From 317e48ba4f590894c01de276739e47da81f99296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: curt <curt>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 20:47:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Jim Wilson:

Here's a patch to fix the asi problem (it affects most aircraft panels).
[ Avoids a sqrt( x < 0 ) ]
---
 src/Instrumentation/airspeed_indicator.cxx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/airspeed_indicator.cxx b/src/Instrumentation/airspeed_indicator.cxx
index 46eb585c8..5ae754332 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/airspeed_indicator.cxx
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/airspeed_indicator.cxx
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ AirspeedIndicator::update (double dt)
         double p = _static_pressure_node->getDoubleValue();
         double q = ( pt - p ) * INHGTOPSF;      // dynamic pressure
 
-                                // Now, reverse the equation
+        // Now, reverse the equation (normalize dynamic pressure to
+        // avoid "nan" results from sqrt)
+        if ( q < 0 ) { q = 0.0; }
         double v_fps = sqrt((2 * q) / SEA_LEVEL_DENSITY_SLUGFT3);
 
                                 // Publish the indicated airspeed