Re: [Flightgear-devel] Borland C++BuilderX Personal for $10

2004-01-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:10:16 -0800 (PST) Gene Buckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless it's different from the downloaddable version, it does _not_ include any kind of RAD tool. g. You are probably thinking of the free Borland C++ 5.5 compiler. The link I provided refers to the Personal Edition of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:21:19 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That has nothing at all to do with what I said. We are controlling individual control surfaces. Period. I don't think we should have subclasses for each desired action/process. Only each control surface type. Roll

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:42:02 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good point (as is Jon's) but in all such design cases there are tradeoffs. What I'm looking at is ease of configuration and that may be a reasonable tradeoff against the limitations of defining a standard set of control

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed change to Terrain Following control

2004-01-22 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:15:41 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree as well. An autopilot driven by the gyro compass should reflect all of the compass's error's, such as drift; ditto for an AP driven by a VOR receiver. If we want to model an AP driven by a GPS, INS, and/or

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed change to Terrain Following control

2004-01-20 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:09:02 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW (and hopefully this doesn't mean major breakage) I've been considering some changes to the autopilot infrastructure to make it more flexible. For instance, we (or at least I) could really use a mode to hold speed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Linux User Developer Expo 2004

2004-01-15 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:04:32 + David Luff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm happy to talk if we do get a slot. Cheers - Dave Would it be advantageous -- not only now, but for the future -- for major subsystem leads to write up a short monologue? For instance, if there was a concise writeup for

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination : Derivatives in FCS

2004-01-13 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:24:42 +0100 Hof Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah. Fine. So you left away the setto feature? Does not matter, I'm sure noone will miss it. What I don't understand is, how you reset the previous inputs? Which application uses this? Can you send me the final FGFilter.*

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: yf23 brakes

2004-01-12 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:44:27 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an open issue with JSBSim because it has the concept of a center brake which doesn't directly map to the standard cockpit controls. Right now I hardwire that to a value of zero. That may be a misstep on our

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D aircraft model origins

2004-01-12 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:38:06 +0200 Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent! Now go spend some time with your kids Jon. ;) No kidding. Tonight is library night, so I will be spending some time with the older ones. :-) What would be really useful and helpful is a step-by-step tutorial

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot in jsbsim

2004-01-09 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:52:28 +0100 Roy Vegard Ovesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The solution to this is to stop the intergation when the actuator goes into saturation. Aha! Good explanation. Yes, I think this should not be too hard to fix, but I don't have time to play with that myself at this

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot in jsbsim

2004-01-09 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:24:15 +0100 Roy Vegard Ovesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the solution I'm looking to implement, but sadly my knowlege about the jsbsim structure is so limited that I could not think of a way to do it. Maybe the SWITCH component could be used as an if structure?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot in jsbsim

2004-01-09 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:52:28 +0100 Roy Vegard Ovesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, note that the derivative part of the example wing leveler control was a complete guess - and I think it actually may not play a large part (or *any* part) in the maintaining wings-level at all. I have also

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot in jsbsim

2004-01-09 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 22:39:20 +0100 Roy Vegard Ovesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this should be implemented in the jsbsim source code, not in the fdm_config xml file. Yes. And it is true there probably should be an initialization capability for filters, integrators, etc. I'll try and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D aircraft model origins

2004-01-09 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:58:35 +0200 Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, 8 January 2004 23:34, Jon S Berndt wrote: Paul: We (FDM) simply report the location of the reference point (I think we agreed it would be the forward-most position of the aircraft, like the prop hub tip, or nose

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination

2004-01-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:56:27 +0100 Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Berndt wrote: For JSBSim aircraft, of course, you can by adding in the appropriate control channel in the flight control description for hte aircraft. I think eromatic automatically adds a yaw damper to aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D aircraft model origins

2004-01-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:34:44 +0100 Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Surgeon wrote: Shucks ... I must be tired or something because this is getting more and more confusing by the minute. What is this arbitrary point you are referring to? It is a location which you can choose. You can

