Re: [Flightgear-devel] Taildragger takeoff and landing

2004-07-28 Thread Tony Peden
ik > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Stabilizer Trim

2004-07-27 Thread Tony Peden
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rebuild

2004-06-29 Thread Tony Peden
so I am rather puzzled. > > Is this normal bahavior for flightgear make? > > Richard Harke > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mail

Re: [Flightgear-devel] RFD: JSBSim Cessna 172p stability patch

2004-05-20 Thread Tony Peden
est it against. Another good way to take the controls out of it are with the Dutch roll and phugoid characteristics. Once the initial rudder and elevator inputs, respectively, are complete the aircraft response should be about the same. > > > All the best, > > > David > > _

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT, article] Memphis Belle pilot passes away

2004-05-16 Thread Tony Peden
I'm puzzled. A very late Saturday night? > > Jon > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

Re: [Flightgear-devel] MD-11 Good News

2004-05-12 Thread Tony Peden
> solved by Mathias Frolich. His proposed solution is currently under > investigation by Tony Peden and will hopefully traverse it's way from JSBSim > cvs to FlightGear cvs wthin the next few days/weeks. It's in JSBSim CVS now, just ne

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Questions about flight model

2004-04-23 Thread Tony Peden
--- Andy Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luca Masera wrote: > > about YASim: in which units is measured the oil pressure? > > In JSBSim the value is holded by "oil-pressure-psi" and it's > > measured in psi; in YASim is holded by "epr" but the units > > are missing. > > Er, that's an Engine Pre

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CG Location

2004-04-06 Thread Tony Peden
ith the CG - even though the CG moves during flight. or put another way, it could be put at one location of the cg, the origin of the structural frame does not move with the cg. > > Jon > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-06 Thread Tony Peden
--- Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Hofman wrote: > > Jon S Berndt wrote: > > > >> They are not now expected to be in any particular order, nor are > they > >> given specific names. The layout is somewhat free form. A > questions > >> is, how do you set up the gear model to suppor

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG_GLUT_H

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 19:32, Andy Ross wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > ATCdisplay.cxx:75: `gluOrtho2D' undeclared > > This is a GLU function, not a glut one, so the appropriate header > to include should be . Including glut.h works > presumably because it pulls in GL.h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG_GLUT_H

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:14, Andy Ross wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > I'm running RH9 and have found the need to add > > #include FG_GLUT_H > > > > to > > src/ATC/ATCdisplay.cxx > > src/Cockpit/cockpit.cxx > > src/Cockpit/panel.cxx > > It s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG_GLUT_H

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 17:53, Tony Peden wrote: > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 15:08, David Luff wrote: > > Tony Peden writes: > > > > > On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:14, Andy Ross wrote: > > > > Tony Peden wrote: > > > > > I'm running RH9 and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
t arise. > > This would also mean that flightgear cannot just set the agl of an aircraft in > the FDM. If flightgear wants to do that, it has to compute the altitude and > set that instead. > > greetings > > Mathias -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 07:32, Mathias Fröhlich wrote: > On Montag, 5. April 2004 16:26, Tony Peden wrote: > > --- Mathias Fröhlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Montag, 5. April 2004 16:02, Tony Peden wrote: > > > > The trimming routine is not the prob

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
mount of, spring tension. > > 4) Therefore, to reset the airplane at the runway, a JSBSim airplane must be > allowed to run through the same trimming routine it does at start-up. No > shortcuts are allowed. > Yep. See, just one. ;-) > > Dave -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
demand alot of both the calling program and the aircraft configs. As much as I'd hate to see it stop getting used, maybe the right thing is too just stop using it altogether. > > Best, > > Jim > > > ___ > Flightg

RE: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG_GLUT_H

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 15:08, David Luff wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > > On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:14, Andy Ross wrote: > > > Tony Peden wrote: > > > > I'm running RH9 and have found the need to add > > > > #include FG_GLUT_H > > > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG_GLUT_H

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:14, Andy Ross wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > I'm running RH9 and have found the need to add > > #include FG_GLUT_H > > > > to > > src/ATC/ATCdisplay.cxx > > src/Cockpit/cockpit.cxx > > src/Cockpit/panel.cxx > > It s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
--- Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Ross said: > > > Jim Wilson wrote: > > > What JSBSim does that YASim does not is if the aircraft is a > little > > > too close to the ground at initialization JSBSim hurls the thing > up in > > > the air. Why is it that only JSBSim reacts by flipp

