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Claude 1be7e90ec2 Add flaps: flappable tag, flap lever on the control node, flap physics (0.4.0)
Shift-right-click a block in improved_aerodynamics:flappable to make it a flap.
G/H step the node's flap lever UP/TAKEOFF/LANDING; flaps slew to the configured
angle, add lift and drag and raise the stall angle, and retract above a max speed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YVREx3uo7nz1FEhzveWTUh
2026-11-11 18:36:28 +01:00

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package dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.flight;
import dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.Config;
/**
* Flight model based on each surface's angle of attack, used instead of {@link WariumAero} when enabled.
* <p>
* Every block is treated as one unit of wing area that sees the airflow at its own position, including the part
* caused by the ship's rotation. Lift is {@code K * pressure * airspeed² * CL(angle of attack)}: slow, heavy or
* high-g flight needs a higher angle of attack for the same lift until a surface reaches its critical angle and
* stalls. Stalls are per surface, soft (lift fades over a few degrees into flat-plate behaviour) and sticky (a
* stalled surface only recovers a few degrees below its critical angle). Rotational damping is not added
* separately, it comes from the surfaces' changing angle of attack while rotating, so it vanishes for stalled
* surfaces and thrust vectoring can hold the nose past the stall.
* <p>
* K is chosen so that a level wing at the configured design speed makes exactly Warium's lift.
*/
final class ImprovedAero {
// Lift slope of a finite wing per radian, about 80% of thin airfoil theory's 2 pi
private static final double LIFT_SLOPE = 2.0 * Math.PI * 0.8;
private static final double INDUCED_DRAG = 0.05;
// Fully separated flow behaves like a flat plate
private static final double SEPARATED_LIFT = 1.1;
private static final double SEPARATED_DRAG = 1.8;
private static final double STALL_BLEND = Math.toRadians(2.0);
private static final double STALL_HYSTERESIS = Math.toRadians(3.0);
private static final double MAX_DEFLECTION = Math.toRadians(20.0);
// Share of the deflection that acts as angle of attack, gives Warium's control authority at the design speed
private static final double FLAP_EFFECTIVENESS = 0.75;
// How much of the lift a flap adds raises the stall angle, and the parasitic drag coefficient per radian² of flap
// Share of the flap's deflection that acts as angle of attack: 35 degrees of landing flap adds about 1.1 to the
// lift coefficient, like a real plain or slotted flap
private static final double FLAP_ALPHA_FACTOR = 0.4;
private static final double FLAP_STALL_GAIN = 0.7;
private static final double FLAP_DRAG = 0.35;
// Angle of attack of a level cambered wing, where K is calibrated
private static final double REFERENCE_ANGLE = Math.toRadians(4.0);
private static final double REFERENCE_SPEED = 40.0;
// Oswald efficiency of a finite wing
private static final double EFFICIENCY = 0.85;
private ImprovedAero() {
}
/**
* Lift constant K, fixed for every craft: a level wing of average proportions makes Warium's lift at 40 blocks per
* second. Faster flight needs less angle of attack, slower flight more, and how fast a craft has to fly depends
* only on its weight, wing area, wing shape and the air pressure at its altitude.
*/
static final double LIFT_CONSTANT = 160.0 / (REFERENCE_SPEED * LIFT_SLOPE * REFERENCE_ANGLE);
/** The config values the model reads, taken once per evaluation. */
record Tuning(double liftScale, double stallAngleScale, double thinDrag,
boolean transonic, double speedOfSound, double transonicPeakDrag, double supersonicDrag,
boolean vortex, double vortexStallBonus, double vortexLiftStrength) {
static Tuning read() {
return new Tuning(Config.LIFT_SCALE.get(), Config.STALL_ANGLE_SCALE.get(), Config.STABILIZER_DRAG.get(),
Config.TRANSONIC_DRAG.get(), Config.SPEED_OF_SOUND.get(), Config.TRANSONIC_PEAK_DRAG.get(),
Config.SUPERSONIC_DRAG.get(),
Config.VORTEX_LIFT.get(), Config.VORTEX_STALL_BONUS.get(), Config.VORTEX_LIFT_STRENGTH.get());
}
}
/**
* Adds the surface's forces to out.
*
* @param v ship velocity, ship axes
* @param w ship angular velocity, ship axes
* @param r block center relative to the center of mass, ship axes
* @param input control input of the surface, -1 to 1
* @param flap flap deflection in radians, 0 for surfaces that are not flaps
* @param stalled whether the surface was stalled in the previous substep
* @return whether the surface is stalled now
*/
static boolean evaluate(AeroSurface s, double[] v, double[] w, double[] r, double input, double flap, double weight,
Tuning tuning, boolean stalled, Wrench out) {
// Airflow at the block: ship velocity plus w x r
double vx = v[0] + w[1] * r[2] - w[2] * r[1];
double vy = v[1] + w[2] * r[0] - w[0] * r[2];
double vz = v[2] + w[0] * r[1] - w[1] * r[0];
double localSpeed = Math.sqrt(vx * vx + vy * vy + vz * vz);
double p = s.pressure() * weight;
double m = s.speedMultiplier();
double fd = s.fluidFactor();
if (s.type() == SurfaceType.AIR_BRAKE) {
double ds = -(s.facingX() * vx + s.facingZ() * vz);
double brake = -Math.abs(ds * 100.0 * s.brakeInput() * p * fd);
out.addForce(r, vx * brake, vy * brake, vz * brake);
return false;
}
// Warium's own per-block drag, lower for thin surfaces since they stabilize with lift, not drag. Shock waves
// multiply it near the speed of sound; this is the only zero-lift drag a craft has, induced and stall drag
// below are not affected
double shockDrag = tuning.transonic()
? TransonicDrag.multiplier(localSpeed / tuning.speedOfSound(), tuning.transonicPeakDrag(), tuning.supersonicDrag())
: 1.0;
double parasitic = -localSpeed * (s.type().thin ? tuning.thinDrag() : s.type().parasiticDrag) * shockDrag * p / m;
out.addForce(r, vx * parasitic, vy * parasitic, vz * parasitic);
// Chord c along the facing, normal n up for horizontal surfaces and to the side for vertical ones
double cx = s.facingX();
double cz = s.facingZ();
double nx = s.type().vertical ? s.rightX() : 0.0;
double ny = s.type().vertical ? 0.0 : 1.0;
double nz = s.type().vertical ? s.rightZ() : 0.0;
double u = vx * cx + vz * cz;
double vn = vx * nx + vy * ny + vz * nz;
double planeSpeedSq = u * u + vn * vn;
if (planeSpeedSq < 1.0E-4) {
return stalled;
}
double planeSpeed = Math.sqrt(planeSpeedSq);
// Moving down through the air (vn < 0) means air hits the underside: positive angle of attack.
