[Flightgear-devel] glass cockpit

2003-06-18 Thread paul mccann
Jim looks great, just like the real thing. 1. they are ptich limit bars or symbol, you will get to stick shaker or stall if you pitch up to them. 2. On the 737 the dg or compass has 7 modes 1. nav (full)/ looks like hsi but really showing track not heading and relation to stored route not v

[Flightgear-devel] is it me or hsi

2003-06-18 Thread paul mccann
Innis Oh ok, but I am some what confused now because I updated from cvs last night after reading your message, and do not get the error your talking about. You did the following fgfs --aircraft=c310-ifr , and you still get this? If so are using cvs version or 9.2? In either case its in the xm

[Flightgear-devel] is it me or hsi

2003-06-18 Thread paul mccann
Innis There are a lot of problems with the hsi, the nav does not work correctly either. I did work on fixing some of this and making a more correct set-up and put it on the c310-ifr aircraft if you want to try it. That one is still working in the cvs version. I think if you just replace hsi

[Flightgear-devel] aero-matic

2003-06-14 Thread paul mccann
David This is a great idea for folks like me, I have been working on a twin otter by hacking the dc3 jbsim config file. I have only had limited sucess so hope you do this, looks great so far. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flightgear-devel] current bugs (hsi-fix)

2003-03-19 Thread paul mccann
Yea, it was just a couple of lines missing, that were included for the compass card but not the hsi. Then when I put them in it messed up the to-from flag, so I just copied that stuff from the other nav instruments and made some adjustments and it worked. I use it with all the aircraft that h

[Flightgear-devel] current bugs (hsi-fix)

2003-03-19 Thread paul mccann
The download http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/newhsi.tar.gz actually works form mozilla if you right click on the link and then in the drop down menu select "Save link target as" then click save. But for some reason it does not work with the mozilla download manager. Paul _

[Flightgear-devel] current bugs (hsi-fix)

2003-03-19 Thread paul mccann
Andras Seems like my web site is not working with mozilla for downloads? But when I used wget, prozilla, kget, or even downloaded it from with-in Konqueror it worked fine? http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/newhsi.tar.gz If you want to try again using one of those it should work, but if not I

[Flightgear-devel] current bugs (hsi-fix)

2003-03-19 Thread paul mccann
Now is it possible that the tar.gz is broken? :-( Sure is! sorry about that let me try again. Should work now! Thanks Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] screen-shot for fun and question?

2003-03-18 Thread paul mccann
Hi I enjoy flying the seahawk so much just wanted to post few screen shots!, plus I had started working on a panel for it back when lee first added it. I took so long that I see some one has already done a good panel for it. So a does any want to use any of the panel I did or should I just p

[Flightgear-devel] current bugs (hsi-fix)

2003-03-18 Thread paul mccann
Major A [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:44:05 + Hi, here are a couple bugs that make flying FlightGear rather difficult but must be rather easy to fix: - the main nav display is clamped incorrectly. That is, the yellow indicators rotate nicely with the compass rose when heading is be

[Flightgear-devel] c310 more stable

2003-03-11 Thread paul mccann
Dave I tried the updated c310 tonight, and to me it seemed very stable and a big improvement. Now when you fly a ILS approach you can concentrate on the approach as opposed to just trying to keep right side up! Thanks. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mai

[Flightgear-devel] c310 more stable

2003-03-11 Thread paul mccann
Dave I have not had a chance to update to the latest cvs version yet, but will tonight and will let you know as soon as I do. One of the manuals I have is dated 1969, and the other does not have a date but list models covered. They look to be from about the same era though. Paul

[Flightgear-devel] c-310 more stable

2003-03-11 Thread paul mccann
I couldn't agree more, I flew the c-310 back in the 80's on a night mail run, and found it very stable to fly. It had sort of a big airplane feel and pretty much stayed were you put it. The other thing that I think is off a little on the flight-gear model, is when you put full flaps and ge

[Flightgear-devel] 3D-modeling

2003-02-10 Thread paul mccann
Matt Thanks for the link, I just got blender going on my vector linux last week so the timing is perfect. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] script

2003-02-09 Thread paul mccann
Thanks Jim, thats what I was looking for. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] script

2003-02-09 Thread paul mccann
Thanks Jon I will try pam-cut, I looked at image magic but the web site seems down right now. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] script?