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
--- Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Peden said: > > > > > The trimming routine is not the problem. > > > > Jim W. said it himself, the behavior changes when - is set as > the > > altitude. Well, the only place such logic exist

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
--- Mathias Fröhlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Montag, 5. April 2004 16:02, Tony Peden wrote: > > The trimming routine is not the problem. > Hey, it is not. The problem is that JSBSim relys on a property which > is set in > a different way on start than on res

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
--- Mathias Fröhlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Montag, 5. April 2004 14:12, Jim Wilson wrote: > > This sounds like it might be excessive. We should continue to > model > > instrumentation in flightgear. > Fine. > > Nothing more on this is needed from the FDM > > (we should only be tran

RE: [Flightgear-devel] More on JSBSim ground trimming issue

2004-04-05 Thread Tony Peden
--- Jon Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I may be a little slow (monday morning here), but that does not > tell me > > anything. We are talking about agl not the center of gravity. > > Is that the confusion? > > I'm not sure, but let me jump in here with a somewhat related > comment. Like

[Flightgear-devel] FG_GLUT_H

2004-04-04 Thread Tony Peden
s everyone since I haven't attempted to build FG in several months. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] flight path heading

2004-02-16 Thread Tony Peden
--- Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have a formula handy for calculating the flight path of > an > aircraft in true degrees (direction of travel as opposed to the > airframe > heading)? My guess is that it'd be a matter of doing something with > the > lon/lat from the previous

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aerodynamic centre and 3D models

2004-02-14 Thread Tony Peden
hen, the origins vary from airplane to airplane. > Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is a bad system, I'm just not > sure I agree it > is an industry standard... -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-14 Thread Tony Peden
t; Version: 6.0.581 / Virus Database: 368 - Release Date: 10/02/04 > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aerodynamic centre and 3D models

2004-02-12 Thread Tony Peden
at the model will appear to rotate around the CG, just like it should (in free air, at least. On the ground is a different thing) > > Takeoffs and landings would look fine, etc. > > Jon > > ______

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Commercial Ticket..

2004-02-04 Thread Tony Peden
of the stall in > the real aicraft, the good engine would definitely dictate the direction of > the spin. I find in the yasim model, the aircraft can stall/spin into the > good engine about as easily as the other way. > > In both cases it's probably just the models that need tweaking, but in > their current form, I don't think they are very useful for engine out training. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Visual Reference Point

2004-01-31 Thread Tony Peden
On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 08:48, Mathias Fröhlich wrote: > On Samstag, 31. Januar 2004 16:41, Tony Peden wrote: > > I certainly do agree that selectable units would be nice to have, but it > > would double the property tree memory requirements (since each property > > would then

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Visual Reference Point

2004-01-31 Thread Tony Peden
vel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Visual Reference Point

2004-01-31 Thread Tony Peden
hould be left > to a computer ... > :) All coefficients must be in consistent units (generally those of force) after the multipliers are applied, so I see no advantage here. There is no formal requirement for this since JSBSim does not attempt to assure unit consistency but it&#x

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft frames and reference points

2004-01-11 Thread Tony Peden
the nose point is the only thing and nothing > else matters. That adjustment is just as critical to the alignment of the > systems as the initial point. It takes both, the nose point isn't 'it' like > some of you have tried to imply. There was something else to your

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

2004-01-10 Thread Tony Peden
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 18:31, Alan King wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > > > > Once the wheels are off the ground, the center of gravity is the point > > about which the aircraft rotates. It does not rotate around the aero > > center or any other point. > >

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

2004-01-10 Thread Tony Peden
l model are really > matching. What else is FG doing to put them in the same place? Nothing at all. It's not needed. > > Alan > > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

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

2004-01-10 Thread Tony Peden
del. That's why weight and balance calculations are relative to it > instead of where the starting CG was. The starting CG is used in the > calculations, along with it's moment arm from COL. There are less translation > adjustments if you reference everything from that point. > > Al

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

2004-01-10 Thread Tony Peden
e center point in 3D than be flying from the nose and have > to deal with it's extra motions that often don't agree with the direction the > aircraft is actually moving. I can fly by the nose quite well too. But it's > easy to see it moves around the true center like ma

