Re: [Flightgear-devel] [off list] flight control polarity

[Gordan S. <gor...@ma...>]

Dear John,

I didn't have any intention to start any quarrellings with you. Being 
open minded, I've just asked you to share your literature with us, and I 
don't understand why you feel so pissed off. If you really do not have 
any literature to share with us, just say (write) so.


Although you didn't include any greeting statement at the end of your 
letter, I *will* salute you.

Best regards,
  and
many more flawless flight hours,
  as well as
many lines of code,

Gordan


PS,
I have CC-ed this message to fgfs devel mailing list, since, IMHO, this 
is not suited for private conversation.


>> "Aircraft control and simulation", by Brian Stevens and Frank Lewis, 
>> on page 128, there is a table (TABLE 3.3.1), where is clearly stated 
>> that positive movements of all primary control surfaces produce 
>> negative moments.
> 
> 
> 1) As Jon B. pointed out, I intended to talk about cockpit control
> deflections, not physical aerosurface deflections.  I'm a pilot
> and flight instructor, and I sometimes lapse into pilot-speak
> without realizing it.
> 
> I thought it was obvious from context that I was talking about
> cockpit controls and cockpit indicators, but I gather it wasn't
> sufficiently obvious.  Sorry.
> 
> 2) The fact remains that FG does not consistently follow either
> convention.  My patch makes it possible to present a consistent
> convention to the pilot.
> 
> If this does not address the point you were making, please re-ask
> the question.
> 
> 
>