On Friday 11 October 2002 07:02 am, David Megginson wrote:
> John Check writes:
> > Dunno. I checked a few revisions back and didn't see anything.
> > I'm committing wet tanks shortly.
>
> Remember that I just fixed FlightGear to stop picking up defaults from
> c172.xml. Hmm.
>
>
> All the best,
On Friday 11 October 2002 10:30 am, Jim Wilson wrote:
> Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > Jon Berndt wrote:
> > > Who emptied the fuel tanks?
> >
> > I took it out for a trip on thursday. I must have forgotten to fill it
> > up again. Sorry guys.
>
> hehe...Curt should have caught that pref
> Yes we have, at least for the 172. Note, however, that regular fuel
> gauges are not all that reliable,
FAA certification standards require that fuel gauges read
(1) empty when there is only unusable fuel (or less) in that tank
(2) a different indication when the tank is full
I suspect the on
Frederic BOUVIER writes:
> > hehe...Curt should have caught that preflight. Lucky for him
> > they were bone dry :-) Maybe we should randomize tank level.
>
> Do we have a working fuel gauge ? Can't check for the moment.
Yes we have, at least for the 172. Note, however, that regular fuel
Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Jon Berndt wrote:
> > > Who emptied the fuel tanks?
> >
> > I took it out for a trip on thursday. I must have forgotten to fill it
> > up again. Sorry guys.
> >
>
> hehe...Curt should have caught that preflight.
Norman Vine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> David Megginson writes:
> >
> > Please remember that FlightGear is not just a
> > visualizer for batch-mode aero runs -- people use it to fly
> > interactively.
>
> NIT: Please remember what it says on our Home Page
>
> """The FlightGear project is worki
Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Jon Berndt wrote:
> > Who emptied the fuel tanks?
>
> I took it out for a trip on thursday. I must have forgotten to fill it
> up again. Sorry guys.
>
hehe...Curt should have caught that preflight. Lucky for him they were bone
dry :-) Maybe we should
Jon Berndt writes:
> The question is: which one should override which?
Unless the user setting overrides the config file, there's no point in
having a user setting because the config file value will always be
used. To paraphrase Henry Ford, you'll be able to start with any
amount of fuel you w
Norman Vine writes:
> > Please remember that FlightGear is not just a
> > visualizer for batch-mode aero runs -- people use it to fly
> > interactively.
>
> NIT: Please remember what it says on our Home Page
>
> """The FlightGear project is working to create a sophisticated flight
> sim
> Jon Berndt writes:
>
> 1. We have several different FDMs and need a common mechanism for
>setting and displaying fuel levels for all of them.
> 3. When we restore a saved flight, we want to be able to start with
>the same amount of fuel we had when we saved the flight.
> Please remember t
David Megginson writes:
>
> Please remember that FlightGear is not just a
> visualizer for batch-mode aero runs -- people use it to fly
> interactively.
NIT: Please remember what it says on our Home Page
"""The FlightGear project is working to create a sophisticated flight
simulator framework fo
Jon Berndt writes:
> > Right. We allow the users to change the fuel level, so the default in
> > the JSBSim config file doesn't matter.
>
> H. I don't like this at all. Why was this done?
1. We have several different FDMs and need a common mechanism for
setting and displaying fuel le
Jon Berndt writes:
> The JSBSim config files have fuel loaded for the X15, the X24B, the C310,
> the C172, etc. But NOT the shuttle (we just use it as a glider). I don't
> know what this "consumables" thing it, but JSBSim loads its aircraft with
> fuel in the JSBSim config files. If it has no
Erik Hofman writes:
> Jon Berndt wrote:
> > Who emptied the fuel tanks?
>
> I took it out for a trip on thursday. I must have forgotten to fill it
> up again. Sorry guys.
Damn -- do you know how much condensation there must be in the tanks?
I'll be draining water for half an hour.
