arktools / jsbsim

JSBSim Advanced Trimming Branch
http://arktools.github.com/jsbsim/
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Aircraft doesn't appear to turn in yaw direction #9

Open cstrode opened 12 years ago

cstrode commented 12 years ago

When trimming 0.2 rad/s yawrate, does not actually turn when running simulate.

alanjt commented 12 years ago

This may due to the Nelder-Mead algorithm trimming to the wrong local minimum.

Is it possible to apply more lateral constraints when trimming?

e.g.

  1. for straight and level flight - roll angle, yaw angle, roll rate and yaw rate all zero.
  2. for steady turning flight - no lateral acceleration felt by crew - i.e sideslip bubble is zero. ( also met by required bank angle is a function of desired rate of turn and speed.)
  3. for steady sideslip and asymmetric engine out, - yaw rate, roll rate both zero

Alan