Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Gene Buckle
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:26:31 -0700 (PDT), Gene wrote in message > : > >> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> >>> ..how about spraying on your mirror layer onto clear sheets? >> >> You won't end up with an optically pure mirror, and trust me, it >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:26:31 -0700 (PDT), Gene wrote in message : > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..how about spraying on your mirror layer onto clear sheets? > > You won't end up with an optically pure mirror, and trust me, it > _must_ be optically pure. ..really? http://en.w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Gene wrote in message > : > >> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Gene Buckle wrote: >> >>> Unless you've got ready access to a CNC router, I'd avoid the >>> collimated display. It's one of those projects that make you >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, cas...@mminternet.com wrote: > Hi Gene, > > I've been following your progress on the my cockpit forum and am going to > try a somewhat different approach to produce a 13' diameter mirror. > > Idea is somewhat unorthodox so it may not work. OTOH if it does produce a > reasonab

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Gene wrote in message : > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Gene Buckle wrote: > > >> > > Unless you've got ready access to a CNC router, I'd avoid the > > collimated display. It's one of those projects that make you > > scratch in "11" on the DIY Difficulty Knob. >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread castle
Hi Gene, I've been following your progress on the my cockpit forum and am going to try a somewhat different approach to produce a 13' diameter mirror. Idea is somewhat unorthodox so it may not work. OTOH if it does produce a reasonable image it should be reproducible by the average hobbyist. we

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Gene Buckle wrote: >> > Unless you've got ready access to a CNC router, I'd avoid the collimated > display. It's one of those projects that make you scratch in "11" on the > DIY Difficulty Knob. > I should add that if you DO decide to build one, you're restricted to an 8' di

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, cas...@mminternet.com wrote: > > > He, he, yea.. > > was in a rush to shoot the video for a talk at UCD after one of the > projectors exhibited a problem inverting the image, so had to "re-invert" > all the projectors, recompute the mesh(s), realign, and shoot. After > sendi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread castle
He, he, yea.. was in a rush to shoot the video for a talk at UCD after one of the projectors exhibited a problem inverting the image, so had to "re-invert" all the projectors, recompute the mesh(s), realign, and shoot. After sending the bad boy back for repairs, discovered the problem -- the f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] videos

2011-03-29 Thread Gene Buckle
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, cas...@mminternet.com wrote: > Hi, > > posted a short videos from the work on panoramic display and image warping > stuff > > go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/61165268@N06/ for a look see. > > at some point I'll find some time to figure out how git works and post the > sourc