All th
Jon Berndt writes:
> The JSBSim config files have fuel loaded for the X15, the X24B, the C310,
> the C172, etc. But NOT the shuttle (we just use it as a glider). I don't
> know what this "consumables" thing it, but JSBSim loads its aircraft with
> fuel in the JSBSim config files. If it has no
Curtis L. Olson writes:
> John Check writes:
> > Also, what happened to the runway lighting? I'm a little out of touch
> > since I've spent the last week (at least) installing Gentoo
>
> It should still be there, isn't it? I have been working on building
> more infrastructure for doing run
John Check writes:
> Dunno. I checked a few revisions back and didn't see anything.
> I'm committing wet tanks shortly.
Remember that I just fixed FlightGear to stop picking up defaults from
c172.xml. Hmm.
All the best,
David
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David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.co
Jon Berndt wrote:
> Who emptied the fuel tanks?
I took it out for a trip on thursday. I must have forgotten to fill it
up again. Sorry guys.
Erik
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FWIW I checked the logs for the c172-set.xml:
revision 1.10
date: 2002/01/19 17:18:19; author: david; state: Exp; lines: +6 -2
Added initial levels for each fuel tank (not full capacity).
revision 1.9
date: 2002/01/19 03:10:07; author:
On Friday 11 October 2002 01:17 am, Jon Berndt wrote:
> > Whats the deal with the x24b fuel wise? That's missing a
> > section as are the shuttle and x15
>
> ??
>
> The JSBSim config files have fuel loaded for the X15, the X24B, the C310,
> the C172, etc. But NOT the shuttle (we just use it as a g
> Whats the deal with the x24b fuel wise? That's missing a
> section as are the shuttle and x15
??
The JSBSim config files have fuel loaded for the X15, the X24B, the C310,
the C172, etc. But NOT the shuttle (we just use it as a glider). I don't
know what this "consumables" thing it, but JSBSim
On Friday 11 October 2002 12:41 am, Jon Berndt wrote:
> On Friday 11 October 2002 12:15 am, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> > Is this a side effect of no longer getting the C172 defaults?
> >
> >That sounds like a reasonable deduction. I'm checking the rest
> >of the planes to see if we need to gas up. I
On Friday 11 October 2002 12:15 am, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> Is this a side effect of no longer getting the C172 defaults?
>That sounds like a reasonable deduction. I'm checking the rest
>of the planes to see if we need to gas up. I noticed the yasim planes
>have thier own definition for fuel ins
John Check writes:
> Also, what happened to the runway lighting? I'm a little out of touch
> since I've spent the last week (at least) installing Gentoo
It should still be there, isn't it? I have been working on building
more infrastructure for doing runway/approach lighting and working on
using
On Friday 11 October 2002 12:15 am, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> Is this a side effect of no longer getting the C172 defaults?
>
That sounds like a reasonable deduction. I'm checking the rest
of the planes to see if we need to gas up. I noticed the yasim planes
have thier own definition for fuel insi
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> Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] starting the c310u3a-3d
>
>
> On Thursday 10 October 2002 10:49 pm, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> > I'm not sure what changed, but I can no longer start the c310u3a-3d
> > engines. They will fire and turn over, but as soon a
On Friday 11 October 2002 12:08 am, John Check wrote:
> On Friday 11 October 2002 12:05 am, Jon Berndt wrote:
> > Who emptied the fuel tanks?
>
> Dunno. I checked a few revisions back and didn't see anything.
> I'm committing wet tanks shortly.
>
I forgot to put it in the log message, but I also
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> On Thursday 10 October 2002 10:49 pm, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> > I'm not sure what changed, but I can no longer start t
Who emptied the fuel tanks?
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On Thursday 10 October 2002 10:49 pm, Curtis
On Thursday 10 October 2002 10:49 pm, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> I'm not sure what changed, but I can no longer start the c310u3a-3d
> engines. They will fire and turn over, but as soon as I disengage the
> starter, they spin back down and refuse to run. Also, they no longer
> come up running by d
On Thursday 10 October 2002 10:49 pm, Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> I'm not sure what changed, but I can no longer start the c310u3a-3d
> engines. They will fire and turn over, but as soon as I disengage the
> starter, they spin back down and refuse to run. Also, they no longer
> come up running by d
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