From: Durk T. <d.t...@xs...> - 2006-02-08 18:12:26
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On Wednesday 08 February 2006 17:48, George Patterson wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 15:34 +0100, Markus Barenhoff wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > i want to ask if there is are any efforts in implementing a FMC for > > flightgear? i'd like to have one for the 737, because in long term i > > want a free 737 like the one from PMDG for the MSFS... > > > > cu Markus > > Hello Markus, > > A FMC is a heck of a lot of work in itself including a tables of nav > aids and other beacons contained within. Also Commerical flights the > pilots don't program the FMC but groundcrew do. So it would be > impractical to have a plane sitting at the end of 27R at SFO while a > novice pilot is trying to work out the FMC, it would be nice if a flight > plan could be loaded in (perhaps a text file that is read in). This is actually something that I have in mind while working on adding support for airway following. If an AI aircraft can make use of it, then the user based aircraft should also be able to do it. Cheers, Durk |