Re: [Flightgear-users] pa28-161 pilot view possition

[dave p. <ski...@mi...>]

Hal V. Engel wrote:
> When flying the pa28-161 I noticed that the position of the pilot seemed to be 
> too far toward the center of the aircraft.  So I did a little modification to 
> correct it.  I changed a section of pa28-161-set.xml
>
> from 
>
> <!-- Set the pilot's view position -->
>
>   <view n="0">
>    <internal archive="y">true</internal>
>    <config>
>      <x-offset-m archive="y">-0.18</x-offset-m>
>      <y-offset-m archive="y">0.5</y-offset-m>
>      <z-offset-m archive="y">2.6</z-offset-m>
>      <pitch-offset-deg>-15</pitch-offset-deg>
>    </config>
>   </view>
>
> to 
>
> <!-- Set the pilot's view position -->
>
>   <view n="0">
>    <internal archive="y">true</internal>
>    <config>
>      <x-offset-m archive="y">-0.235</x-offset-m>
>      <y-offset-m archive="y">0.5</y-offset-m>
>      <z-offset-m archive="y">2.6</z-offset-m>
>      <pitch-offset-deg>-15</pitch-offset-deg>
>    </config>
>   </view>
>
> to correct the problem.  With the change the pilot is now sitting centered on 
> the yoke.    Perhaps someone who has access to CVS could make this change 
> there.
>   
For what it is worth, since I am the most recent major updater to the 
pa28-161, I agree with the proposed change to the pilot's view 
position.  Thanks for this improvement.

Dave Perry