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Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
************************************************************************
B52-H set file.
2002-12-17 Lee Elliott leee-fgfs@spatial.freeserve.co.uk
************************************************************************
-->
<PropertyList>
<sim>
<flight-model>yasim</flight-model>
<aero>b52-yasim</aero>
<fuel-fraction>1.0</fuel-fraction>
<sound>
<audible>true</audible>
Lee Elliott: b52 reorg.
2003-07-24 16:30:43 +00:00
<path>Aircraft/b52/Sounds/b52-sound.xml</path>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
</sound>
<panel>
Lee Elliott: b52 reorg.
2003-07-24 16:30:43 +00:00
<path>Aircraft/b52/Panels/b52-vfr-panel.xml</path>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
</panel>
<panel_2>
Lee Elliott: b52 reorg.
2003-07-24 16:30:43 +00:00
<path>Aircraft/b52/Panels/b52-mini-panel.xml</path>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
</panel_2>
<hud>
Lee Elliott: b52 reorg.
2003-07-24 16:30:43 +00:00
<path>Aircraft/b52/Huds/b52-hud1.xml</path>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
<visibility>true</visibility>
</hud>
<model>
Lee Elliott: b52 reorg.
2003-07-24 16:30:43 +00:00
<path>Aircraft/b52/Models/b52-model.xml</path>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
</model>
Add a generic electrical system.
2003-03-01 19:26:02 +00:00
<systems>
<electrical>
Lee Elliott: b52 reorg.
2003-07-24 16:30:43 +00:00
<path>Aircraft/b52/Systems/b52-electrical.xml</path>
Add a generic electrical system.
2003-03-01 19:26:02 +00:00
</electrical>
</systems>
Use a common z-offset definiton for all external views
2003-07-12 13:10:56 +00:00
<chase-distance-m type="double" archive="y">-70.0</chase-distance-m>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
</sim>
Lee Elliott: Here're some updates for some of the instruments, the TSR2 and the B52. The instruments are just parameterised/non-specific versions of the engine and fuel gauges. The old gauges will still be used by the a10s and the sea hawks until I get them done. There're a couple of tweaks to the tsr2 yasim config and amendments to the model file to change the angle at which the airbrakes operate, correct the direction that the nose gear retracts/extends and to rotate the main-gear carts during retraction/extention. There're also new panels, using the new instruments. The b52 yasim config has some big changes due to finding some more info i.e. wing incidence of 6 degrees, fuel capacities and aileron changes (removed from G & H versions!). It's now based on an 'F' model and I've put some comments in the yasim config about it. The b52-readme.txt includes a suggested method on getting airborne;). I've included an amended model - B52-F.3ds, which is the default in the new model file, and a couple of panels. I'm quite pleased with the b52 - the take-offs resemble the photographs I've seen and I think I've got reasonable values where I've had to guess at stuff, but the results from the yasim solver look as through the model is approaching the limits of acceptability for yasim. By this I mean that the model is probably a bit dodgy, not that the yasim solver is limited.
2003-02-06 17:32:55 +00:00
<controls>
Update some more controls refferences
2003-04-08 08:17:00 +00:00
<flight>
Hello Curt, here's an update to the b52 - it's just some relatively minor changes to the fdm and panels. I've been trying to improve the take-off and landing characteristics, or at least get them to fit the pictures and film I've seen. The best way to take off is by using the autopilot - at sea level just extend the flaps, punch in the altitude hold on the autopilot (and heading if you're lazy), and apply full power. It'll also take of with the default the default elevator trim of -0.07 but it 'staircases' a little bit - the auto pilot smooths that out. I've included some notes and observations about taking-off and landing in the readme. While I wouldn't claim any sort of accuracy for it, I hope it manages to get some of the characteristics right.
