Typical AVL session keyboard inputs.

    All commands can be in lowercase.

    Blank lines below are for clarity.  They are NOT Returns!

    Indentation in the command listing below indicates 
    the menu level to help navigation.

    A command in quotes, e.g "L", means that the letter
    is typed when the cursor is in the plot window rather
    than the text window.


    Start AVL with an input-file argument, such as the Plane Vanilla case:

      % cd runs
      % ../bin/avl vanilla      (giving the .avl extension is optional)


OPER       enter operating menu
G          plot geometry and enter geometry-plot menu
  K           enter keystroke menu
  "L"         move viewpoint to left
  "L"         move viewpoint to left
  "L"         move viewpoint to left (can be held down for continuous motion)
  "R"         move viewpoint to right
  "D"         move viewpoint down
  "D"         move viewpoint down    (can be held down for continuous motion)
  "U"         move viewpoint up
  "I"         ingress (increase perspective distortion)
  "I"         ingress (repeat as necessary)
  "I"          .
  "I"          .
  "O"         outgress (decrease perspective distortion)
  "O"          .
  "<space>"   exit keystroke menu
  TR          show trailing wake vortices
  TR          hide
  <Return>    return to OPER menu

A A 1      set angle of attack to 1 degree
X          execute calculation
T          show Trefftz Plane loading,CL plot, enter T.P.-plot menu
  <Return>   return to OPER menu

A C 0.6    set alpha to get CL = 0.6
X          execute calculation

C1         enter horizontal-flight trim setup menu
  G 9.8      set gravitational acceleration
  D 1.2      set air density
  M 100.0    set mass
  B 30.0     set 30 deg bank angle
  <Return>   return to OPER menu

X          execute calculation
T          show Trefftz Plane plot
             note nonzero moments Cl,Cm,Cn (not trimmed)
  <Return>   Return to OPER menu

D2 RM 0    drive aileron  to get zero rolling  moment (trim in roll )
D3 PM 0    drive elevator to get zero pitching moment (trim in pitch)
B  YM 0    drive sideslip to get zero yawing   moment (trim in yaw  )
X          execute calculation
T          show Trefftz Plane plot -- note zero moments (trimmed)
             Note that there is a nonzero sideslip beta,
             since rudder is not deflected into the turn.
  <Return>   Return to OPER menu


D4 YM 0    set rudder to get zero yawing moment  
             (note error markers on redundant constraints)
B B 0      set zero sideslip in lieu of yaw moment constraint
X          execute
T          show Trefftz Plane plot
             Solution has aileron slightly outside of turn,
             some rudder deflection into the turn, and zero sideslip.
             This is a coordinated turn.  Considerable up-elevator
             is also required to trim in the turning airflow.
  H          Hardcopy current plot (optional)
  <Return>   Return to OPER menu

G          plot geometry and enter geometry-plot menu
  LO         add surface loading distribution
  O          enter options submenu
    L 0.3    set surface loading scale factor to 0.3 (or whatever's necessary)
    <Return> return to geometry-plot menu and replot
  <Return>   return to OPER menu

ST         calculate and display stability derivative matrix
<Return>   write to screen rather than to file
<Return>   Return to AVL menu

QUIT       Quit command is necessary to properly terminate plot.ps file.