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

2004-01-09 Thread Tony Peden
il and just enter negative offsets. > > Correct? Yes, yes, yes! > > Paul > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autocoordination

2004-01-09 Thread Tony Peden
nterpolated from zero to 5.0. Between 60 knots and > 220 knots the gain is interpolated from 5.0 to 3.0. I recommend this > component be turned off at low speeds, otherwise it will fight a crosswind > even when the airplane is stationary. > > The outputs of the yaw damper and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My Flight in a B-1B Flight Simulator at Dyess AFB

2003-12-24 Thread Tony Peden
On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 17:53, David Megginson wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > > Airliners aren't that sluggish ... the flare is initiated below 50 ft > > AGL and that is definitely over the runway. > > I guess that brings us back to the old discussion about round-out

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My Flight in a B-1B Flight Simulator at DyessAFB

2003-12-24 Thread Tony Peden
but I think I've seen that Lee has used it for this kind of > applicaiton. > > Andy > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My Flight in a B-1B Flight Simulator at Dyess AFB

2003-12-24 Thread Tony Peden
about physics to describe those effects. Inertia is a player, but most aircraft do not have large roll moments of inertia .. the mass tends to be concentrated close to the roll axis. > > > All the best, > > > David > > > > > _____

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-users] My screen shot.

2003-11-13 Thread Tony Peden
ndy > > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] test

2003-10-31 Thread Tony Peden
How rude. --- Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > test > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > __ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premier

Re: [Flightgear-devel] gear door sequencing

2003-09-24 Thread Tony Peden
--- Frederic BOUVIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Culp wrote: > > Wow Fred! It's been a while since I tried the A320. That's a > fantastic > > model, and the gear door sequencing looks great. > > Thanks, > > It is still missing the speedbrakes, slat and reverse. > BTW, as a non native en

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FW: [wms-dev] CWXML-BXML library release

2003-09-23 Thread Tony Peden
t the right time and the instrument plays itself." -- J.S. Bach > > ___ > > wms-dev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.digitalearth.org/mailman/listinfo/wms-dev > > > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Compiling Under Cygwin

2003-09-20 Thread Tony Peden
AFAIK I did nothing different or unusual. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Beyond presets

2003-09-19 Thread Tony Peden
mply look at these to > decide whether to initialize based on the airport, etc. > > > All the best, > > > David > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound probs

2003-09-14 Thread Tony Peden
> > are you using and does sound work for you normally? > > Try windows ? Windows brings it's own set of problems, does it not? > > -Fred > > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound probs

2003-09-14 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 09:35, Tony Peden wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 09:27, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > > Tony Peden wrote: > > > > >Over the past couple of weeks, I've been having problems with the sound > > >in FG. I get this message: > > >slDSP:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound probs

2003-09-14 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 09:27, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > >Over the past couple of weeks, I've been having problems with the sound > >in FG. I get this message: > >slDSP: getBufferInfo: Broken pipe > >on the terminal and lose the sound altoget

[Flightgear-devel] Sound probs

2003-09-14 Thread Tony Peden
G, SG, and plib. Any ideas? -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] EAA Sport Aviation - article

2003-09-08 Thread Tony Peden
elopers > who're interested, just send me a note. Our license to the images (as above) > allows you to forward them to other developers but not other non FGFS people. > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PRO

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

2003-09-05 Thread Tony Peden
way, aside from the nit-picking, it's a lovely plane, at least until > we get an ERJ ;-) > James > > -- > There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness' > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] *awk

2003-09-05 Thread Tony Peden
--- David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > > I don't know, maybe it's just me but I've written a lot of perl I > > couldn't read a month later ... > > You just haven't rewired your brain chemistry yet. Afte

Re: [Flightgear-devel] *awk

2003-09-04 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 17:06, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 15:17, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > > Jon S Berndt writes: > > > > Which is better: > > > > > > > > awk > > > > gawk > > &g

Re: [Flightgear-devel] glHorizon

2003-09-04 Thread Tony Peden
istinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] *awk

2003-09-04 Thread Tony Peden
fields from each line > of an input stream.) > > I'd recommend learning perl or python or both as replacements. :-) I concur. Use python if you want someone else to be able to read it. > > Curt. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --ceiling option

2003-09-02 Thread Tony Peden
We give the altimeter setting primarily in inHg, > but the METAR includes the hPa setting in comments. > > > All the best, > > > David > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightge

