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It's quite common to want to start a flight simulator on a 5 or 7 or 10 mile approach so you can practice ILS landing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17544.html |title= Startup position offsets (fg_init)|author=Curtis Olson |date=Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:25:57 -0700}} </ref>| | It's quite common to want to start a flight simulator on a 5 or 7 or 10 mile approach so you can practice ILS landing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17544.html |title= Startup position offsets (fg_init)|author=Curtis Olson |date=Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:25:57 -0700}} </ref> | ||
In-air starts are difficult for many reasons: even if we do manage to have the plane perfectly trimmed for speed, altitude, and power, we can't force a joystick throttle to be in the right position, so everything will break down as soon as the sim gets a signal from the controller. I've been using FlightGear to practice instrument approaches for over 12 years, and have just resigned myself to 5+ seconds of altitude deviations and unusual attitudes until I get the plane under control. That said, if I couldn't do in-air starts in FlightGear, it would lose 80% of its usefulness for me.<ref> {{cite web | |||
| url = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34975422/ | |||
| title = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] In-air vs on-ground starts (was Re: First-time | |||
user experience, and engine startup)</nowiki> | |||
| author = <nowiki>David Megginson</nowiki> | |||
| date = Mar 29th, 2016 | |||
| added = Mar 29th, 2016 | |||
| script_version = 0.25 | |||
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There are many aircraft with complex (realistic) startup procedures, and while *some* aircraft have an [[Autostart|autostart function]], there is no standardised property to control that function - though one could certainly be defined. Of course, that's classic standardisation chicken-and-egg. I'm all in favour of it, but it's not something that can be done in the short term.<ref> | There are many aircraft with complex (realistic) startup procedures, and while *some* aircraft have an [[Autostart|autostart function]], there is no standardised property to control that function - though one could certainly be defined. Of course, that's classic standardisation chicken-and-egg. I'm all in favour of it, but it's not something that can be done in the short term.<ref> | ||