Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-07 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Jon S. Berndt wrote: If the engine is off and the brakes are released, what happens, then? That is, does it only happen when brakes are on, while at rest? Which property drives the inclinometer? Hi, It turns out that the slip-skid ball is driven by the properties

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-07 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Anders Gidenstam wrote: On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Jon S. Berndt wrote: It turns out that the slip-skid ball is driven by the properties /accelerations/pilot/y-accel-fps_sec and /accelerations/pilot/z-accel-fps_sec which seem to be copied from the JSBSim properties

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-07 Thread Jon S. Berndt
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anders Gidenstam Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 7:44 AM To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Anders Gidenstam wrote: On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Jon S

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-07 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Jon S. Berndt wrote: Anders: Thanks for looking into this. I've got this email marked and hope to take a look at this soon. This weekend being what it is, I may not get to it before Wednesday. I also have to report for jury duty on Monday. Feel free to keep investigating

[Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Can someone determine if the improper inclinometer ball indications are still being observed for the JSBSim C-172 in the latest version of FlightGear? In the standalone version of JSBSim, the relevant driving property values are all good, so I'm curious if this has fixed the problem with the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-06 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Jon S. Berndt wrote: Can someone determine if the improper inclinometer ball indications are still being observed for the JSBSim C-172 in the latest version of FlightGear? In the standalone version of JSBSim, the relevant driving property values are all good, so I'm

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Hi, Unfortunately this problem seems to at least partially remain. The ball is pegged to the right when sitting on the runway with parking brakes on and engine running. As soon as the aircraft starts moving after releasing the brakes the ball centers and seems to behave as intended.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wild accelerations at low speeds

2007-04-06 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Jon S. Berndt wrote: If the engine is off and the brakes are released, what happens, then? That is, does it only happen when brakes are on, while at rest? When I switch off the engine the ball gets pegged to the left regardless of brake state, but I think this instrument