Re: "glass cockpit" EFIS system?

["Curtis L. Olson" <curt@me.umn.edu>]

Jerome Kaidor writes:
> > As the coordinator of the flightgear project, I suppose I must put in
> > my obligatory plug for our project. :-)
> > 
> *** Hello,
> 
>    A quick Q for you; does Flightgear at this time simulate the magnetic
> compass?  By "simulate", I mean it should tilt when you bank, lead South,
> lag north, all of that stuff.

Jerome,

As I understand it, the answer is yes.  It has momentum and all that
stuff that makes it almost, but not quite entirely unusable.  The guy
who modeled it seemed to know a lot more about the effects than I do
so I'm trusting his judgement.  Feel free to try it out and see if it
behaves as you'd expect.  I'm sure that feed back from additional
people who know how it should work in real life would be appreciated.

Regards,

Curt.
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Curtis Olson   Human Factors Research Lab       Flight Gear Project
Twin Cities    curt@hfrl.umn.edu                curt@flightgear.org
Minnesota      http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt   http://www.flightgear.org
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