Re: [Flightgear-devel] Developer(s) wanted for Tower Control Simulator based on FG

[Roland H. <r.h...@gm...>]

On Sat, 2011-11-05 at 01:05 +0200, Eftychios Eftychiou wrote:
> Hi Roland,
> 
> What I am proposing is a Tower Control Simulator for the Controller and not
> the Pilot.
> Typically in such cases one or more "pilots" will control several airplanes
> according to instructions provide to them from the controller.
> Depending on the type of control different instructions might be given and
> so forth.
> 
> Some of the features should be the following
> a) ability to control multiple airplanes
> By Control I mean the following but not limited to heading, cleared
> altitude/level, rate of climb/descent, heading to a waypoint, instruct
> plane to perform a specific instrument approach procedure or proceed
> visually if requested by pilot, force a go-around, the plane should be able
> to land on its own.
> b) ability to control vehicles in the airport, ie simulate runway
> incursions , maintenance work etc
> c) simulate emergencies unusual situations ie, flapless approach, engine
> failure, bird strike etc
> 
> Anyway the above is not a complete list of what a proper tower simulator
> should be from the controllers perspective but as a proof of concept i
> would say that A and B are a must.
> 
> Regards,
> Efty
Yes, maybe most of those features are already implemented in the ATC-ML
model. Please take a look at these screen shots which I made with latest
GIT:

http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/screenshots-master/fgfs-screen-023.png
http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/screenshots-master/fgfs-screen-024.png
http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/screenshots-master/fgfs-screen-026.png

It may not show all features, but it shows e.g. that you handle multiple
airplanes. So maybe just this "aircraft" needs some extending/expanding
or some missing features being added and not a whole simulation based in
FGFS needs to be written.

The controls in 023.png are for sending pre-defined messages to a pilot
(or some to all airmen). The last shows (upper right corner) a screen
when you have clicked on one pilot name (from the list in 023.png) or on
empty space (e.g. to send it to all airmen).

Regards,
Roland