On 07/05/2007 06:57 PM, gh.robin wrote:
When i opened that topic , it was to know if we could hope any FG update to
get an altitude instrument which can be able to indicate more than 61000 ft.
We have had a lot of discussion on it , but nothing which could give the right
answer.
Do we have to stay with that limitation => 61000 ft ?
No, we do not.
Back on 06/19/2007 03:20 PM, I sent a message Gérard off list, including
a patch to fix this, extending the existing model to over 100,000 feet.
Apparently the message got lost somehow.
Do we have to conclude that FG altitude instruments is unable to give the
right value?
As I explained on-list, there is nothing wrong with the altimeter.
I fixed the altimeter months ago.
The problem is in the model of the atmosphere, in environment.cxx,
where it computes the ambient pressure.
I will have more to say about this anon, but for now, here is
the patch again. It applies to today's CVS (offset one line).
--- src/Environment/environment.cxx 2007/06/19 18:58:22 1.1
+++ src/Environment/environment.cxx 2007/06/19 19:03:22
@@ -48,43 +48,50 @@
// Atmosphere model.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Copied from YASim Atmosphere.cxx, with m converted to ft, degK
-// converted to degC, Pa converted to inHG, and kg/m^3 converted to
-// slug/ft^3; they were then converted to deltas from the sea-level
-// defaults (approx. 15degC, 29.92inHG, and 0.00237slugs/ft^3).
-
-// Original comment from YASim:
-
-// Copied from McCormick, who got it from "The ARDC Model Atmosphere"
-// Note that there's an error in the text in the first entry,
-// McCormick lists 299.16/101325/1.22500, but those don't agree with
-// R=287. I chose to correct the temperature to 288.20, since 79F is
-// pretty hot for a "standard" atmosphere.
+// Calculated based on the ISA standard day, as found at e.g.
+// http://www.av8n.com/physics/altimetry.htm
-// Elevation (ft), temperature factor (degK), pressure factor (inHG)
+// Each line of data has 3 elements:
+// Elevation (ft),
+// temperature factor (dimensionless ratio of absolute temp),
+// pressure factor (dimensionless ratio)
static double atmosphere_data[][3] = {
- { 0.00, 1.00, 1.000 },
- { 2952.76, 0.98, 0.898 },
- { 5905.51, 0.96, 0.804 },
- { 8858.27, 0.94, 0.719 },
- { 11811.02, 0.92, 0.641 },
- { 14763.78, 0.90, 0.570 },
- { 17716.54, 0.88, 0.506 },
- { 20669.29, 0.86, 0.447 },
- { 23622.05, 0.84, 0.394 },
- { 26574.80, 0.82, 0.347 },
- { 29527.56, 0.80, 0.304 },
- { 32480.31, 0.78, 0.266 },
- { 35433.07, 0.76, 0.231 },
- { 38385.83, 0.75, 0.201 },
- { 41338.58, 0.75, 0.174 },
- { 44291.34, 0.75, 0.151 },
- { 47244.09, 0.75, 0.131 },
- { 50196.85, 0.75, 0.114 },
- { 53149.61, 0.75, 0.099 },
- { 56102.36, 0.75, 0.086 },
- { 59055.12, 0.75, 0.075 },
- { 62007.87, 0.75, 0.065 },
+ { -3000.00, 1.021, 1.1133 },
+ { 0.00, 1.000, 1.0000 },
+ { 2952.76, 0.980, 0.8978 },
+ { 5905.51, 0.959, 0.8042 },
+ { 8858.27, 0.939, 0.7187 },
+ { 11811.02, 0.919, 0.6407 },
+ { 14763.78, 0.898, 0.5697 },
+ { 17716.54, 0.878, 0.5052 },
+ { 20669.29, 0.858, 0.4468 },
+ { 23622.05, 0.838, 0.3940 },
+ { 26574.80, 0.817, 0.3463 },
+ { 29527.56, 0.797, 0.3034 },
+ { 32480.31, 0.777, 0.2649 },
+ { 35433.07, 0.756, 0.2305 },
+ { 38385.83, 0.752, 0.2000 },
+ { 41338.58, 0.752, 0.1736 },
+ { 44291.34, 0.752, 0.1506 },
+ { 47244.09, 0.752, 0.1307 },
+ { 50196.85, 0.752, 0.1134 },
+ { 53149.61, 0.752, 0.0984 },
+ { 56102.36, 0.752, 0.0854 },
+ { 59055.12, 0.752, 0.0741 },
+ { 62007.87, 0.752, 0.0643 },
+ { 65000.00, 0.752, 0.0557 },
+ { 68000.00, 0.754, 0.0482 },
+ { 71000.00, 0.758, 0.0418 },
+ { 74000.00, 0.761, 0.0362 },
+ { 77000.00, 0.764, 0.0314 },
+ { 80000.00, 0.767, 0.0273 },
+ { 83000.00, 0.770, 0.0237 },
+ { 86000.00, 0.773, 0.0206 },
+ { 89000.00, 0.777, 0.0179 },
+ { 92000.00, 0.780, 0.0156 },
+ { 95000.00, 0.783, 0.0135 },
+ { 98000.00, 0.786, 0.0118 },
+ { 101000.00, 0.789, 0.0103 },
{ -1, -1, -1 }
};
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