Re: ada in australia, to the mystery emailer

["Andrew" <mysig@fast.net>]

Comanche software is written in Ada. And yes it is complex and it's going to
get more complex. It's going to be awesome. Actually, Comanche avionics is
complex than F-22s. Helicopter is much harder to fly then a plane.

Comanche 3 (Novalogic) is pretty cool.


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Andrew


"G" <Dizzy@interact.net.au> wrote in message
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> > What sort of Comanche simulation are you working on ? Comanche is still
in
> > development. Lots of changes coming down.
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> > Andrew
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> Hey... well I am just doing a simple analysis.  I know the Comanche is
still
> under development.  I have been playing Novalogic's cool-o-rama Comanche
PC
> flight simulator for several years now.  This got me interested in looking
at
> the online (freely available) specifications for the RAH66.
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> I am sort of killing two birds with one stone because I am learning how to
> construct
> technical specifications with shockwave Flash - I am working on a
presentation
> for the RAH66.  So, this gives me a lot of time thinking about the various
> systems and subsystems.  I am using this to learn how to weave together a
> variety of elements into
> a simple representation in a package or three which can be imported into a
> simple simulation program.  As for the real aircraft, it has some 1.2
million
> lines of code, about 83% of which is Ada - rivalling the F22 which has the
odd
> hundred thousand or more lines, if memory serves me.  So.. consider my
> simulation as something less than that... by oh... three or four
light-years
> distance. :-)
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> I study philosophy and ontology (and then some), or have done, and these
sorts
> of mental gymnastics required in type casting, etc. are wonderful.
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> There is just so much damn technology in the rah66 that I may as well be
> simulating a traffic helicopter for my own current ability - but the
Comanche is
> such a beautiful thing... so that keeps me inspired.  I am more interested
in
> the patterns of organisation required to simulate than simulation itself,
> because I have a helluva lot to learn.
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> OK
> :-)
> -Graeme.
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