2003-02-09 Thread paul mccann
Hi I noticed that the 2d panels are broken down to 8 smaller rgb files, is there a tool or script to do this? I was working on a 2d panel but I am having hard time trying to split it up like that. Thanks Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMA

[Flightgear-devel] gear-handle

2003-02-07 Thread paul mccann
Curt Thanks and if you want me to add it to the other c310-2d panels let me know. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] gear-handle

2003-02-07 Thread paul mccann
John I did simple gear handle for the c310-ifr panel if you or any-one want to use it. It should work on any of the 2d panels. Thanks Paul screenshot http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/gear.jpeg package http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/gear.tar.gz __

[Flightgear-devel] hsi

2002-12-24 Thread paul mccann
John I made the changes you suggested last night and put the package at http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/patch9.2.tar.gz Thanks for the feedback and let me know if this one works for you. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flightgear-devel] size

2002-12-19 Thread paul mccann
John Sure I will do that as soon as I get back next week. Thanks Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] hsi and question

2002-12-18 Thread paul mccann
John That be fine, also the original one I submitted did not work with the c310u3a-3d panel so I fixed it and also made small change to the outer most layer. The updated files are at http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/patch9.1.tar.gz Also I only made one xml.set file to load it in the c31

[Flightgear-devel] hsi and question

2002-12-18 Thread paul mccann
John Did you ever get a chance to look at the hsi files? any if not I have sort reworked it any how so that now it loads the hi resolution compass card, and I moved the glideslope pointer to the left side, which I think is technically more correct. I have seen it both ways though. My other qu

[Flightgear-devel] fault modeling

2002-12-14 Thread paul mccann
yeah this is great idea especially for instrument training, something like the attitude indicator, plus single engine flight in the twins is always interesting. Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

[Flightgear-devel] comments

2002-12-14 Thread paul mccann
John Check [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:52:27 -0500 Previous message: [Flightgear-devel] comments Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] On Saturday 14 December 2002 1:06 pm, paul mccann wrote: > [Flightgear-devel] patch and screenshot > > John Che

[Flightgear-devel] comments

2002-12-14 Thread paul mccann
Thursday 12 December 2002 4:45 pm, paul mccann wrote: > I put a patch at my webserver for the hsi and rmi on the c310, if any one > wants to try it. Maybe fix it up too. I was using fgfs version 9.1 for > this. > > http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/patch9.1.tar.gz > This

[Flightgear-devel] whoops

2002-12-14 Thread paul mccann
Umm the patch for the hsi and rmi was slightly broken. The c310-ifr-set.xml was not right, so I changed that and everything is working again. patch is here http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/patch9.1.tar.gz updated screenshot http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/fgfs-screen-001.jpeg Paul

[Flightgear-devel] patch and screenshot

2002-12-12 Thread paul mccann
I put a patch at my webserver for the hsi and rmi on the c310, if any one wants to try it. Maybe fix it up too. I was using fgfs version 9.1 for this. http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/patch9.1.tar.gz also some screenshots of hsi on the various ac. http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/f

[Flightgear-devel] hsi and cockpit photo-link

2002-12-02 Thread paul mccann
Dave Thanks for reply, I have been so slow to learn the gimp stuff that I am still messing with the hsi. But it does work fairly well, I still would like to make it look a little more realistic though. So I will put another screen shot up when i get done. Couldn't agree more on all the improv

[Flightgear-devel] 747 flight deck

2002-11-23 Thread paul mccann
Jim Actually looks great, is it going to be glass or traditional gauges? Paul ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] hsi and cockpit photo-link

2002-11-23 Thread paul mccann
Hi All Here is where I am at on the hsi http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/fgfs-screen-027.jpeg is any one interested in this? also here is a site with cockpit photos, its kind of hard to navigate but has some good photos of lots of cockpits http://www1.airpics.com/search.php?type=5&si=0&cou

[Flightgear-devel] rmi

2002-11-05 Thread paul mccann
Hi Pretty much done messing with the hsi, but also moved the rmi to the adf position on the c310 2d panel. Makes the adf approaches much easier and is what the original hsi designer probably had in mind. The c172 instrument panel is perfect the way it is for ifr work, but for ifr in the c310

[Flightgear-devel] screen-shot

2002-11-05 Thread paul mccann
Hi all: I have been working (a little) on trying to make the hsi look like a real one, here is a link to a screen shot of it. I still need to add the index marks on the bezel. http://members.verizon.net/~vze3b42n/fgfs-screen-001.jpeg Paul ___ Flig