langston@omega.Sun.COM (Jim Langston Sun ASE - MidWest ) (01/22/91)
Hi folks , Are there any algorithms for 3D flight simulators out there ??? I'm looking to work on a simulator , but I was hoping that some known algorithms would be out there . Thanks Jim Langston
kaufman@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) (01/22/91)
In article <2362@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> langston@omega.Sun.COM (Jim Langston Sun ASE - MidWest ) writes: >Are there any algorithms for 3D flight simulators out there ??? >Jim Langston Please post any information on this. Sorry about not just asking Jim to forward what he gets, but my mail to him kept bouncing. Michael Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on kaufman | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die. Roy Batty
ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) (01/23/91)
In article <2362@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> langston@omega.Sun.COM (Jim Langston Sun ASE - MidWest ) writes: >Are there any algorithms for 3D flight simulators out there ??? Bruce Artwick, who wrote Flight Simulator and Flight Simulator II for Sublogic and Microsoft, has a book called (I believe) "Advanced Graphics for Microcomputers." I won't swear to the title, because I don't have it in front of me at the moment, and I'm not sure if it's still in print, but it might be a good place to start.
jcs@crash.cts.com (John Schultz) (01/23/91)
In <16240@accuvax.nwu.edu> kaufman@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) writes: >In article <2362@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> langston@omega.Sun.COM (Jim Langston Sun ASE - MidWest ) writes: >>Are there any algorithms for 3D flight simulators out there ??? >Please post any information on this. Sorry about not just asking Jim to forward >what he gets, but my mail to him kept bouncing. There's a public domain flight simulator available by Riley Rainey- it's called acm. He's posting it to comp.sources (I think; perhaps someone out there knows for sure where). Or drop Riley a note at riley@mips.com. The best way to simulate flight, and any motion for that matter, is to build a generalized physical modelling system. If you tailor you simulator to aircraft, you won't be able to do more advance operations later on. Most books on aerodynamics simplify the motion equations based on symmetry. Don't do that. Use the complete motion equations from a book on mechanics- dynamics. In the long run, you'll be glad you did. John