// heading_indicator.cxx - a vacuum-powered heading indicator. // Written by David Megginson, started 2002. // // This file is in the Public Domain and comes with no warranty. #include "heading_indicator.hxx" #include
#include
HeadingIndicator::HeadingIndicator () { } HeadingIndicator::~HeadingIndicator () { } void HeadingIndicator::init () { _serviceable_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/heading-indicator/serviceable", true); _spin_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/heading-indicator/spin", true); _offset_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/heading-indicator/offset-deg", true); _heading_in_node = fgGetNode("/orientation/heading-deg", true); _suction_node = fgGetNode("/systems/vacuum[0]/suction-inhg", true); _heading_out_node = fgGetNode("/instrumentation/heading-indicator/indicated-heading-deg", true); _last_heading_deg = (_heading_in_node->getDoubleValue() + _offset_node->getDoubleValue()); } void HeadingIndicator::bind () { } void HeadingIndicator::unbind () { } void HeadingIndicator::update (double dt) { // First, calculate the bogo-spin from 0 to 1. // All numbers are made up. double spin = _spin_node->getDoubleValue(); spin -= 0.005 * dt; // spin decays every 0.5% every second. // spin increases up to 25% every second // if suction is available and the gauge // is serviceable. if (_serviceable_node->getBoolValue()) { double suction = _suction_node->getDoubleValue(); double step = 0.25 * (suction / 5.0) * dt; if ((spin + step) <= (suction / 5.0)) spin += step; } if (spin > 1.0) spin = 1.0; else if (spin < 0.0) spin = 0.0; _spin_node->setDoubleValue(spin); // Next, calculate time-based precession double offset = _offset_node->getDoubleValue(); offset -= dt * (0.25 / 60.0); // 360deg/day while (offset < -360) offset += 360; while (offset > 360) offset -= 360; _offset_node->setDoubleValue(offset); // TODO: movement-induced error // Next, calculate the indicated heading, // introducing errors. double factor = 0.01 / (spin * spin * spin * spin * spin * spin); double heading = _heading_in_node->getDoubleValue(); heading = fgGetLowPass(_last_heading_deg, heading, dt/factor); _last_heading_deg = heading; heading += offset; while (heading < 0) heading += 360; while (heading > 360) heading -= 360; _heading_out_node->setDoubleValue(heading); } // end of heading_indicator.cxx