fgdata/Aircraft/c172p/Nasal/action-sim.nas

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#  action-sim.nas   Updates various simulated features every frame
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# set up filters for these actions

var cdi0_lowpass = aircraft.lowpass.new(0.5);
var cdi1_lowpass = aircraft.lowpass.new(0.5);
var gs0_lowpass = aircraft.lowpass.new(0.5);
var gs1_lowpass = aircraft.lowpass.new(0.5);

# Properties

var propNav0 = props.globals.getNode("instrumentation/nav[0]", 1);
var propNav1 = props.globals.getNode("instrumentation/nav[1]", 1);
var navLights = props.globals.getNode("controls/lighting/nav-lights", 1);
var instrumentsNorm = props.globals.getNode("controls/lighting/instruments-norm", 1);
var instrumentLightFactor = props.globals.getNode("sim/model/material/instruments/factor", 1);
var panelLights = props.globals.getNode("controls/lighting/panel-norm", 1);
var dhR_ft = props.globals.getNode("gear/gear[2]/compression-ft", 1);
var dhL_ft = props.globals.getNode("gear/gear[1]/compression-ft", 1);
var propGear1 = props.globals.getNode("gear/gear[1]", 1);
var propGear2 = props.globals.getNode("gear/gear[2]", 1);

# Associate Nodes

var cdiNAV0 = propNav0.getNode("heading-needle-deflection", 1);
var cdiNAV1 = propNav1.getNode("heading-needle-deflection", 1);
var gsNAV0  = propNav0.getNode("gs-needle-deflection-norm", 1);
var gsNAV1  = propNav1.getNode("gs-needle-deflection-norm", 1);
var filteredCDI0 = propNav0.getNode("filtered-cdiNAV0-deflection", 1);
var filteredCDI1 = propNav1.getNode("filtered-cdiNAV1-deflection", 1);
var filteredGS0  = propNav0.getNode("filtered-gsNAV0-deflection", 1);
var filteredGS1  = propNav1.getNode("filtered-gsNAV1-deflection", 1);
var right_main_rot = propGear2.getNode("compression-rotation-deg", 1);
var left_main_rot = propGear1.getNode("compression-rotation-deg", 1);

var init_actions = func {
    filteredCDI0.setDoubleValue(0.0);
    filteredCDI1.setDoubleValue(0.0);
    filteredGS0.setDoubleValue(0.0);
    filteredGS1.setDoubleValue(0.0);

    # Request that the update fuction be called next frame
    settimer(update_actions, 0);
}


var update_actions = func {

#  Compute compression induced main gear rotations
#
#  constants
   var R_m = 0.919679;
   var h0 = 0.63872;
   var theta0_rad = 0.803068;

#  Note:  R2D and FT2M  are unit conversion factors defined in $FG_ROOT/Nasal/globals.nas
#         R2D (radians to degrees) FT2M (feet to meters)

#  Right main
   var delta_h = dhR_ft.getValue()*FT2M;
   var right_alpha_deg = ( math.acos( (h0 - delta_h)/R_m ) - theta0_rad )*R2D;


#  Left main
   var delta_h = dhL_ft.getValue()*FT2M;
   var left_alpha_deg = ( math.acos( (h0 - delta_h)/R_m ) - theta0_rad )*R2D;

# Outputs
    instrumentLightFactor.setDoubleValue(instrumentsNorm.getValue());
    panelLights.setDoubleValue(instrumentsNorm.getValue());

    filteredCDI0.setDoubleValue( cdi0_lowpass.filter(cdiNAV0.getValue()));
    filteredCDI1.setDoubleValue(cdi1_lowpass.filter(cdiNAV1.getValue()));
    filteredGS0.setDoubleValue(gs0_lowpass.filter(gsNAV0.getValue()));
    filteredGS1.setDoubleValue(gs1_lowpass.filter(gsNAV1.getValue()));
    right_main_rot.setDoubleValue(right_alpha_deg);
    left_main_rot.setDoubleValue(left_alpha_deg);

    settimer(update_actions, 0);
}


# Setup listener call to start update loop once the fdm is initialized
# 
setlistener("sim/signals/fdm-initialized", init_actions);