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SaitekProFlightPedals

2007-03-14T21:16:08Z

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== Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals ==

The Saitek pedals are in a similar price range as the [[ChProPedals| CH Pro Pedals]].

[[image:Proflight-small.jpg| Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, dirty from frequent use]]

(the shoe in the picturer gives you a hint about the size)

The pedals center themselves, but the spring loading is not very strong. The large
knob in the middle can be used dampen the movement. In the maximum setting it feels
as if one had to move a lot of machinery.

The pedals work flawlessly under Linux. They have three axes: one for the
use as rudders, and one for each pedal - you can push them down like an acccelerator
or a brake. The sensitivity is not too high.

[[Category:Hardware]]

ChProPedals

2007-03-14T21:15:22Z

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== CH Pro Pedals ==

For some time, these pedals were the only affordable ones.
In the SilentWings forum, there have been complaints about the spring
loading, which seems to be too high.

Some people have modified their CH pedals to get better results.

[I've never used CH pedals, please improve this page]

[[Category:Hardware]]

Pedals

2007-03-14T21:14:56Z

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== Rudder Pedals ==

Rudder pedals are highly recommended for a realistic flight experience. This
page links to reports about various products.

* [[ChProPedals | CH Pro Pedals]]
* [[SaitekProFlightPedals | Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals]]

[[Category:Hardware]]

User:Bew

2007-03-14T21:13:41Z

Bew: New page: Bew discovered gliding not long ago during a vacation in the Rhoen. Unfortunately, Germany interprets the ICAO medical requirements in the strictest possible sense. His eyesight would all...

Bew discovered gliding not long ago during a vacation in the Rhoen. Unfortunately,
Germany interprets the ICAO medical requirements in the strictest possible sense.

His eyesight would allow him to legally drive a 1.5t 1000hp Bugatti Veyron at
top speed (~400 km/h) over the Autobahn in the night. In a 0,5t plane
at 200 km/h he would be a threat to public safety..

If he isn't trying to substitute real flying lessons with googling for
flight manuals and practicing in Silent Wings, he develops software
and does consulting at a telecommunications company.

Rumour says, that the ICAO medical requirements will be lowered to more
reasonable levels. There's still hope..

Category:Hardware

2007-03-14T19:00:24Z

Bew: added joysticks+pedals section

There are a few things you can do if you like to use special hardware with Silent Wings:

* [[NMEA format|Connect your PDA]] to the serial port on your PC (or use a USB-to-serial adapter), and use PDA soaring software like in a real glider.
* Use the [[NMEA format|special serial data string format]] to get a high-speed output of the aircraft state, and use these data for your own projects, like driving instruments or driving a full-motion cockpit.
* Create your own simulator cockpit, and create your own controls based on USB joysticks. Cheap USB joysticks can be disassebled and the internals used for custom-built sticks, pedals and other controls.

People share their experiences about joysticks and pedals, and how they work with Silent Wings
* [[Joysticks]]
* [[Pedals]]

SaitekProFlightPedals

2007-03-14T18:57:19Z

Bew: New page: == Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals == The Saitek pedals are in a similar price range as the CH Pro Pedals. [[image:Proflight-small.jpg| Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, ...

File:Proflight-small.jpg

2007-03-14T18:43:03Z

Bew: Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals

Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals

Pedals

2007-03-14T18:38:53Z

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Pedals

2007-03-14T18:38:23Z

Bew: Descriptions of rudder pedals

ChProPedals

2007-03-14T18:36:35Z

Bew: Reports about CH Pro Pedals

Pedals

2007-03-14T18:30:28Z

Bew: New page: == Rudder Pedals == Rudder pedals are highly recommended for a realistic flight experience. This page links to reports about various products. * CH Pro Pedals * [[Sait...

Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T22:12:04Z

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=== Cloud Removal ===

Free satellite imagery often contains a lot of clouds. Removing them by hand with
the Clone Tool of an image manipulation program is a tiresome task.

Fortunately, there are better tools available.
[http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer Resynthesizer] is an amazing plug-in
for [http://gimp.org Gimp], which makes removing objects from pictures a lot easier.

