-//void FGAIGroundVehicle::setParentNode() {
-//
-// if(_parent == "")
-// return;
-//
-// const SGPropertyNode_ptr ai = fgGetNode("/ai/models", true);
-//
-// for (int i = ai->nChildren() - 1; i >= -1; i--) {
-// SGPropertyNode_ptr model;
-//
-// if (i < 0) { // last iteration: selected model
-// model = _selected_ac;
-// } else {
-// model = ai->getChild(i);
-// string path = ai->getPath();
-// const string name = model->getStringValue("name");
-//
-// if (!model->nChildren()){
-// continue;
-// }
-// if (name == _parent) {
-// _selected_ac = model; // save selected model for last iteration
-// break;
-// }
-//
-// }
-// if (!model)
-// continue;
-//
-// }// end for loop
-//
-// if (_selected_ac != 0){
-// const string name = _selected_ac->getStringValue("name");
-// //_parent_x_offset = _selected_ac->getDoubleValue("hitch/x-offset-ft");
-// //_parent_y_offset = _selected_ac->getDoubleValue("hitch/y-offset-ft");
-// //_parent_z_offset = _selected_ac->getDoubleValue("hitch/z-offset-ft");
-// //_hitch_x_offset_m = _selected_ac->getDoubleValue("hitch/x-offset-ft")
-// // * SG_FEET_TO_METER;
-// //_hitch_y_offset_m = _selected_ac->getDoubleValue("hitch/y-offset-ft")
-// // * SG_FEET_TO_METER;
-// //_hitch_z_offset_m = _selected_ac->getDoubleValue("hitch/z-offset-ft")
-// // * SG_FEET_TO_METER;
-// //setParent();
-// } else {
-// SG_LOG(SG_GENERAL, SG_ALERT, "AIGroundVeh1cle: " << _name
-// << " parent not found: dying ");
-// setDie(true);
-// }
-//
-//}
-