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=== Aerotowing Support === | |||
Since a few days we have a Nasal-script (Nasal/towing/hitch.nas) that | |||
provides two features: | |||
- winch and aerotowing support for JSBSim-aircraft (glider and towplane) | |||
- visible tow and winch ropes for YASim- and JSBSim-planes | |||
The functions in hitch.nas are very similar to the YASim-routine | |||
"/FDM/YASim/Hitch.cpp" and hence aerotowing is fully compatible with the | |||
YASim functionality. This means that YASim-gliders could be towed by | |||
JSBSim-aircraft and vice versa. | |||
Setup-instructions with copy and paste examples are given in the first | |||
paragraph in hitch.nas. A Wiki-how-to will be written soon. | |||
This routine is only active for gliders/towplanes and doesn't influence | |||
other aircrafts. Visible ropes for YASim-aircraft will work out of the | |||
box without any modification in the aircraft-files. | |||
The SGS233 is an example for a JSBSim-glider, Bocian is one for a | |||
YASim-plane. In case you want to test other YASim-gliders: If you don't | |||
see the towrope at the expected position ... this is rather a wrong | |||
hook-setting in the aircraft-file than a bug in my routine. Btw. this | |||
explains, why some gliders are very hard to tow ... the hook is mounted | |||
far behind the c.g. ! | |||
Special thanks go to the developer of YASim/Hitch.cpp and Klaus Kerner, | |||
who was the first providing a visible rope and towing capability for a | |||
JSBSim-glider (DG101g). A lot of their work is incorporated in this new | |||
routine. | |||
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