[RESOLVED] getting wind forces and environmental conditions for external engine

[shimasteama]

I consider to make a external FDM engine for helicopters.
In the API, what is the proper method to get the current wind force and its vector on the fuselage?
Concerning Simconnect: do methods of getting
state of being on the ground or not
altitude/height of the helo above the current object below (house, tree, etc)
ground consistence (mud, concrete)
also apply to Simconnect API?
Thanks
Harry

[Mike Schroeter]

The following methods in the IBaseObjectV400 interface should give you most of this information:

virtual HRESULT GetSurfaceInformation (__out SurfaceInfoV400 &SurfaceInfo, __in const FXYZ *pvOffsetFeet) PURE
virtual HRESULT GetWeatherInformation (__out WeatherInfoV400 &WeatherInfo) PURE

Hope this helps,
Mike

[shimasteama]

Thank you very much for your precise answer.
Best regards
Harry