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination : Derivatives in FCS

2004-01-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:41:00 +0100 Hof Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Other topic: Are there any suggestions about how to build a d/d(t) of a property in fdm markus Markus: For JSBSim, you can use the flight control components. This is a quick reply, so maybe I have not thought this all the

[Flightgear-devel] Linux machines

2004-01-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
Dell doesn't seem to market machines with Linux installed anymore, do they? Can anyone point me to a major manufacturer that does? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination

2004-01-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:37:25 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Wojnaroski wrote: Believe it or not, what makes an airplane turn is LIFT... think about it. Same thing -- one wing develops more lift than the other, the plane banks and wants to slip sideways, but as it does the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination

2004-01-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 00:09:08 +0100 Hof Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take the A320 (on FG) and watch the ball. All I want to know, which property to use for trigger function to keep the ball centered. since you discussed this topic so deeply, I'm sure someone can name me the property... I've

Re: [Flightgear-devel] gear numbering

2004-01-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 07:12:21 -0800 Andy Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the hard part is that this only works for YASim. I think the other FDMs get their control inputs indirectly, via the FGControls C++ class, instead of out of the property tree. This code would have to be modified before

Re: [Flightgear-devel] gear numbering

2004-01-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:12:26 -0800 Andy Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That convention only works for tricycle gear airplanes with three wheels, though. The problem is that the current input mappings map the following properties to those values: /controls/wheel/gear[0]/brake -- left

Re: [Flightgear-devel] gear numbering

2004-01-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:34:15 -0800 John Wojnaroski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In JSBSim, for a 747, we would associate both left main gear with the left brake input, etc. Let's not forget that the higher end equipment also has stuff like anti-skid systems which determine when/where and how the

[Flightgear-devel] different planetary models

2004-01-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
I believe we (JSBSim team) will soon have a rudimentary model of the Martian environment integrated within JSBSim. This leads me to a question about FlightGear/SimGear: What is the potential for modeling a planetary body that is different from earth in the following ways: 1) Different radius

Re: [Flightgear-devel] INVERT keyword vs minus INPUT

2003-12-31 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:59:06 +0200 Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The minus sign on an INPUT in a JSBSim FDM causes FlightGear to crash. I know the INVERT keywork is being depreciated but it doesn't look like the minus sign is working too well at the moment. You probably don't have the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Aircraft/dc3/Models dc3-dpm.ac, 1.7, 1.8 dc3-dpm.xml, 1.10, 1.11

2003-12-29 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:49:30 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, (Andy?) It appears that in the latest cvs, we have lost the ability to control the engines independently. Previously you could type Shift-1 Shift-2 Shift-3 ... etc. to select an engine. Then '{' and '}' would

[Flightgear-devel] Sky darkening with high altitude

2003-12-12 Thread Jon S Berndt
Thinking of the X-15 and its flight profile: does FlightGear do any sky darkening as the aircraft flies up past 100,000 feet altitude? It doesn't seem to me that it would be that hard to do. Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flightgear-devel] dot no more

2003-12-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
Thanks for the overwhelming response to my request for dot. I now have what I need. I'll be trying it out this evening or weekend on the sourceforge site. The dot utility is useful in creating the diagrams such as those seen in the JSBSim documentation I uploaded to the JSBSim.org site. I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (OT) Kid's day at work

2003-12-03 Thread Jon S Berndt
Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the way Boeing USED to make them. Compare that cockpit to a new 737-800 ... The new cockpits must make pilot's lives pretty boring. Paul http://tinyurl.com/xkxh Yep. Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] (OT) Kid's day at work

2003-12-03 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:42:06 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This should settle the issue: !GASP! He fell OFF! Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG logo Slovenian flag

2003-11-28 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:56:34 -0600 Cameron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon S Berndt) [2003.11.27 20:37]: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:11:26 + Matthew Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10:47 Thu 27 Nov , Erik Hofman wrote: Yeah, but then you'd get a fight over which flag