// Surfaces work the same with air coming from either end of the chord, like in Warium
double alpha = Math.atan2(-vn, Math.abs(u));
alpha += Math.toRadians(s.type().camber);
if (s.type().controllable) {
// Same sign convention as Warium: positive input pushes along n while moving against the facing
alpha += FLAP_EFFECTIVENESS * MAX_DEFLECTION * input * (u <= 0.0 ? 1.0 : -1.0);
}
// A flap bends the airfoil's camber whichever way the air comes, so it always adds lift, and it moves the stall
// up with it: a flap raises the highest lift a wing can make
double flapShift = FLAP_ALPHA_FACTOR * flap;
alpha += flapShift;
alpha = Math.max(-Math.PI / 2.0, Math.min(Math.PI / 2.0, alpha));
// Low aspect ratio wings keep their flow attached longer thanks to leading-edge vortices. Control surfaces
// in a wing's group stall with the wing instead of before it
double vortexFactor = tuning.vortex() && (s.type() == SurfaceType.WING || s.wingGroup() && s.type().controllable)
? VortexLift.factor(s.aspectRatio()) : 0.0;
double baseStall = s.slab() ? SurfaceType.SLAB_STALL_ANGLE
: s.wingGroup() && s.type().controllable ? SurfaceType.WING.stallAngle : s.type().stallAngle;
double critical = Math.toRadians(baseStall) * (1.0 + tuning.vortexStallBonus() * vortexFactor) * tuning.stallAngleScale();
double absAlpha = Math.abs(alpha);
if (alpha >= 0.0) {
critical += FLAP_STALL_GAIN * flapShift;
}
// Flips only where both blends agree, so the hysteresis never makes the force jump
if (!stalled && absAlpha > critical + STALL_BLEND) {
stalled = true;
} else if (stalled && absAlpha < critical - STALL_HYSTERESIS - STALL_BLEND) {
stalled = false;
}
double center = stalled ? critical - STALL_HYSTERESIS : critical;
double attached = 1.0 - smoothstep(center - STALL_BLEND, center + STALL_BLEND, absAlpha);
// Finite wing theory: lift slope and induced drag follow from the wing's aspect ratio
double aspectRatio = s.aspectRatio();
double slope = aspectRatio > 0.0 ? 2.0 * Math.PI / (1.0 + 2.0 / aspectRatio) : LIFT_SLOPE;
double inducedDrag = aspectRatio > 0.0 ? 1.0 / (Math.PI * EFFICIENCY * aspectRatio) : INDUCED_DRAG;
double attachedLift = slope * alpha;
if (s.type() == SurfaceType.WING) {
attachedLift += VortexLift.liftCoefficient(alpha, vortexFactor, tuning.vortexLiftStrength());
}
double lift = attached * attachedLift + (1.0 - attached) * SEPARATED_LIFT * Math.sin(2.0 * alpha);
double drag = attached * inducedDrag * attachedLift * attachedLift
+ (1.0 - attached) * SEPARATED_DRAG * Math.sin(alpha) * Math.sin(alpha);
double q = LIFT_CONSTANT * p * fd * planeSpeedSq;
// Lift is perpendicular to the airflow in the chord/normal plane, on the side of n
double side = u < 0.0 ? -1.0 : 1.0;
double lx = (Math.abs(u) * nx - side * vn * cx) / planeSpeed;
double ly = Math.abs(u) * ny / planeSpeed;
double lz = (Math.abs(u) * nz - side * vn * cz) / planeSpeed;
// Drag opposes the airflow in that plane
double dx = -(u * cx + vn * nx) / planeSpeed;
double dy = -(vn * ny) / planeSpeed;
double dz = -(u * cz + vn * nz) / planeSpeed;
double liftForce = q * lift * tuning.liftScale();
double dragForce = q * (drag + FLAP_DRAG * flap * flap) / m;
out.addForce(r, lx * liftForce + dx * dragForce, ly * liftForce + dy * dragForce, lz * liftForce + dz * dragForce);
return stalled;
}
static double smoothstep(double edge0, double edge1, double x) {
double t = Math.max(0.0, Math.min(1.0, (x - edge0) / (edge1 - edge0)));
return t * t * (3.0 - 2.0 * t);
}
}