fly/fgdata
1
0
Fork 0
Code Activity

Docs from Vivian for the launchbar/holdback configuration.

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
andy 2006-03-04 16:42:50 +00:00
parent 61eef54dac
commit cb7bfa3599
1 changed files with 22 additions and 9 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

31
Docs/README.yasim
View file

@ -290,11 +290,8 @@ actionpt: Defines an "action point" for an enclosing jet or propeller
gear: Defines a landing gear. Accepts <control> subelements to map gear: Defines a landing gear. Accepts <control> subelements to map
properties to steering and braking. properties to steering and braking.
x,y,z: The location of the fully-extended gear tip. x,y,z: The location of the fully-extended gear tip.
compression: The distance along the Z axis that the gear compression: The distance in meters along the "up" axis that
will compress. Compression along other the gear will compress.
vectors is supported internally, but not in
the XML parser. Bug me if you wantthis
added.
upx/upy/upz: The direction of compression, defaults to upx/upy/upz: The direction of compression, defaults to
vertical (0,0,1) if unspecified. These are vertical (0,0,1) if unspecified. These are
used only for a direction -- the vector need used only for a direction -- the vector need
@ -311,10 +308,26 @@ gear: Defines a landing gear. Accepts <control> subelements to map
generated damping coefficient. Decrease to generated damping coefficient. Decrease to
make the gear "bouncier", increase to make it make the gear "bouncier", increase to make it
"slower". Beware of increasing this too far: "slower". Beware of increasing this too far:
very high damping forces can result and make very high damping forces can make the numerics
the numerics unstable. If you can't make the unstable. If you can't make the gear stop
gear stop bouncing with this number, try bouncing with this number, try increasing the
increasing the compression length instead. compression length instead.
launchbar: Defines a catapult launchbar or strop.
x,y,z: The location of the mount point of the launch bar or
strop on the aircraft.
length: The length of the launch bar from mount point to tip
down-angle: The max angle below the horizontal the
launchbar can achieve.
up-angle: The max angle above the horizontal the launchbar
can achieve.
holdback-{x,y,z}: The location of the holdback mount point
on the aircraft.
holdback-length: The length of the holdback from mount
point to tip. Note: holdback up-angle and
down-angle are the same as those defined
for the launchbar and are not specified in
the configuration.
tank: A fuel tank. Tanks in the aircraft are identified tank: A fuel tank. Tanks in the aircraft are identified
numerically (starting from zero), in the order they are numerically (starting from zero), in the order they are