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG logo Slovenian flag

2003-11-27 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:11:26 + Matthew Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10:47 Thu 27 Nov , Erik Hofman wrote: Yeah, but then you'd get a fight over which flag is put in first and which flag is shows just for 0.1 usec (e.g. the last flag) ... Erik Maybe randomise the order ? All the

Re: Aw: Re: [Flightgear-devel] website

2003-11-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:22:28 +0100 (CET) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The FlightGear logo on the top of the website. Yes, I know. I am familiar with it: I made it. :-) What don't you like about it? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flightgear-devel] (no subject)

2003-11-25 Thread Jon S Berndt
A good article on the National Geographic web site: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0312/feature1/index.html Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] logging data

2003-11-24 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:27:04 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, Now I'm imagining a script that sets up all the initial conditions (altitude, speed, pressure, temp, etc.) as well as specfic logging fields, flies an FAA certification test, logs the results, and graphs the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Shut up, already!

2003-11-24 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:49:58 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Ross wrote: 1. The default log level is now FG_ALERT, or at least, it's supposed to be (though some FG_WARN messages inexplicably still get through). What about the presumptively useful stuff like the JSBSim

Re: [Flightgear-devel] concorde

2003-11-19 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:01:45 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone needs to whip up a quick flight dynamics model for it. :-) Curt. http://jsbsim.sourceforge.net/aeromatic.html :-) Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] concorde

2003-11-19 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:07:45 -0600 Jon S Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:01:45 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone needs to whip up a quick flight dynamics model for it. :-) Curt. http://jsbsim.sourceforge.net/aeromatic.html :-) Jon Relevant info

Re: [Flightgear-devel] concorde

2003-11-19 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:16:57 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hahaha! Aeromatic is *for* the end user. The next simplest thing would be to fly to wherever the user is and hold their hand as they type. Jon LOL, I'm free this Sunday if you are, Jon I'm booked for the rest of my life. My wife

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Landing Gear Dynamics

2003-11-17 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:03:39 +0100 Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While the wheel dynamics allow the wheels to move sideways easily, the landing gear dynamics does not allow the landing gear to move sideways (easily). So apart from the the individual wheel dynamics we also need to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Landing Gear

2003-11-17 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:33:35 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, I'm wondering if this is an aerodynamic problem (aside from the bouncing-around-sitting-still thing). Because of its lifting surfaces, a plane is certainly more vulnerable to the wind than a car, even when it is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weight Balance data...

2003-11-14 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:20:42 -0800 (PST) Gene Buckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any interest in getting that detailed on the WB calcs? When duplicating a real-world instrument, the weights are easily available and a generic weight could be assigned to avionics that don't model a specific

[Flightgear-devel] Property Heirarchy

2003-11-12 Thread Jon S Berndt
Is there any designed rhyme or reason to the layout of the properties from the top down in FlightGear? Any particular conventions? I think there ought to be something written down if there is not in order to allow the FDM authors (and others) to splice in nicer. Jon

[Flightgear-devel] Instrument and Panel README

2003-11-07 Thread Jon S Berndt
Is there a README, FAQ, or manual on making instruments for a panel and/or creating the panel itself? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Version[s]

2003-11-07 Thread Jon S Berndt
Suggestion: for debugging purposes (if nothing else) it would be useful to have this command: fgfs --version also spit out info on other pertinent version numbers, e.g. for: plib simgear jsbsim yasim etc. JSBSim has this available in a header file, and IIRC it is also available in a function

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Server RFC

2003-11-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:38:23 -0500 John Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking at creating a new protocol module to handle the low level details of the connection, and a hud overlay like the OLK code to handle Here's a red herring - er ... I mean side note: One thing I've been playing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] master and position freeze

