Continuing on with my steep learning curve I have become bogged down and confused with the Attitude Director and some other instruments. Any pointers would be very welcomed.
I have tried a 'ball' horizon with the needle_attitude_bank assignment that seems to work well with banking, but I am stuck on the pitch bar. I have added a separate pitch bar with the needle_attitude_pitch assignment and tried parenting each to the other. I am seeing pitch and banking displayed but can't seem to get the instrument displaying in the correct sense. It is either displaying the pitch bar along the centre as for straight and level flight, but when in a steep dive or climb. Banking seems ok with the pitch bar is parented to the ball, but shows a banking straight and level flight if the ball is parented to the pitch bar.
Is there a correct attitude position to be in for keyframe 0? Should it start in a climb to port etc in Blender? I have tried setting the pitch bar 90 or 180 degrees out of phase lagging or leading, but neither seems to work.
Should I be trying a different method or combination for the Attitude Director?
Fuel quantity, Altimeter, Airspeed and Acceleration seem to be working correctly.
Drum type compass rotates on ground correctly using cylinder_wiskey_compass, assignment, but does not maintain correct heading in flight. I have keyframes at 0, 90, 180, 270 and 360. Do I need to add more keyframes to stop it hanging during tight turns?
Also any pointers please how to assign turbine engine RPM and Exhaust Temperature?
Next is also the Mach meter. Is there an assignment for Mach or should I modify an ASI gauge to add to the ModelDef? Mach is currently tracking ASI hundreds.
Thank you in advance for any help.
I have tried a 'ball' horizon with the needle_attitude_bank assignment that seems to work well with banking, but I am stuck on the pitch bar. I have added a separate pitch bar with the needle_attitude_pitch assignment and tried parenting each to the other. I am seeing pitch and banking displayed but can't seem to get the instrument displaying in the correct sense. It is either displaying the pitch bar along the centre as for straight and level flight, but when in a steep dive or climb. Banking seems ok with the pitch bar is parented to the ball, but shows a banking straight and level flight if the ball is parented to the pitch bar.
Is there a correct attitude position to be in for keyframe 0? Should it start in a climb to port etc in Blender? I have tried setting the pitch bar 90 or 180 degrees out of phase lagging or leading, but neither seems to work.
Should I be trying a different method or combination for the Attitude Director?
Fuel quantity, Altimeter, Airspeed and Acceleration seem to be working correctly.
Drum type compass rotates on ground correctly using cylinder_wiskey_compass, assignment, but does not maintain correct heading in flight. I have keyframes at 0, 90, 180, 270 and 360. Do I need to add more keyframes to stop it hanging during tight turns?
Also any pointers please how to assign turbine engine RPM and Exhaust Temperature?
Next is also the Mach meter. Is there an assignment for Mach or should I modify an ASI gauge to add to the ModelDef? Mach is currently tracking ASI hundreds.
Thank you in advance for any help.