2003-05-12 19:45:55 +00:00
<elevator-trim type="float">-0.07</elevator-trim>
Update some more controls refferences
2003-04-08 08:17:00 +00:00
</flight>
Lee Elliott: Here're some updates for some of the instruments, the TSR2 and the B52. The instruments are just parameterised/non-specific versions of the engine and fuel gauges. The old gauges will still be used by the a10s and the sea hawks until I get them done. There're a couple of tweaks to the tsr2 yasim config and amendments to the model file to change the angle at which the airbrakes operate, correct the direction that the nose gear retracts/extends and to rotate the main-gear carts during retraction/extention. There're also new panels, using the new instruments. The b52 yasim config has some big changes due to finding some more info i.e. wing incidence of 6 degrees, fuel capacities and aileron changes (removed from G & H versions!). It's now based on an 'F' model and I've put some comments in the yasim config about it. The b52-readme.txt includes a suggested method on getting airborne;). I've included an amended model - B52-F.3ds, which is the default in the new model file, and a couple of panels. I'm quite pleased with the b52 - the take-offs resemble the photographs I've seen and I think I've got reasonable values where I've had to guess at stuff, but the results from the yasim solver look as through the model is approaching the limits of acceptability for yasim. By this I mean that the model is probably a bit dodgy, not that the yasim solver is limited.
2003-02-06 17:32:55 +00:00
</controls>
Lee Elliott: I've added reheat to the engines to simulate water injection and then tweaked it so that it's just about possible to take off with the full fuel load/ferry configuration (a little under the mtow - 420,000lbs vs 450,000lbs). It's interesting to note that the normal combat tow for the F model was 291,570lbs - equivilent to a fuel load of about 0.46 (this would actually leave you with more fuel than in real life because some of that weight would be the weapons load but here it's fuel) Anyway, I've added all this info to the readme and explained some of the reasoning behind the fdm there. It still doesn't reach the correct altitudes, and certainly not with a full fuel load, but it starts getting into the right ball park at combat tow. I've also replaced the transparent instruments on the mini panel with some text/digital ones. I wanted more accurate numbers when I was monitoring the effects of fdm changes and the dials just didn't give the detail. They aren't perfect and be difficult to see against certain backgrounds and in certain lighting conditions but what the hey - nearly everything I do is a bit of an experiment;) Something I've noticed is that since I've started identifying flight surfaces and gear components individually I've noticed some problems with the flaps and gear in replay. I address the left and right flaps independently so they have left&right-flap-pos-norms and don't get controlled by the replay mechanism which must refer to the single flap-pos-norm. There's a similar thing with the gear - I have to identify them individually so I can animate them properly so on the b52 there're six gear elements but only the first three are actioned in replay. Personally, I think that the only way around this will be to provide control-overrides for all these items, much like there're the AP control overrides for throttle etc.
2003-08-14 18:59:57 +00:00
<!-- Keboard changes -->
<!-- Brakes -->
<input>
<keyboard>
<key n="91">
<binding>
<step type="double">-1.0</step>
</binding>
</key>
<key n="93">
<binding>
<step type="double">1.0</step>
</binding>
</key>
<key n="98">
<desc>Apply all brakes</desc>
<name>b</name>
<binding n= "0">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[0]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[0]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">1.0</value>
</binding>
<binding n= "1">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[1]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[1]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">1.0</value>
</binding>
<binding n= "2">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[2]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[2]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">1.0</value>
</binding>
<binding n= "3">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[3]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[3]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">1.0</value>
</binding>
<mod-up>
<desc>Release all brakes</desc>
<binding n= "0">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[0]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[0]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
<binding n= "1">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[1]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[1]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
<binding n= "2">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[2]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[2]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
<binding n= "3">
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[3]/wheel[0]/brake</property>
<property>/controls/gear/gear[3]/wheel[1]/brake</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
</mod-up>
</key>
</keyboard>
</input>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
<autopilot>
<config>
Lee Elliott: Here're some updates for some of the instruments, the TSR2 and the B52. The instruments are just parameterised/non-specific versions of the engine and fuel gauges. The old gauges will still be used by the a10s and the sea hawks until I get them done. There're a couple of tweaks to the tsr2 yasim config and amendments to the model file to change the angle at which the airbrakes operate, correct the direction that the nose gear retracts/extends and to rotate the main-gear carts during retraction/extention. There're also new panels, using the new instruments. The b52 yasim config has some big changes due to finding some more info i.e. wing incidence of 6 degrees, fuel capacities and aileron changes (removed from G & H versions!). It's now based on an 'F' model and I've put some comments in the yasim config about it. The b52-readme.txt includes a suggested method on getting airborne;). I've included an amended model - B52-F.3ds, which is the default in the new model file, and a couple of panels. I'm quite pleased with the b52 - the take-offs resemble the photographs I've seen and I think I've got reasonable values where I've had to guess at stuff, but the results from the yasim solver look as through the model is approaching the limits of acceptability for yasim. By this I mean that the model is probably a bit dodgy, not that the yasim solver is limited.
