RE: [Jsbsim-devel] DATCOM+ released

[Bill G. <bi...@ao...>]

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> On Tuesday 27 July 2004 15:39, Bill Galbraith wrote:
> > Okay, it's been a long time in the works, but I have the=20
> first release=20
> > of
> > DATCOM+ ready for general release.
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> Looks great!  Maybe we're going to need a repository for the=20
> input files=20
> (*.dcm) we create?
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> Dave


I've thought about that issue. The .DCM files allow comments in them, so
wouldn't one large files with ALL the models in it be useful (okay, up =
to a
certain point). There are some parameters in the DATCOM input file which =
are
real headscratchers, and being able to look at the values that other
aircraft used might be nice. No, I'm not talking about wing span, but
surface roughness, and how to input surface deflections correctly.

This would require a couple of scripts to be written, one to merge an
outside script into the Master script, and one to extract a particular =
model
out of the Master script..... (Ooo, can someone say 'DATABASE'???)

Jon and I have kicked a couple of ideas around about making it easier to
build a DATCOM model, etc. One possible idea was a fancy Excel =
spreadsheet,
with questions and blanks, and examples of other aircraft values. All =
those
could be stored on a second sheet of the spreadsheet, one column per
aircraft.

Your suggestions are always welcomed.

Bill