wlbragg/cargo-towing-addon

Allows for a quick and easy method (addon) to add cargo hauling and stacking capability to any FlightGear aircraft.

Cargo Towing - Cargo Towing Addon for Flightgear Written and developed by Wayne Bragg (wlbragg) Copyright (C) 2020 Wayne Bragg Rope animation code by Thorsten Renk (Thorsten) Copyright (C) 2017 Thorsten Renk README.md Version 1.0.0 beta 1/21/2020 Cargo Towing is licensed under the Gnu Public License v3+ (GPLv3+)

Allows for a quick and easy method (addon) to add cargo hauling and stacking capability to any FlightGear aircraft.

########################################################## Configuration (not manditory if existing load points are alvailible) ##########################################################

For now, insure the aircraft using this addon has any additional load points added to the FDM and .set, or use defaults availible in the existing airceaft configuration.

EXAMPLES... (not manditory if existing load points are alvailible)

YASim FDM .set Longline 0 50000

JSBSim FDM 0 30.29 0 26.6 .set Longline 0.0 50000.0

See aircraft.xml for list of preset load points you can add to existing aircraft (optional)

########################################################## Availible global variables for aircraft use ########################################################## sim/cargo/rope/length sim/cargo/load/weight

######################################################### TODO: ######################################################### Attach a height and weight field to AI scenario models for user input. Add rope animations to AI scenario models Fix bug in AI scenario model sync with rope length Select pre-selections in the lists in the rope configuration GUI