2003-10-23 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:32:14 -0500 David Culp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The command line switch --enable-freeze, as well as the properties /sim/freeze/master and /sim/freeze/position don't work (at least not with JSBSim or Yasim). I don't know if they ever have, or if they are a work in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] master and position freeze

2003-10-23 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:24:27 -0500 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon S Berndt writes: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:32:14 -0500 David Culp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The command line switch --enable-freeze, as well as the properties /sim/freeze/master and /sim/freeze/position don't work

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lee's TSR2

2003-10-21 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:36:58 +0200 Matevz Jekovec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, nVidia graphic cards have drivers capable of twin-view in Linux. You just have to edit your XF86Config file, to match your configuration. Detonator README covers all questions btw. I've used the GeForce card I have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS:

2003-10-16 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:15:02 -0400 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are still some problems we need to work out. For example, if you set the wind to 0 and turn off the engine, the helicopter still slides backwards and turns -- we'll have to figure out why there are forces acting on

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-16 simulator

2003-10-14 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:11:55 +0100 Lee Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you sure the differential tail deflections can't be done in JSBSim? Well, it's not so much that it can't be done. However, there are some factors to consider. Depending on the flight conditions and modes, the flight

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AN225

2003-10-01 Thread Jon S Berndt
Could anyone provide a screen dump image of this aircraft flying in FlightGear? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] web site updates

2003-09-30 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:55:05 -0500 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Barbu has revamped the flightgear web site layout and made quite a few improvements. I have placed the proposed changes here: http://www.flightgear.org/www.andrei/ Outstanding. Jon

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AN225

2003-09-29 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:02:26 -0500 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did anyone change anything with property names recently? My flight recorder is also broke now. :-( What's the date on JSBSim.cxx? There were some changes that were made to that file for engines, I think. If that was

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AN225

2003-09-29 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:42:18 -0500 David Culp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Failed to untie property /consumables/fuel/tank[0]/level-gal_us Failed to untie property /consumables/fuel/tank[1]/level-gal_us Failed to untie property /engines/engine[0]/fuel-flow-gph Failed to untie property

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: data/Aircraft/fokker50/Models

2003-09-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:01:59 +0100 James Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - a similar elevator effect to that martin described, when deploying the flaps at high speeds - very odd high pitch angle behavior ... I can't really describe it, alas. It seems like way too much lift is getting developed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new scenery samples

2003-09-04 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:15:48 -0500 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. Curt. Is it worth a new screen shot? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] *awk

2003-09-04 Thread Jon S Berndt
Which is better: awk gawk nawk ?? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] *awk

2003-09-04 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:31:11 -0400 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon S Berndt writes: Which is better: awk gawk nawk perl David I'm going to take a wild guess here: I'll bet you and Curt didn't do to well in multiple choice tests in school? ;-) Jon

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Any Volunteers?

2003-08-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 23:37:25 +0200 Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Curtis is going to do a new scenery release but is unable to get the SRTM30 data include due to time restrictions (they should be generated within a day or two). We might be able to get it going for him if there are

[Flightgear-devel] I think this is relevant

2003-08-22 Thread Jon S Berndt
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Nancy Lovato (818) 354-9382 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. David E. Steitz

[Flightgear-devel] Topographic data

2003-08-22 Thread Jon S Berndt
[Sorry if this ends up being a duplicate post] MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Nancy Lovato (818) 354-9382 Jet

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:32:18 +0100 (BST) Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Matevz Jekovec wrote: I think S-3 Viking. C130 http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0097.shtml ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] request for comments?

2003-08-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:23:07 -0500 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but it may give us many more options for moving forward with new and better graphic effects. My uneducated, gut feeling, leads me to opt for the route that gives the most promise for the future. Jon

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim Propeller Drag

2003-08-08 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:41:33 -0400 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you are flying fast enough (i.e. a dive). Any suggestions? JSBSim does not handle windmilling properly either. Any suggestions? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer Network Server

2003-08-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:36:15 +0100 (BST) Paul Morriss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Mass Multiplayer Server (MAYS) - Instead of a single How do you get MAYS from Mass MultiPlayer Server? Should it not be MMS, or MMPS? This is serious. The correct acronym is critical in getting project support!

