XML math for attitude flight director linkage bars

[Guest Karl R Pettersen]

HiI have been trying to create the code for the two small bars that drives the flight director, but no success yet. Or, limited success only.What I'm looking for is the math needed to shift these bars horizontally and vertically so that their top link is located at the same spot the flight director is located during it's pitch shift and bank rotation.How do I need to "think" math, in order to make this work properly?See the picture on what actually happens currenyly at great bank and pitch angles, and the txt file for the current code for this part (linkages and flight director bar).Any suggestions?

[Guest bartels]

Is this assembly a parallelogram? If yes:let r be the half horizontal distance at bank 0. then the y shift is the pitch+sin(bank)*r the x shift is -r*(1-cos(bank)) (left linkage) and r*(1-cos(bank)) (right linkage)I hope I got the directions right, maybe it's -bank.Arne Bartels

[Guest bartels]

I reread your code and it looks OK I think. Have you checked the Scales? Arne Bartels

[Guest Karl R Pettersen]

I have tried modifying the scales, and I'm only getting back to where I am now, roughly. I didn't check my maths against your suggestion, I assume yur statement "looks Ok I think" is good enough for me :)And it does move sortof correctly for medium banks and pitches. When things get extreme though it dissconnects the links badly.I guess what I have been able to setup is a parallelogram movement, but I'm not considering that the links are in fact connected to a V rather than straight line.So, how do I take the V shape (creating offsets) into account?

[Guest bartels]

Hm, didn't thought properly about it. Finally I might have some time to spare (first half of last years holiday).It is based on the Baron attitude indicator? I'll play around with the bitmaps and dimensions, or mail me your stuff and I have a look.Arne Bartels

[Guest bartels]

To take V shape into account you can "prerotate" by adding (subtracting) the half V angel and work with the lengths of the legs as radius.Arne Bartels

[Guest Karl R Pettersen]

Sorry for being so stupid :) I've tried a few "rotations" but I'm not getting anywhere with it. If doing this rotation stuff, how do you add these calculations into the vertical and horisontal for the linkage bars? Do you have an example, or how you would go at it?