by TreeHugger » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:51 pm
Hi rckowal,
in order to get started on editing FMS 8.5 par-files, you could just take a closer look into some of them and many things will "fall in place".
I'd suggest to use Masuoka Hideaki's ParEditor over the one bundled with FMS - it offers a better overview and has some handy comfort-functions like automatic calculation of angular inertia. You'll find it here:
And this is the direct link to the file, in case your Japanese is rusty:
Don't worry though, the interface can be set to english language.
As a starting point for exploration I'd suggest to download a model from Gary Gunnerson's website like the Aerobird Xtreme. They're well known for having credible flight characteristics:
No, it's not exactly an EasyGlider, but it might be close enough to get going. I assume it's redundant to explain how to navigate a folder structure and open a file because we just had an extensive lecture...
ParEdit offers a tab for wheels and one for collision points, specifying location, friction, spring constant and breaking load - pretty self-explanatory.
Good luck experimenting,
Regfards
P.S.: The pilot position is stored in the scenery file; It's just one initial position per file. To edit, open the scn-file and change "PILOT_POSITION" manually - first three numbers equal x,y,z. You can't navigate to a place in FMS via the numpad-keys and then save the location.