RE: [Jsbsim-devel] how to input control surface angles into JSBSim

[Tony P. <ap...@ea...>]

On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 19:14, Jon Berndt wrote:
> > It must be possible to input control surface angles into JSBSim since
> > FlightGear must do this in order for a pilot to be able to control an
> > airplane in flight. Furthermore it must be possible to control the control
> > surfaces without any processing in between (as in a simple gain between the
> > joystick and the control surfaces.) Yet I have not seen any documentation on
> > this interface. Is it in the (currently withdrawn) User's Manual? Am I right
> > in stating the above, Jon?
> 
> Ahhh! I see what you want to do, now. Yes, it is most certainly possible to do this. In
> fact, You can do this from a script. One can set the pilot inputs via a script. Then the
> pilot inputs are processed by the control laws to arrive at aerosurface deflections.
> However, if the pilot inputs and processing (control laws) are NOT there, then the
> aerosurfaces will not be set - UNLESS they are set directly. All you have to do is - prior
> to calling the FGFDMExec::Run() function - set the aerosurface deflections "manually".

Or set up an FCS within the JSBSim config file that has a simple gain of
1 for each control axis.   Then the pilot inputs will be directly
connected to the control surfaces.

> 
> Jon
> 
> 
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