Re: [Flightgear-devel] On-Ground Resets with JSBSim

2003-08-31 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 09:22, Tony Peden wrote: > Resets on the ground with JSBSim generally result in the c172 upside > down on the ground. This is due to the trimming routine attempting to > trim the aircraft for an in-air condition. This behavior is controlled > by the /sim/pres

[Flightgear-devel] On-Ground Resets with JSBSim

2003-08-31 Thread Tony Peden
se { fgSetBool("/sim/presets/onground", true); } IIRC, that's there for LaRCSim/UIUC. Does anyone know if it's still needed? -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

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

2003-08-29 Thread Tony Peden
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:04, Matthew Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 04:19, Tony Peden wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:08, David Megginson wrote: > > > Matthew Johnson writes: > > > > > > > Good point, something goes wrong on a commercial air

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

2003-08-27 Thread Tony Peden
t; > > All the best, > > > David > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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

2003-08-27 Thread Tony Peden
terrorist suspect, and one could argue that just > > because of a few individuals who don't know their responsibilities and bring > > bombs aboard, we shouldn't have all these security people around? Mind you, a > > recent slashdot article showed that the sobig viru

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-22 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 22:22, Russell Suter wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:12, Russell Suter wrote: > > > > > >>Tony Peden wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S H

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:12, Russell Suter wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S Horler wrote: > > > > > >>Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? > >> > >> > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Tony Peden
gt; > Chris > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-de

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Boeing 717-200 flightmodel

2003-08-20 Thread Tony Peden
n ops. Is that how you do this ? > > It'd be nice if we had a tutorial (like those of the blender community) > of how to make a visual model for flightgear using blender. > > Any help is appreciated. > > > Regards, > Manuel > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list &

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

2003-08-17 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:20, David Megginson wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > > Is Arnold not a citizen? > > > > "No person except a natural born citizen, > > He is not a natural-born citizen. > > > or a citizen of the United States, at the ti

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

2003-08-17 Thread Tony Peden
sident within the United States." > > > All the best, > > > David -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] california was Some Europeancities satelite photos

2003-08-17 Thread Tony Peden
aws, you cannot > > elect him (nor me ;-) ) president of the US. ;-) > > > > > > -- > Russ > > Conway's Law: "The structure of a system tends to mirror the > structure of the group producing it." > -- Mel Conway D

Re: [Flightgear-devel] forwarded message from Andrei Barbu

2003-07-24 Thread Tony Peden
> Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > __ > Regards, > > Curt. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!

2003-07-24 Thread Tony Peden
landing with > only seven engines. Landing in a twin with one engine out is not terribly challenging, so I'd expect that on 7/8 it's not a big deal at all. > > > All the best, > > > David -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!

2003-07-24 Thread Tony Peden
_ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flap position

2003-07-24 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 05:19, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:17, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > > > Could you explain the syntax of the part in the jsbsim config file : > > > > > > > > >INPUT

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flap position

2003-07-24 Thread Tony Peden
--- David Culp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >INPUTfcs/flap-cmd-norm > > >DETENTS 9 > > > 00 > > > 14 > > > 24 > > > 53 > > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flap position

2003-07-24 Thread Tony Peden
PUT fcs/flap-pos-deg > > > What is the second column ? I guess the first is the flap defection. It's the time required to transition between detents. > > -Fred > > > > ______

Re: [Flightgear-devel] weird reset

2003-07-19 Thread Tony Peden
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 14:12, Tony Peden wrote: > On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 14:04, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Am Samstag, 19. Juli 2003 22:21 schrieb Christopher S Horler: > > > > This sometimes happens when I reset - I can't reproduc

Re: [Flightgear-devel] weird reset

2003-07-19 Thread Tony Peden
> ground trim code seems to have changed I did make some changes, but they don't appear to be the problem. It's wanting to do an in-air trim following the reset even though it's on the ground. > > Regards, > > Curt. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 18:37, Wendell Turner wrote: > Tony Penden writes: > > On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:28, Tony Peden wrote: > > > --- David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wendell Turner writes: > > > > > > > > &

re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:28, Tony Peden wrote: > --- David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wendell Turner writes: > > > > > I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with > > > the aircraft positioned just outside the IAF. However,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
t; inbound implying a 135 heading. When I first wrote that --offset code, you could do this, though not with that notation. --offset-distance=8 and --offset-azimuth=315 would, I believe, get you what you want. > > Thanks, > Matt > > Tony Peden wrote: > > > --- Davi

re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
--- David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wendell Turner writes: > > > I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with > > the aircraft positioned just outside the IAF. However, in > > 0.9.2, the --offset-distance doesn't seem to work. > > Curt has offset-distance set up r

