Namespace globals towing

hitch

Version: 30. December 2014 Purpose of this routine: ------------------------ - Create visible winch- and towropes for gliders and towplanes - Support of aerotowing and winch for JSBSim-aircraft (glider and towplanes) This routine is very similar to /FDM/YASim/Hitch.cpp Aerotowing is fully compatible to the YASim functionality. This means that YASim-gliders could be towed by JSBSim-aircraft and vice versa. Setup-instructions with copy and paste examples are given below: Setup of visible winch/towropes for Yasim-aircraft: ---------------------------------------------------- YASim-aircraft with winch/aerotowing functionality should work out of the box. Optional you can customize the rope-diameter by adding the following to "your_aircraft-set.xml": </sim> <hitches> <aerotow> <rope> <rope-diameter-mm type ="float">10</rope-diameter-mm> </rope> </aerotow> <winch> <rope> <rope-diameter-mm type ="float">20</rope-diameter-mm> </rope> </winch> </hitches> </sim> That's all! Support of aerotowing and winch for JSBSim-aircraft (glider and towplanes): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Define a hitch in the JSBSim-File. Coordinates according to JSBSims structural frame of reference (x points to the tail, y points to the right wing, z points upwards). Unit must be "LBS", frame must be "BODY". The force name is arbitrary. <external_reactions> <force name="hitch" frame="BODY" unit="LBS" > <location unit="M"> <x>3.65</x> <y> 0.0</y> <z>-0.12</z> </location> <direction> <x>0.0</x> <y>0.0</y> <z>0.0</z> </direction> </force> </external_reactions>