Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Fix: Engine problems with latest JSBSim CVS version

[Felix Ruess]

Hi Andreas,

thx, I added that and it seems to be working for me, though I only did
a really quick test.

Cheers, Felix

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Andreas Gaeb <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> with the latest JSBSim CVS version, the propulsion system seems to need
> to be initialized explicitly from the simulation program. With my
> airframe, the simulation diverged because I got astronomic RPMs while
> the Malolo1 simply dropped to the ground because the engines did not start.
>
> This can be cured by adding the line
> FDMExec->GetPropulsion()->InitRunning(-1);
> to sw/simulator/sim_ac_jsbsim.c before the RunIC() call in line 224.
> This starts up all engines.
> I didn't check this with earlier JSBSim versions, but it seems this
> function or something similar was called automatically before the
> changes from . The explicit call shouldn't hurt in this case.
>
> Best regards,
>        Andreas
>
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