# Fuel handling for the YASim FDM. Note that other FDMs (e.g. JSBSim) # handle fuel within the FDM itself. # # Properties under /consumables/fuel/tank[n]: # + level-lbs - Current fuel load. Can be set by user code. # + selected - boolean indicating tank selection. # + capacity-gal_us - Tank capacity # # Properties under /engines/engine[n]: # + fuel-consumed-lbs - Output from the FDM, zeroed by this script # + out-of-fuel - boolean, set by this code. var UPDATE_PERIOD = 0.3; var update = func { if (fuel_freeze) return; var consumed_fuel = 0; foreach (var e; engines) { var fuel = e.getNode("fuel-consumed-lbs"); consumed_fuel += fuel.getValue(); fuel.setDoubleValue(0); } var selected_tanks = []; foreach (var t; tanks) { var cap = t.getNode("capacity-gal_us",0); var selected = t.getNode("selected"); if ((cap!=nil) and (cap.getValue() > 0.01) and (t.getNode("level-lbs") != nil) and (selected != nil) and selected.getBoolValue()) append(selected_tanks, t); } # Subtract fuel from tanks, set auxiliary properties. Set out-of-fuel # when any one tank is dry. var out_of_fuel = 0; if (size(selected_tanks) == 0) { out_of_fuel = 1; } else { var fuel_per_tank = consumed_fuel / size(selected_tanks); foreach (var t; selected_tanks) { var lbs = t.getNode("level-lbs"); lbs.setDoubleValue(lbs.getValue() - fuel_per_tank); var empty = t.getNode("empty"); if (empty == nil) empty = (lbs.getValue() <= 0); else empty = empty.getBoolValue(); if( empty ) { # Kill the engines if we're told to, otherwise simply # deselect the tank. if (t.getNode("kill-when-empty", 1).getBoolValue()) out_of_fuel = 1; else t.getNode("selected").setBoolValue(0); } } } foreach (var e; engines) e.getNode("out-of-fuel").setBoolValue(out_of_fuel); } var loop = func { update(); settimer(loop, UPDATE_PERIOD); } var tanks = []; var engines = []; var fuel_freeze = nil; var freeze_fuel_listener = nil; var initialized = 0; _setlistener("/sim/signals/fdm-initialized", func { if (freeze_fuel_listener == nil) { freeze_fuel_listener = setlistener("/sim/freeze/fuel", func(n) { fuel_freeze = n.getBoolValue() }, 1); } # Fuel sub-system is only used by YASim. Other FDMs (e.g. JSBSim) # handle fuel themselves. if (getprop("/sim/flight-model") != "yasim") { return; } engines = props.globals.getNode("engines", 1).getChildren("engine"); foreach (var e; engines) { e.getNode("fuel-consumed-lbs", 1).setDoubleValue(0); e.getNode("out-of-fuel", 1).setBoolValue(0); } # do the following stuff once only if (initialized) return; initialized = 1; foreach (var t; props.globals.getNode("/consumables/fuel", 1).getChildren("tank")) { if (!t.getAttribute("children")) continue; # skip native_fdm.cxx generated zombie tanks append(tanks, t); t.initNode("selected", 1, "BOOL"); } loop(); });