# Select the clouds by color
# Grow the selection by a few pixels to eliminate pixels that belong to the cloud, but are too dark for 'select by color'
# Use the 'Script-Fu -> Enhance -> Smart Remove' tool

Follow the links to see an example [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762317 before]
and [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762318 after] 'Smart Remove'

The clouds have gone but their shadows are still there. Roads suddenly end in a green
patch. Villages that were covered by clouds are overgrown by green woods and fields. Shadows
of no longer existing clouds still darken the area.

Selecting by color has the drawback that every area having a cloud-like color
will be removed. Alternatively, you can select clouds by hand. The selection does not
need to be accurate, but all details accidentally selected will vanish.

Professional geographers use the LANDSAT infrared bands to distinguish between clouds
and white areas. This is called 'cloud detection using spectral features', which is
short for: if its white/greyish in the visible bands and darkish in infrared, it's a cloud.
With some refinement, clouds and snow can be separated. This might be useful for high mountain
areas.

[[User:Bew|Bew]] is working on a tool to automatically detect clouds. You call the tool with LANDSAT
images of band 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The tool creates a black and white image containing just
the clouds as black fields. You can import this image as a layer and simply select all black fields.
With this selection, call the 'Smart Remove'-tool after having changed to the layer containing
your pan-sharpened LANDSAT image. The tool is not ready for public use yet.

[[Category:Scenery]]

Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T22:07:38Z

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=== Cloud Removal ===

Free satellite imagery often contains a lot of clouds. Removing them by hand with
the Clone Tool of an image manipulation program is a tiresome task.

Fortunately, there are better tools available.
[http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer Resynthesizer] is an amazing plug-in
for [http://gimp.org Gimp], which makes removing objects from pictures a lot easier.

# Select the clouds by color
# Grow the selection by a few pixels to eliminate pixels that belong to the cloud, but are too dark for 'select by color'
# Use the 'Script-Fu -> Enhance -> Smart Remove' tool

Follow the links to see an example [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762317 before]
and [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762318 after] 'Smart Remove'

The clouds have gone but their shadows are still there. Roads suddenly end in a green
patch. Villages that were covered by clouds are overgrown by green woods and fields.

Selecting by color has the drawback that every area having a cloud-like color
will be removed. Alternatively, you can select clouds by hand. The selection does not
need to be accurate, but all details accidentally selected will vanish.

Professional geographers use the LANDSAT infrared bands to distinguish between clouds
and white areas. This is called 'cloud detection using spectral features', which is
short for: if its white/greyish in the visible bands and darkish in infrared, it's a cloud.
With some refinement, clouds and snow can be separated. This might be useful for high mountain
areas.

[[User:Bew|Bew]] is working on a tool to automatically detect clouds. You call the tool with LANDSAT
images of band 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The tool creates a black and white image containing just
the clouds as black fields. You can import this image as a layer and simply select all black fields.
With this selection, call the 'Smart Remove'-tool after having changed to the layer containing
your pan-sharpened LANDSAT image. The tool is not ready for public use yet.

[[Category:Scenery]]

Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T22:06:05Z

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=== Cloud Removal ===

Free satellite imagery often contains a lot of clouds. Removing them by hand with
the Clone Tool of an image manipulation program is a tiresome task.

Fortunately, there are better tools available.
[http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer Resynthesizer] is an amazing plug-in
for [http://gimp.org Gimp], which makes removing objects from pictures a lot easier.

# Select the clouds by color
# Grow the selection by a few pixels to eliminate pixels that belong to the cloud, but are too dark for 'select by color'
# Use the 'Script-Fu -> Enhance -> Smart Remove' tool

Follow the links to see an example [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762317 before]
and [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762318 after] 'Smart Remove'

The clouds have gone but their shadows are still there. Roads suddenly end in a green
patch. Villages that were covered by clouds are overgrown by green woods and fields.

Selecting by color has the drawback that every area having a cloud-like color
will be removed. Alternatively, you can select clouds by hand. The selection does not
need to be accurate, but all details accidentally selected will vanish.

Professional geographers use the LANDSAT infrared bands to distinguish between clouds
and white areas. This is called 'cloud detection using spectral features', which is
short for: if its white/greyish in the visible bands and darkish in infrared, it's a cloud.
With some refinement, clouds and snow can be separated. This might be useful for high mountain
areas.

