On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 16:15, Jim Wilson wrote:
> Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >
> > The way its set up right now, it should trim in-air if the speed is
> > above 10 knots.
> > >From FGJSBSim::do_trim():
> > if(fgic->GetVcalibratedKtsIC() < 10 ) {
> > fgic->SetVcalibratedKtsIC(0.0);
> > fgtrim=new FGTrim(fdmex,fgic,tGround);
> > } else {
> > fgtrim=new FGTrim(fdmex,fgic,tLongitudinal);
> > }
> >
> > If there's a more reliable way to figure out that we want to
> > be on the ground (aside from a similar hack with altitude)
> > I'll be happy to change it.
> >
>
>
> Ah...one more thing. When it does this jbssim reports that it's setting the
> correct altitude, then it goes to the same elevation as the starting position
> (just doesn't change the long/lat). Then it seems if you aren't in the right
> place it crashes with a Fatal error: Tile not found, attempting to schedule
> tiles for a bogus long/lat.
>
> This link below is the output from such an event. It appears that the ground
> level at the location where the program crashed was actually 539ft or about
> 200-300 feet higher than the initial altitude at take-off. Not sure if I'm
> reading this right, but maybe you can see something here:
>
> http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/ctrlubug.txt
Well, it's doing a ground trim because the speed is zero, now why is
that? Hmmm...
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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