Re: [Flightgear-devel] Net FDM and Hit Detection

2006-08-15 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> > From: "Curtis L. Olson" > > > > > > > With this mechanism, your own flight dynamics code can do the check for > > ground collision, your gear modeling code will know the local ground > > elevation (which can change as you taxi) and you can test yourself for a > > crash condition. > > > > This

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Net FDM and Hit Detection

2006-08-15 Thread Jim Wilson
> From: "Curtis L. Olson" > > > With this mechanism, your own flight dynamics code can do the check for > ground collision, your gear modeling code will know the local ground > elevation (which can change as you taxi) and you can test yourself for a > crash condition. > This is the way it i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Net FDM and Hit Detection

2006-08-11 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Robert Burns wrote: > Hello, > > We are considering using FlightGear for a research project at our > university. I have a question about a network FDM's ability to > interface with FlightGear's scenery. > > Specifically, is it possible for a network FDM to determine if a > collision has occurred

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Net FDM and Hit Detection

2006-08-11 Thread Robert Burns
Jon,Thanks for the response. Any idea how difficult this would be, or where a good place to start reading would be? (I have a feeling you're going to say the JSB code ;))Robert On 8/11/06, Berndt, Jon S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Robert:   Not that it does you a lot of good if using the Ne

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Net FDM and Hit Detection

2006-08-11 Thread Berndt, Jon S
Hi, Robert:   Not that it does you a lot of good if using the Net FDM, but that feature is available in JSBSim if contact points are defined in the aircraft configuration file. My guess is that YASim does that, too. It's sort of a flight model feature. If you are providing your own dynamics,

[Flightgear-devel] Net FDM and Hit Detection

2006-08-11 Thread Robert Burns
Hello,We are considering using FlightGear for a research project at our university. I have a question about a network FDM's ability to interface with FlightGear's scenery.Specifically, is it possible for a network FDM to determine if a collision has occurred between the aircraft geometry in FlightG