Re: [Flightgear-devel] releases +- bugs

2009-12-04 Thread Martin Spott
Stuart Buchanan wrote: > John Denker wrote: >> On 12/01/2009 12:47 PM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: >> Is the runway information in apt.dat now obsolete, or soon >> to become obsolete? > > The apt.dat file is still used by FG for position and airport information, > so it is not obselete. However, I

[Flightgear-devel] Crash related to FGIO or FGAtlas

2009-12-04 Thread Alexis Bory - xiii
Hi all, Reproductible while using --atlas argument, you need to try hard to crash the c172p. After a few (serious) crash maneuvers it triggers a buffer overflow. Alexis -- NAN's found in SampleGroup velocity PT_vs_hpt: ran out of layers Warning: invalid line segment passed to IntersectVisitor:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Ron Jensen
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 09:21 +, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > Thanks for the analysis Ron! > > I'll take a look at the JSBSim config and try tuning the prop thrust. > > -Stuart I think I found the ground speed issue. The first line in aero/function/kCDge is wrong by an order of magnitude. It

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Ron Jensen wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 17:18 +, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > As I think you've noted before, the climb rate is too high - I > > consistently see 1000ft/min up to 8000ft ASL, instead of approx > > 800ft/min at sea level, and 400ft/m at 8000ft ASL. > > Also, our Cessna loads in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Ron Jensen
On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 17:18 +, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > As I think you've noted before, the climb rate is too high - I > consistently see 1000ft/min up to 8000ft ASL, instead of approx > 800ft/min at sea level, and 400ft/m at 8000ft ASL. Also, our Cessna loads in with 264 pounds of fuel, a sin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> 3) As previous explained in detail, I find it is rarely > a good practice to read meaning into names. Charpentier > was a composer, not a carpenter. Boulanger was another > composer, not a baker. > Just as a complete offtopic sidenode: did you know, that Denker is the german word for "thinker"

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound system improvements...levels, sources, balancing, and devices...

2009-12-04 Thread Erik Hofman
Erik Hofman wrote: > Ah ok, audio volume on the cockpit instrument does indeed have that > behavior. I think I've read a comment in the code about this. Looks like this requires a code rewrite of atis.cxx which I don't like to do (so prior to a new release). At least this has been this way for a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound system improvements...levels, sources, balancing, and devices...

2009-12-04 Thread Erik Hofman
Erik Hofman wrote: > That's how it's supposed to be now (although it seems ATIS doesn't > respond to audio mixer volume slider atm). Ah, I forgot I did ATC to "atc" but it includes both ATIS in ATC voice. Erik -- Join

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound system improvements...levels, sources, balancing, and devices...

2009-12-04 Thread Erik Hofman
Jacob Burbach wrote: > Having thought about this some more, I think the comm radios should > probably belong to the avionics group rather than a new, separate > group. This way you could easily adjust all radio (nav and comm) > volumes relative to other groups, and then use the individual radio > v

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, > Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > > I'll take a look at the JSBSim config and try tuning > the prop thrust. > > While searching for a flight test data report about a > C172rg I found > some time ago (unfortunately I couldn't find it anymore) I > did find this > document: > > http://www.tempora

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound system improvements...levels, sources, balancing, and devices...

2009-12-04 Thread Jacob Burbach
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Erik Hofman wrote: > Jacob Burbach wrote: >> A couple observations: >> >> 1. Cannot adjust volume of atis(comm radios) from sound config dialog. > > I believe it is meant to be adjusted on the aircrafts audio panel. At > least they are not exposed to properties whic

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Erik Hofman
Stuart Buchanan wrote: > I'll take a look at the JSBSim config and try tuning the prop thrust. While searching for a flight test data report about a C172rg I found some time ago (unfortunately I couldn't find it anymore) I did find this document: http://www.temporal.com.au/c172.pdf Lots of us

Re: [Flightgear-devel] releases +- bugs

2009-12-04 Thread Stuart Buchanan
John Denker wrote: > On 12/01/2009 12:47 PM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > >> 4 :: wrong runway, not in airport database > > > I suspect that might be an artifact of the apt.dat file being out of > > kilter with the scenery you've got. Have you tried TerraSync to see > > what the latest scenery loo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Ron Jensen wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 19:40 +, Ron Jensen wrote: > > > Hmm, climb too high and cruise too low... Someone installed a climb > > propeller on our aircraft? :D > > > > For example: > > http://forums.cessnaowner.org/read/1/7599 > > "I have a 172H and this summer I had the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ground effect +- h_b-mac-ft +- documentation

2009-12-04 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Heiko Schulz wrote: > > I took the opportunity to check the PoH against the > > simulator experience. While I didn't go as far as getting > > the OAT exactly right, the errors I came across were fairly > > signficant (using a HUD to get accurate altitude/TAS etc.) > > > > As I think you've noted

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sound system improvements...levels, sources, balancing, and devices...

2009-12-04 Thread Erik Hofman
Jacob Burbach wrote: > A couple observations: > > 1. Cannot adjust volume of atis(comm radios) from sound config dialog. I believe it is meant to be adjusted on the aircrafts audio panel. At least they are not exposed to properties which makes it difficult to adjust using the gui. If people thi