Re: [Flightgear-devel] metakit

2003-08-02 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 16:03:33 -0400 Norman Vine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is *very* annoying :-) Yep. I haven't quite figured out how to work this into my batch build script. If I could figure out how to latch into the result code when simgear checks to whether the latest metakit is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Gliding (Stall)

2003-08-01 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:14:57 -0400 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a problem with JSBSim models in general -- most of them tend to drop a wing in the stall. The problem is that JSBSim only recently started supporting wing washout We did?

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 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

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lee's YF23

2003-07-22 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:36:11 +0200 Matevz Jekovec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's amazing! Are there any F16 models planned for FlightGear in early future? Because I have few friends from Falcon community who could lend us their models and skins with no problem. There already is. There is a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs]

2003-07-01 Thread Jon S Berndt
On 1 Jul 2003 17:20:40 GMT Martin Spott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm happy to see those in CVS, I yet have to verify if this breaks build on other platforms. BTW, we have to give notice to Jon about these changes, otherwise he'll revert them on the next JSBSim update. Would anyone commit the fix

[Flightgear-devel] Scripting

2003-06-25 Thread Jon S Berndt
Some of you may know that JSBSim has the ability to make scripted runs. I would like to be able to do this for JSBSim when integrated with FlightGear. It won't be terribly difficult at all - I'll just need to add a few lines inside JSBSim.cxx. If no script is specified, no effect is made on

[Flightgear-devel] Contrails

2003-06-25 Thread Jon S Berndt
What's the potential of creating contrails for such a thing as the X-15 rocket engine? Wingtip vortices? etc.? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New buildings models

2003-06-18 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:00:22 +0200 Martin Dressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should be able hide your aircraft in Hangar. If I remember it. Even new hits routine has some support for this. Madr I think Norman may know the answer to this one. However, JSBSim simply gets a terrain height

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rendering options

2003-06-17 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:00:45 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: /sim/rendering/enhanced-lighting toggle enhanced runway lighting on or off /sim/rendering/distance-attenuation add distance attenuation to the enhanced runway lighting What is the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A320 progress

2003-06-16 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:31:22 +0200 (CEST) Frederic BOUVIER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Spott wrote: Just an update on the A320 model : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/frbouvi/flightsim/a320-fgfs-02.png http://perso.wanadoo.fr/frbouvi/flightsim/a320-fgfs-03.png What was the flight model for

[Flightgear-devel] What is ...

2003-06-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
What's a wiki? ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What is ...

2003-06-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:54:45 +0200 Pieter Pareit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op woensdag 11 juni 2003 19:37, schreef Jon S Berndt: What's a wiki? http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=wikigo=Go In short, a web page that can contain anything, that can be updated by anyone at anytime. Hmmm

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airbus A320

2003-06-06 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Gene Buckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If he flies for Aeroflot, they may not notice the difference. *gdr* You guys are scaring me. ;-) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airbus A320

2003-06-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:40:42 +0200 Jorge Van Hemelryck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will be easy to convert the 737 model to an A320. I'll send you one. What about fly-by-wire ? How can it be taken into account ? Since David is making a JSBSim version of the A-310, you can use the JSBSim flight

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D Models and jsbsim

2003-06-04 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:55:11 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway, we really need this before I animate another model, that is going to have to be reanimated or offset with a special patch it up for jsbsim model.xml file when this problem finally gets fixed. Best, Jim I thought

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another pre-release consideration

2003-06-04 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 16:08:50 -0400 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's something else to worry about before the release: a recent bug fix in JSBSim ?? Which fix ?? meant that all of the JSBSim-based propeller planes are now badly out of trim. I fixed the default C172P, but I need

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another pre-release consideration

2003-06-04 Thread Jon S Berndt
On 03 Jun 2003 15:30:46 -0700 Tony Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The roll trim was bound to the yaw trim props and vice-versa. Probably the fault of the guy who did the properties for JSBSim, can't remember his name offhand, though, ... Well, we'll have to dock his pay when we find out who he

Re: [Flightgear-devel] next release?

