Re: [Flightgear-devel] Helipad thresholds

[David M. <dav...@gm...>]

The threshold.xml file tells FlightGear where to start the aircraft (on
runway); otherwise, is was placing them in incorrect positions for updated
airports.

Note also that — I think — some runways for fixed-wing aircraft have only
one threshold as well.

D

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 3:39 a.m. James Turner <ja...@fl...> wrote:

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>
> On 21 Jun 2023, at 19:42, David Megginson <dav...@gm...>
> wrote:
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> Ah, thank you. Someone might have told me before, but it slipped off my
> radar.
>
> Most helipads don't have a threshold per se -- they're just "H" instead of
> a directional runway number. How do we handle that?
>
>
> That’s fine, but then why does your scenery include threshold.xml files
> for them?
>
> Simplest fix from my side would be ‘don’t create a threshold XML file if
> the thing is not a regular runway’, but maybe i miss the point.
>
> Kind regards,
> James
>
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