// airspeed_indicator.cxx - a regular pitot-static airspeed indicator. // Written by David Megginson, started 2002. // // This file is in the Public Domain and comes with no warranty. #include #include #include "airspeed_indicator.hxx" #include
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#include #include // A higher number means more responsive. #define RESPONSIVENESS 50.0 AirspeedIndicator::AirspeedIndicator ( SGPropertyNode *node ) : _name(node->getStringValue("name", "airspeed-indicator")), _num(node->getIntValue("number", 0)), _total_pressure(node->getStringValue("total-pressure", "/systems/pitot/total-pressure-inhg")), _static_pressure(node->getStringValue("static-pressure", "/systems/static/pressure-inhg")), _has_overspeed(node->getBoolValue("has-overspeed-indicator",false)), _pressure_alt_source(node->getStringValue("pressure-alt-source", "/instrumentation/altimeter/pressure-alt-ft")), _ias_limit(node->getDoubleValue("ias-limit", 248.0)), _mach_limit(node->getDoubleValue("mach-limit", 0.48)), _alt_threshold(node->getDoubleValue("alt-threshold", 13200)) { _environmentManager = NULL; } AirspeedIndicator::~AirspeedIndicator () { } void AirspeedIndicator::init () { string branch; branch = "/instrumentation/" + _name; SGPropertyNode *node = fgGetNode(branch.c_str(), _num, true ); _serviceable_node = node->getChild("serviceable", 0, true); _total_pressure_node = fgGetNode(_total_pressure.c_str(), true); _static_pressure_node = fgGetNode(_static_pressure.c_str(), true); _density_node = fgGetNode("/environment/density-slugft3", true); _speed_node = node->getChild("indicated-speed-kt", 0, true); _tas_node = node->getChild("true-speed-kt", 0, true); _mach_node = node->getChild("indicated-mach", 0, true); // overspeed-indicator properties if (_has_overspeed) { _ias_limit_node = node->getNode("ias-limit",0, true); _mach_limit_node = node->getNode("mach-limit",0, true); _alt_threshold_node = node->getNode("alt-threshold",0, true); if (!_ias_limit_node->hasValue()) { _ias_limit_node->setDoubleValue(_ias_limit); } if (!_mach_limit_node->hasValue()) { _mach_limit_node->setDoubleValue(_mach_limit); } if (!_alt_threshold_node->hasValue()) { _alt_threshold_node->setDoubleValue(_alt_threshold); } _airspeed_limit = node->getChild("airspeed-limit-kt", 0, true); _pressure_alt = fgGetNode(_pressure_alt_source.c_str(), true); } _environmentManager = (FGEnvironmentMgr*) globals->get_subsystem("environment"); } #ifndef FPSTOKTS # define FPSTOKTS 0.592484 #endif #ifndef INHGTOPSF # define INHGTOPSF (2116.217/29.9212) #endif void AirspeedIndicator::update (double dt) { if (!_serviceable_node->getBoolValue()) { return; } double pt = _total_pressure_node->getDoubleValue() * INHGTOPSF; double p = _static_pressure_node->getDoubleValue() * INHGTOPSF; double r = _density_node->getDoubleValue(); double q = ( pt - p ); // dynamic pressure // 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) / r); // Publish the indicated airspeed double last_speed_kt = _speed_node->getDoubleValue(); double current_speed_kt = v_fps * FPSTOKTS; double filtered_speed = fgGetLowPass(last_speed_kt, current_speed_kt, dt * RESPONSIVENESS); _speed_node->setDoubleValue(filtered_speed); computeMach(filtered_speed); if (!_has_overspeed) { return; } double lmt = _ias_limit_node->getDoubleValue(); if (_pressure_alt->getDoubleValue() > _alt_threshold_node->getDoubleValue()) { double mmo = _mach_limit_node->getDoubleValue(); lmt = (filtered_speed/_mach_node->getDoubleValue())* mmo; } _airspeed_limit->setDoubleValue(lmt); } void AirspeedIndicator::computeMach(double ias) { if (!_environmentManager) { return; } FGEnvironment env(_environmentManager->getEnvironment()); // derived from http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm#Mach // names here are picked to be consistent with those formulae! double oatK = env.get_temperature_degc() + 273.15; // OAT in Kelvin double CS = 38.967854 * sqrt(oatK); // speed-of-sound in knots at altitude double CS_0 = 661.4786; // speed-of-sound in knots at sea-level double P_0 = env.get_pressure_sea_level_inhg(); double P = _static_pressure_node->getDoubleValue(); double DP = P_0 * (pow(1 + 0.2*pow(ias/CS_0, 2), 3.5) - 1); double mach = pow(5 * ( pow(DP/P + 1, 2.0/7.0) -1) , 0.5); // publish Mach and TAS _mach_node->setDoubleValue(mach); _tas_node->setDoubleValue(CS * mach); } // end of airspeed_indicator.cxx