Re: Still Lousy After All These Years

On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, John Kovalic wrote:

> Well, while FT maneuvering isn't SUPER realistic, surely sideslips can
only
> occur in atmospheric conditions! This seems quite arbitrary, more for
SFB
> than FT.

Not at all. Let your port manouvering thrusters burn for some time, then

let your starboard manouvering thrusters burn for the same length of 
time. You end up with the same vector as you started, but somewhat to
the 
left of where you wouldv'e been - a sideslip. In FT, simply allow the 
mid-move turn to be in the opposite direction of the initial turn. I've 
played with that for longer than I've been subscribed here... and no, it

isn't very important.

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson

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"My shoes are too tight. But it does not matter, because
 I have forgotten how to dance."
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