Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-08 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
On November 8, 2004 11:58 am, David Culp wrote: > > ..well, oxygen is fed to pax thru constant flow masks while the cockpit > > crew uses on-deman masks, so that problem is solved, and if they need > > night vision, they can have it, AFAIK. Dave C, you have experience > > here, does airline pilots

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:15:26 -, Vivian wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > ..well, oxygen is fed to pax thru constant flow masks while the > > > cockpit crew uses on-deman masks, so that problem is solved, and > > > if they need night vision, they can have it, AFAIK. Dave C, you

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-08 Thread Vivian Meazza
> > > ..well, oxygen is fed to pax thru constant flow masks while the cockpit > > crew uses on-deman masks, so that problem is solved, and if they need > > night vision, they can have it, AFAIK. Dave C, you have experience > > here, does airline pilots ever use oxygen to boost night vision? > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-08 Thread David Culp
> ..well, oxygen is fed to pax thru constant flow masks while the cockpit > crew uses on-deman masks, so that problem is solved, and if they need > night vision, they can have it, AFAIK. Dave C, you have experience > here, does airline pilots ever use oxygen to boost night vision? No, but in the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:16:02 -0500, David wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:05:57 +0100, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ..this is with or without oxygen? > > Without -- oxygen is a very difficult thing to manage in the eastern > half of the continent.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-08 Thread David Megginson
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:05:57 +0100, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ..this is with or without oxygen? Without -- oxygen is a very difficult thing to manage in the eastern half of the continent. I could purchase a portable oxygen system good enough for me (not enough for pax) for less th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-07 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:11:22 -0500, David wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:14:44 +0100, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ..eh, in RL, you often _can't_ see the ground at night, just lights. > > I'll confirm that. The runway and taxiway lights are aimed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-07 Thread David Megginson
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:14:44 +0100, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ..eh, in RL, you often _can't_ see the ground at night, just lights. I'll confirm that. The runway and taxiway lights are aimed up and do not illuminate the pavement at all (not even a tiny area around each light). Tha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-07 Thread David Culp
> For example, do we properly model the impact on night vision > from hypoxia? ... and MUCH more This is kinda related to my earlier note about modeling St. Elmo's Fire. There are two kinds of visual effect that would be nice to have in FG that don't currently exist. One kind is visual effect

[Flightgear-devel] ..modelling night vision loss to hypoxia rant ; -), was; The Rant

2004-11-07 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:09:55 + (GMT), Paul wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- Innis Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not have both? My 3 year old PeeCee has plenty of > horse power left and a flying aircraft without a pilot > looks rather odd to me. > > If people don'