On June 28, 2007 09:44:54 am Roy Vegard Ovesen wrote: > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 23:05, woodyst wrote: > > > >> The diffs are at > > > >> http://www.eurogaran.com/fgfs/fgfs_ap_joy_locking.diff and > > > >> http://www.eurogaran.com/fgfs/kap140_locking_controls_capable.diff > > AFAIK real life autopilots can be overpowered by the pilot. Wheter this is > done by brute force or if the servos can sense that they are being > overpowered and then let go, I don't know. Since we don't have any force > feedback support in Flightgear, we'll have to make the autopilot sense that > it is being overpowered. > > The hard part will be how to decide that the pilot is trying to overpower > the autopilot. One possibility is to press a button to tell that you are > overpowering.
My guess is that it probably monitors the integrated term in a PID controller, and disengages when the value reaches a certain threshold. Ampere ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