2003-02-06 17:32:55 +00:00
<min-climb-speed-kt type="float">110.0</min-climb-speed-kt>
Lee Elliott: I've added reheat to the engines to simulate water injection and then tweaked it so that it's just about possible to take off with the full fuel load/ferry configuration (a little under the mtow - 420,000lbs vs 450,000lbs). It's interesting to note that the normal combat tow for the F model was 291,570lbs - equivilent to a fuel load of about 0.46 (this would actually leave you with more fuel than in real life because some of that weight would be the weapons load but here it's fuel) Anyway, I've added all this info to the readme and explained some of the reasoning behind the fdm there. It still doesn't reach the correct altitudes, and certainly not with a full fuel load, but it starts getting into the right ball park at combat tow. I've also replaced the transparent instruments on the mini panel with some text/digital ones. I wanted more accurate numbers when I was monitoring the effects of fdm changes and the dials just didn't give the detail. They aren't perfect and be difficult to see against certain backgrounds and in certain lighting conditions but what the hey - nearly everything I do is a bit of an experiment;) Something I've noticed is that since I've started identifying flight surfaces and gear components individually I've noticed some problems with the flaps and gear in replay. I address the left and right flaps independently so they have left&right-flap-pos-norms and don't get controlled by the replay mechanism which must refer to the single flap-pos-norm. There's a similar thing with the gear - I have to identify them individually so I can animate them properly so on the b52 there're six gear elements but only the first three are actioned in replay. Personally, I think that the only way around this will be to provide control-overrides for all these items, much like there're the AP control overrides for throttle etc.
2003-08-14 18:59:57 +00:00
<best-climb-speed-kt type="float">554.0</best-climb-speed-kt>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
Lee Elliott: Here're some updates for some of the instruments, the TSR2 and the B52. The instruments are just parameterised/non-specific versions of the engine and fuel gauges. The old gauges will still be used by the a10s and the sea hawks until I get them done. There're a couple of tweaks to the tsr2 yasim config and amendments to the model file to change the angle at which the airbrakes operate, correct the direction that the nose gear retracts/extends and to rotate the main-gear carts during retraction/extention. There're also new panels, using the new instruments. The b52 yasim config has some big changes due to finding some more info i.e. wing incidence of 6 degrees, fuel capacities and aileron changes (removed from G & H versions!). It's now based on an 'F' model and I've put some comments in the yasim config about it. The b52-readme.txt includes a suggested method on getting airborne;). I've included an amended model - B52-F.3ds, which is the default in the new model file, and a couple of panels. I'm quite pleased with the b52 - the take-offs resemble the photographs I've seen and I think I've got reasonable values where I've had to guess at stuff, but the results from the yasim solver look as through the model is approaching the limits of acceptability for yasim. By this I mean that the model is probably a bit dodgy, not that the yasim solver is limited.
2003-02-06 17:32:55 +00:00
<target-climb-rate-fpm type="float">3000.0</target-climb-rate-fpm>
Lee Elliott: I've added reheat to the engines to simulate water injection and then tweaked it so that it's just about possible to take off with the full fuel load/ferry configuration (a little under the mtow - 420,000lbs vs 450,000lbs). It's interesting to note that the normal combat tow for the F model was 291,570lbs - equivilent to a fuel load of about 0.46 (this would actually leave you with more fuel than in real life because some of that weight would be the weapons load but here it's fuel) Anyway, I've added all this info to the readme and explained some of the reasoning behind the fdm there. It still doesn't reach the correct altitudes, and certainly not with a full fuel load, but it starts getting into the right ball park at combat tow. I've also replaced the transparent instruments on the mini panel with some text/digital ones. I wanted more accurate numbers when I was monitoring the effects of fdm changes and the dials just didn't give the detail. They aren't perfect and be difficult to see against certain backgrounds and in certain lighting conditions but what the hey - nearly everything I do is a bit of an experiment;) Something I've noticed is that since I've started identifying flight surfaces and gear components individually I've noticed some problems with the flaps and gear in replay. I address the left and right flaps independently so they have left&right-flap-pos-norms and don't get controlled by the replay mechanism which must refer to the single flap-pos-norm. There's a similar thing with the gear - I have to identify them individually so I can animate them properly so on the b52 there're six gear elements but only the first three are actioned in replay. Personally, I think that the only way around this will be to provide control-overrides for all these items, much like there're the AP control overrides for throttle etc.
