RCAIDE.Library.Methods.Powertrain.Systems.compute_flight_controls_power_draw

compute_flight_controls_power_draw#

compute_flight_controls_power_draw(flight_controls, vehicle, state, bus)[source]#

Computes the power draw of an flight_controls system.

Parameters:

flight_controls (flight_controls) –
The flight_controls component with the following attributes:
- power_drawfloat
  Power consumption of the flight_controls component [W]
flight_controls_conditions (Conditions) –
Object to store flight_controls power conditions with the following attributes:
- powernumpy.ndarray
  Array to store the computed power draw values [W]
conditions (Conditions) – Object containing mission conditions (not directly used in this function)

Returns:

This function modifies the flight_controls_conditions.power array in-place.

Return type:

None

Notes

This function assigns the constant power draw value from the flight_controls component to the power array in the flight_controls_conditions object. The power draw is assumed to be constant throughout the mission segment.

For more complex flight_controls models, this function could be extended to calculate power draw based on operating mode, altitude, or other mission parameters.