// attitude_indicator.cxx - a vacuum-powered attitude indicator. // Written by David Megginson, started 2002. // // This file is in the Public Domain and comes with no warranty. // TODO: // - better spin-up #include // fabs() #include "attitude_indicator.hxx" #include
#include
AttitudeIndicator::AttitudeIndicator () { } AttitudeIndicator::~AttitudeIndicator () { } void AttitudeIndicator::init () { // TODO: allow index of pump and AI // to be configured. _pitch_in_node = fgGetNode("/orientation/pitch-deg", true); _roll_in_node = fgGetNode("/orientation/roll-deg", true); _suction_node = fgGetNode("/systems/vacuum[0]/suction-inhg", true); _tumble_flag_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/config/tumble-flag", true); _caged_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/caged-flag", true); _tumble_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/tumble-norm", true); _pitch_int_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/internal-pitch-deg", true); _roll_int_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/internal-roll-deg", true); _pitch_out_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/indicated-pitch-deg", true); _roll_out_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/indicated-roll-deg", true); } void AttitudeIndicator::bind () { fgTie("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/serviceable", &_gyro, &Gyro::is_serviceable, &Gyro::set_serviceable); fgTie("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/spin", &_gyro, &Gyro::get_spin_norm, &Gyro::set_spin_norm); } void AttitudeIndicator::unbind () { fgUntie("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/serviceable"); fgUntie("/instrumentation/attitude-indicator/spin"); } void AttitudeIndicator::update (double dt) { // If it's caged, it doesn't indicate if (_caged_node->getBoolValue()) { _roll_int_node->setDoubleValue(0.0); _pitch_int_node->setDoubleValue(0.0); return; } // Get the spin from the gyro _gyro.set_power_norm(_suction_node->getDoubleValue()/5.0); _gyro.update(dt); double spin = _gyro.get_spin_norm(); // Calculate the responsiveness double responsiveness = spin * spin * spin * spin * spin * spin; // Get the indicated roll and pitch double roll = _roll_in_node->getDoubleValue(); double pitch = _pitch_in_node->getDoubleValue(); // Calculate the tumble for the // next pass. if (_tumble_flag_node->getBoolValue()) { double tumble = _tumble_node->getDoubleValue(); if (fabs(roll) > 45.0) { double target = (fabs(roll) - 45.0) / 45.0; target *= target; // exponential past +-45 degrees if (roll < 0) target = -target; if (fabs(target) > fabs(tumble)) tumble = target; if (tumble > 1.0) tumble = 1.0; else if (tumble < -1.0) tumble = -1.0; } // Reerect in 5 minutes double step = dt/300.0; if (tumble < -step) tumble += step; else if (tumble > step) tumble -= step; roll += tumble * 45; _tumble_node->setDoubleValue(tumble); } roll = fgGetLowPass(_roll_int_node->getDoubleValue(), roll, responsiveness); pitch = fgGetLowPass(_pitch_int_node->getDoubleValue(), pitch, responsiveness); // Assign the new values _roll_int_node->setDoubleValue(roll); _pitch_int_node->setDoubleValue(pitch); // add in a gyro underspin "error" if gyro is spinning too slowly const double spin_thresh = 0.8; const double max_roll_error = 40.0; const double max_pitch_error = 12.0; double roll_error; double pitch_error; if ( spin <= spin_thresh ) { double roll_error_factor = (spin_thresh - spin) / spin_thresh; double pitch_error_factor = (spin_thresh - spin) / spin_thresh; roll_error = roll_error_factor * roll_error_factor * max_roll_error; pitch_error = pitch_error_factor * pitch_error_factor * max_pitch_error; } else { roll_error = 0.0; pitch_error = 0.0; } _roll_out_node->setDoubleValue(roll + roll_error); _pitch_out_node->setDoubleValue(pitch + pitch_error); } // end of attitude_indicator.cxx