FlightGear Newsletter September 2015

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September 2015

Development news In the hangar

Scenery Corner Community News

Contributing Translators required Screenshots

In the hangar

F-15 updates

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle has received updates to the flight dynamics, external texturing, cockpit audio warnings (voice and tone), external lighting and liveries. It was observed that the chosen fixed update rate for the Canvas instruments was taking a disproportionate amount of time, so a frame rate adaptive update for these elements has been added which improves things at lower frame rates.

V1.2e Changes

• Improved external lighting, new lighting dialog in the GUI.
• Corrected stall warning tones, added over-g (OWS) warning tones and vocal warnings for OWS, Caution and fuel.
• Canvas optimisations for low frame rates
• Fix weapon selection after load when master arm selected.
• Improved view positioning for front & backseat.
• Reinstate comm radio support
• FDM: Overload Warning System (OWS) limits added
• FDM: Pitch/Roll ratio improvements (pitch ratio now takes into account CG% MAC).
• FDM: Aileron Rudder Interconnect (ARI) system improved using the schedule in NASA-TM-72861, Figure 23
• FDM: Corrected lateral position of external wing tanks for mass
• FDM: Nose Wheel Steering operates in two modes; normal and the maneuvering mode
• Improved external textures. Liveries added for 48th FW, RAF Lakenheath and 131st FW, Lambert St. Louis ANG.

Changes will be in 3.6, available in FGAddon and on the development site.

Scenery corner

More airports with movable jetways: KSFO, EDDL, EDDH.

Contributing

Translators required

	The FlightGear Wiki still needs help for translating it into various languages. If you are interested in making the FlightGear Wiki multi-language then start at Help:Translate.
	Das FlightGear Wiki benötigt immer noch Hilfe bei der Übersetzung in verschiedene Sprachen. Wenn Du Interesse daran hast, das FlightGear Wiki Mehrsprachig zu machen, dann fang doch mit Help:Übersetzen an.
	De FlightGear Wiki kan nog steed hulp gebruiken bij het vertalen van artikelen. Als je interesse hebt om de wiki meertalig te maken, raden we je aan om een kijkje te nemen bij Help:Vertalen.
	La wiki de FlightGear todavía necesita ayuda para traducirla a varios lenguajes. Si estás interesado en hacer la FlightGear wiki multilingüe, entonces comienza en Help:Traducir.
	La wiki de FlightGear encara necessita ajuda per traduir-la a diverses llengües. Si esteu interessat en fer la wiki de FlightGear multilingüe, llavors comenceu a Help:Traduir.
	A wiki de FlightGear ainda necessita de ajuda para traduzi-la em vários idiomas. Se estás interessado em tornar a wiki de FlightGear multi-lingual, por favor começa em Help: Traduzir.

Screenshots

The FlightGear project always needs screenshots, which show features that were added since the last release. These should be of good quality, especially in content and technical image properties. It is therefore recommended to use the best viable filter settings (anti-aliasing, texture sharpening, etc.). More info at Howto:Make nice screenshots.