Re: [Flightgear-devel] RE: alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 18:32, Norman Vine wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 17:43, Norman Vine wrote: > > > Tony Peden writes: > > > > > > The implementation of the c172 in JSBSim is such that the elevator > > > > *does* m

RE:alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 17:43, Norman Vine wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 16:50, David Megginson wrote: > > > Norman Vine writes: > > > > > > > Try flying with the HUD not the Panel and engage the AP when > > > > at cruisi

RE: [Flightgear-devel][PATCH]Autopilot/newauto.cxx:resetelevator_trim on alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
life, changing the trim actually causes the elevator or > stabilator to move -- our summing up of the two is simply a kludge. The implementation of the c172 in JSBSim is such that the elevator *does* move. It just doesn't feedback into the elevator command that's displaye

RE: [Flightgear-devel][PATCH]Autopilot/newauto.cxx:resetelevator_trim on alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
really matter ... you are still going to run into the same problems when the autopilot disconnects. > > Cheers > > Norman > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

RE:alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
and not the ETC. Depends on the aircraft. If you can get the rate from the trim, why not use it? > > But as I have said I could easily be all 'wet' > > Cheers > > Norman > > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel][PATCH]Autopilot/newauto.cxx:resetelevator_trim on alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 09:26, Norman Vine wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > > > Also there is one real practical problem with "resetting" the trim: > > trim systems tend to be fairly low rate devices, so returning them to > > some "safe" position c

RE: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH]Autopilot/newauto.cxx:resetelevator_trim on alt unlock

2003-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
ms tend to be fairly low rate devices, so returning them to some "safe" position could actually take some time, say 10-20 seconds. > > (1) the neutral state being the 'preset' elevator position normally used > for level flight > >

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

2003-06-04 Thread Tony Peden
ing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear in a "cave" ?

2003-06-02 Thread Tony Peden
On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 13:51, David Megginson wrote: > Jim Wilson writes: > > > > I don't speak Netherlandic > > > > How about dutch? ;-) > > I'm pretty sure that the language is called "Neanderthal", actually. Trouble. ;-) >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trip Report and Pictures: CYOW-CYAM;CYAM-CYYB; CYYB-CYOW

2003-05-31 Thread Tony Peden
camera, dirty windows, hazy air, and a need to > concentrate on flying the plane (I didn't usually look through the > viewfinder): > > http://www.megginson.com/private/2003-05-28-soo-trip/ > > > All the best, > > > David -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help request

2003-05-31 Thread Tony Peden
and ATC should always agree since ATC is getting the altitude from your aircraft. > (also adjusted for the altimeter setting), but my GPS consistently > showed me just over 6150 feet for two hours. > > There are special rules for flying in cold temperatures over the > mountains, esp

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] The End of Python

2003-04-01 Thread Tony Peden
ould be > a better name since this is often the most frequently used character > in the WhiteSpace language. > > We'll have to keep on eye on the development of this language. If > nothing else we could use it as our default

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Tony Peden
; > choose one or the other. > > Stick with switches, I expect more switches will be available that are > non lighting related. > > Erik > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] squared tag in joystick files

2003-03-30 Thread Tony Peden
t; >false > > >0 > > >/position/latitude-deg > > >/position/longitude-deg > > >/position/altitude-ft > > > > > /orientation/Gamma_horiz_deg > > > > > > Frankly, I think this should be

re: [Flightgear-devel] squared tag in joystick files

2003-03-30 Thread Tony Peden
> >Flightgear-devel mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > ** > Prof. Michael S. Selig > Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > 306 Talbot Lab

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Jsbsim-devel] MSFS Aircrafts

2003-03-28 Thread Tony Peden
--- Major A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A pilot familiar with that plane is almost certainly going to > find it > > > very unstable in the pitch axis, and complain that the nose > bounces up > > > and down too much. In the real plane, the dynamic pressure from > the > > > relative wind te

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