2003-08-14 18:59:57 +00:00
<target-descent-rate-fpm type="float">2000.0</target-descent-rate-fpm>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
Lee Elliott: I've added reheat to the engines to simulate water injection and then tweaked it so that it's just about possible to take off with the full fuel load/ferry configuration (a little under the mtow - 420,000lbs vs 450,000lbs). It's interesting to note that the normal combat tow for the F model was 291,570lbs - equivilent to a fuel load of about 0.46 (this would actually leave you with more fuel than in real life because some of that weight would be the weapons load but here it's fuel) Anyway, I've added all this info to the readme and explained some of the reasoning behind the fdm there. It still doesn't reach the correct altitudes, and certainly not with a full fuel load, but it starts getting into the right ball park at combat tow. I've also replaced the transparent instruments on the mini panel with some text/digital ones. I wanted more accurate numbers when I was monitoring the effects of fdm changes and the dials just didn't give the detail. They aren't perfect and be difficult to see against certain backgrounds and in certain lighting conditions but what the hey - nearly everything I do is a bit of an experiment;) Something I've noticed is that since I've started identifying flight surfaces and gear components individually I've noticed some problems with the flaps and gear in replay. I address the left and right flaps independently so they have left&right-flap-pos-norms and don't get controlled by the replay mechanism which must refer to the single flap-pos-norm. There's a similar thing with the gear - I have to identify them individually so I can animate them properly so on the b52 there're six gear elements but only the first three are actioned in replay. Personally, I think that the only way around this will be to provide control-overrides for all these items, much like there're the AP control overrides for throttle etc.
2003-08-14 18:59:57 +00:00
<elevator-adj-factor type="float">800.0</elevator-adj-factor>
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Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
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Lee Elliott: Here're some updates for some of the instruments, the TSR2 and the B52. The instruments are just parameterised/non-specific versions of the engine and fuel gauges. The old gauges will still be used by the a10s and the sea hawks until I get them done. There're a couple of tweaks to the tsr2 yasim config and amendments to the model file to change the angle at which the airbrakes operate, correct the direction that the nose gear retracts/extends and to rotate the main-gear carts during retraction/extention. There're also new panels, using the new instruments. The b52 yasim config has some big changes due to finding some more info i.e. wing incidence of 6 degrees, fuel capacities and aileron changes (removed from G & H versions!). It's now based on an 'F' model and I've put some comments in the yasim config about it. The b52-readme.txt includes a suggested method on getting airborne;). I've included an amended model - B52-F.3ds, which is the default in the new model file, and a couple of panels. I'm quite pleased with the b52 - the take-offs resemble the photographs I've seen and I think I've got reasonable values where I've had to guess at stuff, but the results from the yasim solver look as through the model is approaching the limits of acceptability for yasim. By this I mean that the model is probably a bit dodgy, not that the yasim solver is limited.
2003-02-06 17:32:55 +00:00
<max-aileron type="float">1.0</max-aileron>
<max-roll-deg type="float">40.0</max-roll-deg>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
Hello Curt, here's an update to the b52 - it's just some relatively minor changes to the fdm and panels. I've been trying to improve the take-off and landing characteristics, or at least get them to fit the pictures and film I've seen. The best way to take off is by using the autopilot - at sea level just extend the flaps, punch in the altitude hold on the autopilot (and heading if you're lazy), and apply full power. It'll also take of with the default the default elevator trim of -0.07 but it 'staircases' a little bit - the auto pilot smooths that out. I've included some notes and observations about taking-off and landing in the readme. While I wouldn't claim any sort of accuracy for it, I hope it manages to get some of the characteristics right.
