Hi All, Is there nothing else to be said about this wonderful sim? Is there still development work going on? Nobody has posted since april 18th! Ade ICQ....
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 20, 2001 9:08 pm
Hi Ade, ... I think everybody is busy flying real model-airplanes now that the weather is nice! Do we have any crrcsim users in the southern hemisphere?...
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Ade + Lamb Chop
adrian.law@...
May 20, 2001 10:14 pm
... Cool sounds good... due to the fact that my local flying sites aren't open still due to FMD and I can't afford to travel to the ones that are open I am...
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 21, 2001 3:57 am
Ade, ... I have seen cases where the throttle control on a Joystick wasn't properly calibrated and couldn't completely turn off the thrust. That little bit of...
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Ade + Lamb Chop
adrian.law@...
May 21, 2001 6:30 am
... I am using joystick 2 and the cursors for throttle could this still be the case? It does stop the loop eventually. It just gets round hard corners with far...
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Stefan Smets
Stefan.Smets@...
May 21, 2001 6:56 pm
Hi Jan, ... True, but still, in the evenings I'm having fun with crrcsim. ... When that file is ready, would it be hard to change that into a Chrysalis 1.5m ? ...
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Daniel Griscom
griscom@...
May 21, 2001 6:59 pm
... Simple. Just take the .air file and multiply all the values by 0.75. ... right? Dan -- Daniel T. Griscom Work: (781) 665-0053 Suitable Systems...
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 21, 2001 7:09 pm
... That would work for the graphics objects, however many of the flight-model coefficients do not scale linearly. I'll add a 1.5m Chrysalis to the list. I...
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jbailey@...
May 23, 2001 1:05 am
I have a Win machine and a joy stick. Is there a good set of installation instructions somewhere? I down loaded version 8 but can't figure it out. Thanks, Mike...
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jbailey@...
May 23, 2001 2:00 am
Well I figured the install out. Now I have two questions. For the standard setup I can not launch the glider. I also need the set up for DSing....
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 23, 2001 2:06 am
Mike, I hope you found the instructions.txt file!! Here's a link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crrcsim/files/instructions.txt To launch the planes you will...
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hedlet@...
May 23, 2001 5:07 pm
I have a JRXP 652 with a realflight parallel interface and also a PIC based interface for the normal games port ( purchaced for glider3d) neither appear to...
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 23, 2001 5:45 pm
The game port interface should work, the real flight parallel interface will not. Make sure you set input_method to JOYSTICK_3 (All capital letters) in...
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Stefan Smets
Stefan.Smets@...
May 23, 2001 5:54 pm
Jan, Come to think of it: I'm using the realflight game port interface also for the moment; is it normal that the rudder doesn't react (only "motor", elevator...
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hedlet@...
May 24, 2001 6:21 am
on which line do you set radio_type must this be set if the radio is looking like a joystick...
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hedlet@...
May 24, 2001 6:36 am
i have seen posts where reference is made to max_thrust is there a list of all the settings and the options and range thereof...
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 24, 2001 12:52 pm
... The radio_type line is only needed if you are using the CRRCsim interface. You don't need it for joystick input, and it will have no effect. All the...
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hedlet@...
May 30, 2001 10:14 am
... HOw AND WHERE DO I SET THESE VARS THANKS hedlet@......
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hedlet@...
May 30, 2001 10:21 am
... HOw AND WHERE DO I SET THESE VARS THANKS hedlet@......
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Daniel Griscom
griscom@...
May 30, 2001 11:47 am
... There are two places where variables are set: - the "crrcsim.cfg" file configures the simulator as a whole (e.g. the input method, the wind...
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Hedley Davidson
hedlet@...
May 30, 2001 12:13 pm
thanks , I am specifically referring to those vars that are not in the default crrcsim.cfg such as max_thrust and think there may be others ... From: Daniel...
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 30, 2001 12:42 pm
Hedley, ... max_thrust is in the various .air files. Each airplane can have a different max_thrust value and that is why this variable can be found in the...
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Daniel Griscom
griscom@...
May 30, 2001 1:58 pm
... For cheap thrills, try setting the zagi.air's "max_thrust" value to "5.0". Yee haw! Dan -- Daniel T. Griscom Work: (781) 665-0053 Suitable...
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Richard Harris
rharris@...
May 30, 2001 2:23 pm
Hi, How do I adjust the center of gravity of a plane. I would like to try the zagi simulation with different c.g. settings. Thanks - Rick...
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Hedley Davidson
hedlet@...
May 30, 2001 2:36 pm
thanks for response I guess I should pay more attention when reading the files. My ultimate in a sim would be to be in a position to design a slope soarer for...
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Jan Kansky
kansky@...
May 30, 2001 3:53 pm
Mark Drela has a tool he wrote called AVL, Athena Vortex Lattice. This program is a virtual wind-tunnel that calculates the coefficients that you see in the...
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drela@...
May 30, 2001 8:31 pm
... The strictly-correct way to do this is to recompute the aero coefficients in *.air with AVL and COEF. However, for modest CG changes you can estimate the...
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Hedley Davidson
hedlet@...
May 31, 2001 6:38 am
thanks , where and how do I get info and pricing on AVL and or COEF ... From: drela@... To: crrcsim@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:30 PM ...
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hedlet@...
Jun 4, 2001 6:44 am
I went and bought a new PC to run this software with an 800MHZ processor and a Voodoo 4 openGL accelerator. I still can not get it to work ---- If graphics are...
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Stefan Smets
Stefan.Smets@...
Jun 4, 2001 6:55 am
I had this when starting up from a full-screen Dos-box; apparently, in that case, the Dos-window takes as much resources as it can, hardly leaving enough for...
