ORIGINAL: dbcisco
Why is it that the product information and FAQ at FS-One hasn't been updated since 2006.
I have no idea who Selig is, if he really owns the rights to FS-One or anything at all.
I can find no information of who owns or controls FSone.com or their products.
''Since being founded in 2003 by Brian Fuesz and Michael Selig...'' This means nothing about the current ownership or contraactual obligations to HH or anayone else.
Inertiasoft.com seems to be just as dead and uninformative. No job postings is pretty weird for a company embarking on a redoing an old product.
IMHO FS-One and Inertiasoft are in critical condition if not dead.
Well you're assuming that there is "a lot to be suspicious about" and I'm not sure based on what. You want proof that Selig/InertiaSoft owns the rights to the code?
As for "who is Selig", the site gives a fair bit of detail on all team members:
Michael Selig, Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer
Michael co-founded InertiaSoft with Brian Fuesz in December 2003. Michael is internationally best known for his research and interests in applied aerodynamics and airfoil design. His expertise in this area and other experience gained while working on the aerodynamics of UAVs, wind turbines, race cars (IndyCar and Formula 1), racing yachts (America's Cup), aircraft in icing conditions and many other problems in low-speed aerodynamics have been applied to the aerodynamic modeling and simulation of the airplanes in FS One. In this effort, new approaches in aerodynamics and in aircraft stability and control were developed to simulate the challenging post-stall flight regime experienced by modern "3D" aerobatic RC airplanes. These advances in new aerodynamic methodologies have paid dividends across the entire flight spectrum in FS One.
Michael also holds a position as an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he teaches courses in applied aerodynamics and aircraft design. He flew his first RC sailplane in 1977 and first full-scale sailplane as a private pilot in 1991. He received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1984, an M.S.E. from Princeton University in 1988, and a Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1992.