2003-05-12 19:45:55 +00:00
<roll-out-deg type="float">15.0</roll-out-deg>
<roll-out-smooth-deg type="float">15.0</roll-out-smooth-deg>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
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</config>
Lee Elliott: I've added reheat to the engines to simulate water injection and then tweaked it so that it's just about possible to take off with the full fuel load/ferry configuration (a little under the mtow - 420,000lbs vs 450,000lbs). It's interesting to note that the normal combat tow for the F model was 291,570lbs - equivilent to a fuel load of about 0.46 (this would actually leave you with more fuel than in real life because some of that weight would be the weapons load but here it's fuel) Anyway, I've added all this info to the readme and explained some of the reasoning behind the fdm there. It still doesn't reach the correct altitudes, and certainly not with a full fuel load, but it starts getting into the right ball park at combat tow. I've also replaced the transparent instruments on the mini panel with some text/digital ones. I wanted more accurate numbers when I was monitoring the effects of fdm changes and the dials just didn't give the detail. They aren't perfect and be difficult to see against certain backgrounds and in certain lighting conditions but what the hey - nearly everything I do is a bit of an experiment;) Something I've noticed is that since I've started identifying flight surfaces and gear components individually I've noticed some problems with the flaps and gear in replay. I address the left and right flaps independently so they have left&right-flap-pos-norms and don't get controlled by the replay mechanism which must refer to the single flap-pos-norm. There's a similar thing with the gear - I have to identify them individually so I can animate them properly so on the b52 there're six gear elements but only the first three are actioned in replay. Personally, I think that the only way around this will be to provide control-overrides for all these items, much like there're the AP control overrides for throttle etc.
2003-08-14 18:59:57 +00:00
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</settings>
Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
</autopilot>
Lee Elliott: I've added reheat to the engines to simulate water injection and then tweaked it so that it's just about possible to take off with the full fuel load/ferry configuration (a little under the mtow - 420,000lbs vs 450,000lbs). It's interesting to note that the normal combat tow for the F model was 291,570lbs - equivilent to a fuel load of about 0.46 (this would actually leave you with more fuel than in real life because some of that weight would be the weapons load but here it's fuel) Anyway, I've added all this info to the readme and explained some of the reasoning behind the fdm there. It still doesn't reach the correct altitudes, and certainly not with a full fuel load, but it starts getting into the right ball park at combat tow. I've also replaced the transparent instruments on the mini panel with some text/digital ones. I wanted more accurate numbers when I was monitoring the effects of fdm changes and the dials just didn't give the detail. They aren't perfect and be difficult to see against certain backgrounds and in certain lighting conditions but what the hey - nearly everything I do is a bit of an experiment;) Something I've noticed is that since I've started identifying flight surfaces and gear components individually I've noticed some problems with the flaps and gear in replay. I address the left and right flaps independently so they have left&right-flap-pos-norms and don't get controlled by the replay mechanism which must refer to the single flap-pos-norm. There's a similar thing with the gear - I have to identify them individually so I can animate them properly so on the b52 there're six gear elements but only the first three are actioned in replay. Personally, I think that the only way around this will be to provide control-overrides for all these items, much like there're the AP control overrides for throttle etc.
2003-08-14 18:59:57 +00:00
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Lee Elliott: Here's a B52-H that I've done and it can be distributed under the same conditions etc. as fgfs. It seems to fly ok but I'm sure it could do with a bit of adjustment - perhaps Andy R. will have a look and give it a few tweaks. It wouldn't need too much work to convert it to an -A model (different engines, taller fin etc.) and then it could be teamed up with the X15 :) I still can't get textures on the models but it occurred to me that if someone could apply blank texture maps to the models I could then fill in the blanks, as it were. I also noticed that there don't appear to be models included for the F-104, F-15 & F-16 and I think I could probably do some and animate them for fgfs if they'd be useful. Re the A10 - Andy said he'd had a look at it and made a few changes to fix a few things that I'd done incorrectly and asked if I wanted to keep tinkering with it or should he roll his changes into the fgfs cvs? I said to him that I'd be happy to go with his changes as they'll be more realistic/accurate than the stuff I've done. I've certainly no problem with anyone doing anything with any of the stuff I've done, so long as it's an improvement :)
2002-12-18 02:32:08 +00:00
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