[[User:Bew|Bew]] is working on a tool to automatically detect clouds. You call the tool with LANDSAT
images of band 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The tool creates a black and white image containing just
clouds as black fields. You can import this image as a layer and simply select all black fields.
With this selection, you can call the 'Smart Remove'-tool after changing to the layer containing
your pan-sharpened LANDSAT image. The tool is not ready for public use yet.

[[Category:Scenery]]

Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T22:04:37Z

Bew:

=== Cloud Removal ===

Free satellite imagery often contains a lot of clouds. Removing them by hand with
the Clone Tool of an image manipulation program is a tiresome task.

Fortunately, there are better tools available.
[http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer Resynthesizer] is an amazing plug-in
for [http://gimp.org Gimp], which makes removing objects from pictures a lot easier.

# Select the clouds by color
# Grow the selection by a few pixels to eliminate pixels that belong to the cloud, but are too dark for 'select by color'
# Use the 'Script-Fu -> Enhance -> Smart Remove' tool

Follow the links to see an example [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762317 before]
and [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762318 after] 'Smart Remove'

The clouds have gone but their shadows are still there. Roads suddenly end in a green
patch. Villages that were covered by clouds are overgrown by green woods and fields.

Selecting by color has the drawback that every area having a cloud-like color
will be removed. Alternatively, you can select clouds by hand. The selection does not
need to be accurate, but all details accidentally selected will vanish.

Professional geographers use the LANDSAT infrared bands to distinguish between clouds
and white areas. This is called 'cloud detection using spectral features', which is
scientific for: if its white/greyish in the visible bands and darkish in infrared, it's a cloud.
With some refinement, clouds and snow can be separated. This might be useful for high mountain
areas.

[[User:Bew|Bew]] is working on a tool to automatically detect clouds. You call the tool with LANDSAT
images of band 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The tool creates a black and white image containing just
clouds as black fields. You can import this image as a layer and simply select all black fields.
With this selection, you can call the 'Smart Remove'-tool after changing to the layer containing
your pan-sharpened LANDSAT image. The tool is not ready for public use yet.

[[Category:Scenery]]

Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T22:03:58Z

Bew:

=== Cloud Removal ===

Free satellite imagery often contains a lot of clouds. Removing them by hand with
the Clone Tool of an image manipulation program is a tiresome task.

Fortunately, there are better tools available.
[http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer Resynthesizer] is an amazing plug-in
for [http://gimp.org Gimp], which makes removing objects from pictures a lot easier.

# Select the clouds by color
# Grow the selection by a few pixels to eliminate pixels that belong to the cloud, but
are too dark for 'select by color'
# Use the 'Script-Fu -> Enhance -> Smart Remove' tool

Follow the links to see an example [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762317 before]
and [http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/35232@Z01/762318 after] 'Smart Remove'

The clouds have gone but their shadows are still there. Roads suddenly end in a green
patch. Villages that were covered by clouds are overgrown by green woods and fields.

Selecting by color has the drawback that every area having a cloud-like color
will be removed. Alternatively, you can select clouds by hand. The selection does not
need to be accurate, but all details accidentally selected will vanish.

Professional geographers use the LANDSAT infrared bands to distinguish between clouds
and white areas. This is called 'cloud detection using spectral features', which is
scientific for: if its white/greyish in the visible bands and darkish in infrared, it's a cloud.
With some refinement, clouds and snow can be separated. This might be useful for high mountain
areas.

[[User:Bew|Bew]] is working on a tool to automatically detect clouds. You call the tool with LANDSAT
images of band 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. The tool creates a black and white image containing just
clouds as black fields. You can import this image as a layer and simply select all black fields.
With this selection, you can call the 'Smart Remove'-tool after changing to the layer containing
your pan-sharpened LANDSAT image. The tool is not ready for public use yet.

[[Category:Scenery]]

Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T21:41:35Z

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Cloud Removal

2007-03-09T21:31:18Z

Bew: New page: === Cloud Removal === Free satellite imagery often contains a lot of clouds. Removing them by hand with the Clone Tool of an image manipulation program is a tiresome task. Fortunately, t...