2003-06-03 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 14:38:32 -0500 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to get all the latest JSBSim stuff in there. When would you need it? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A bit of a mess

2003-04-01 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:00:30 +0200 Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis L. Olson wrote: For me, FlightGear just dies with the message FlightGear aborted for JSBSim models or simply Aborted for yasim models. :-( I'm totally dead in the water here. This needs to get resolved quickly. The

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer support and 3D HUD

2003-03-19 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:26:46 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curt prefers complete files and I prefer diffs -- what will Erik choose? The suspense is riveting. What *will* Erik choose? ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call it a day.

2003-03-13 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:26:31 +0100 Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They encountered a problem where the aircraft could fly past 2 degr. aoa. It took them quite long to learn that the wing root of the F-16 (the part of the fuselage that extends to underneath the canopy and where the wings

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 more stable

2003-03-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:50:04 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JSBSim, on the other hand, assumes no fuel in the tanks, and does an additional calculation of the moment for the fuel when the tanks are full. Hence our (possible) problem. It is possible to calculate offline, and log

Re: [Flightgear-devel] P-51D

2003-03-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:12:48 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Is this a mesh, or what? I'm trying out AC3D, now. Take a look at this: http://www.wingswithwires.com/chickencoop/se5a/index.htm This is way cool. I've been looking for a tool that could

Re: [Flightgear-devel] P-51D

2003-03-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
In my quick viewing of the AC3D documents this morning I thought I had seen that AC3D could create a surface given formers placed appropriately. This would be very useful if one has cross sections of a vehicle. Have you tried this feature? I was also impressed that it would let you place

Re: [Flightgear-devel] P-51D

2003-03-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
On 11 Mar 2003 17:52:00 + Christopher S Horler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blender can skin profiles, that's how I created my spitfire wings. Does it work in windows? Link? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 more stable

2003-03-11 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:10:44 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon S Berndt writes: I understand that it would be convenient for an FCS to be built-into standalone JSBSim, but in FlightGear, as long as the FDMs publish all of the information that an FCS would need as input, we can

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] Base CVSupdate:FlightGear/FlightGear/Textures.high/Terrain

2003-03-05 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:19:30 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flightgear.org/images/crop-variety.jpg Wow. Now that looks like the areas surrounding Mpls. Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] FlightGear and the US Military

2003-02-27 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:06:19 -0600 Cameron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was going to make a joke about FG not supporting the dropping of bombs, but... ;-p -- Cameron Moore That won't necessarily always be true. Now that we have an F-16 (etc.) that can carry them, and it sort-of works (I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT]

2003-02-19 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:48:35 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Basler) wrote: John, the correct link ist of course: www.nasawatch.com Regards, Michael Thanks. And to think I proofread that posting before I made it ... Jon ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SeaHawk

2003-02-14 Thread Jon S Berndt
Anyone know where a good report on this aircraft might be found? Aero, mass props, etc.? Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Turbulence redux

2003-02-12 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:24:29 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds good -- I was hoping to provoke Jon into doing something like that. Note that we do also model horizonal wind gusts (of longer duration) through FGEnvironment. Here is what's in Turbulence(), now: --- start

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Viewer suggestion: acceleration effects

2003-02-07 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:51:29 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the cockpit view, it might be interested to add optional acceleration effects to make up for the lack of full motion -- I think I first noticed this trick in Battle of Britain. The FDMs already publish the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Viewer suggestion: acceleration effects

2003-02-07 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:29:34 -0500 David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Ross writes: I'd give this more general idea a shot first, before trying axis-specific code. The axis-specific stuff is easier for me to understand -- perhaps someone with a stronger physics background could

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