stormscope. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fokker 50 turboprop commuter

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
, and the windows were suddenly filled with sunlight and glorious white cloudtops, everyone in the plane gasped -- it kind-of makes all the work for the rating worthwhile. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Was IFR checkride - clouds

2003-07-29 Thread David Megginson
an altitude, when able, that puts me just below the tops of clouds for a stratocumulus layer. Very scenic, I find. How's the volumetric cloud support coming along these days ? It's stalled, as far as I know. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument help

2003-07-27 Thread David Megginson
Temperature -- EGT -- is more for leaning the mixture). CHT gauges are common on large engines, but very rare on the little 140-180 hp engines used in entry-level aircraft. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Realism

2003-07-26 Thread David Megginson
from the front - it starts again when you roll it back the right way up though. Just like the Spitfire -- the ME-109's fuel-injected engine was one of the few advantages it had over the Spitfire's gravity-fed, carbureted engine, if I recall correctly. All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-26 Thread David Megginson
for the fuel to cool down, your wings are essentially refrigerators when you descend into the warmer air. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Realism

2003-07-26 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: IIRC there was an oil issue with the Merlin's inverted as well. A gravity-fed wet sump, perhaps? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

re: [Flightgear-devel] IMC simulation - was IFR flight test

2003-07-26 Thread David Megginson
data. That's with the Pepsi-can vents on the 172. Given that it's easy to look around the cockpit in FlightGear, I think that we should put the OAT indicator where it belongs, and leave the onus on sim pilots to bother looking (just as in real life). All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
the air holds the most moisture. 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] forwarded message from Andrei Barbu

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
they still had 70% of the market and everyone had to design pages to work in their browser) -- Microsoft should take note and see how well that strategy worked for their competition before the next time they try it themselves. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Realism

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
Buffalo, and the DHC-6 Twin Otter. After that, they just started using the boring DASH-7 and DASH-8 names. One of my goals is to get all eight of those planes into FlightGear. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Realism

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
flight as a rated pilot today, though (unfortunately) it was in good VMC. I took my ten-year-old daughter along, and I can say that it's much harder to stay in tolerances, even in VMC, with distractions on board. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Realism

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
, in a Chippy. I've spent about 30 hours in them and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Tell me more about how they handle -- I understand that they're light on the controls. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Speed question?

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
, but I'll survive:)) Or, alternatively 1. Temporarily change your resolution using something like ALT NUM- and ALT NUM+ (if you're in XFree86). 2. Run FlightGear in a window instead of fullscreen. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-25 Thread David Megginson
Celsius band that's especially scary, and that's when I really don't want to spend much time in cloud or precip (that's also why the Outside Air Temperature [OAT] gauge is such an important instrument, and one that we need to add to our FlightGear panels). All the best, David -- David Megginson

[Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
, safe, competent IFR pilot, and endorsed my license. Well, that's it for now. We have to retake the IFR flight test every two years in Canada, so I'll be back up in Summer 2005. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
on the road to CFI/CFII... Nope. 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] Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
to be brutally unstable in the roll axis when inverted -- that's why aerobatic planes don't tend to have dihedral. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
, altitude restrictions, and so on, all the while not forgetting to keep the dirty side of the plane facing down. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
of FlightGear-induced PPL holders soon. 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] Instrument Flight Test: Passed

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
putting it on only if carb heat is actually suspected. 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] Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!

2003-07-24 Thread David Megginson
Lee Elliott writes: So the b-52, with anhedral, should fly better upside down? So it would seem. I'd hate to see an engine flame out, though, and the flight crew end up having to make an approach and landing with only seven engines. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport and Navaid Coordinates

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
, in our case) to contribute to FlightGear or any other Open Source project. Tech docs, of course, fall more on the shoulders of the programmers. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] OT: IFR Flight Test Tomorrow

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
foggles. 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] Lee's YF23

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
, the Mozilla Public License, and even the LGPL are all compatible with (i.e. less restrictive than) the GPL. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airport and Navaid Coordinates

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
? 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] Airport and Navaid Coordinates

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
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re: [Flightgear-devel] added a scaling animation type

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
. Is that all fixed now in plib? 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] added a scaling animation type

2003-07-23 Thread David Megginson
. You have to check out the docs module of FlightGear to get it, though, since it's not part of the main source distro. When I have time, I'd like to get it into the Wiki. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

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