Pitch actuator sensors
The
Pitch actuator sensor
can be added by clicking on the sensor icon on the
Pitch actuator part, as shown in the picture below
The
Pitch actuator sensor will only give an output if the actuator mode is set to
Pitch actuators. If the mode is set to
No structural pitch, the structure of the blade will not pitch and the sensor will only output zeroes. For more info, see the
Pitch actuators part.
The
Pitch actuators sensor provides the following fields:
| Field | Unit | Description |
| Demanded pitch | deg | Pitch angle demanded by the controller, before the pitch actuator dynamics are applied |
| Pitch angle | deg | Actual structural pitch angle of the blade, after the pitch actuator dynamics are applied |
| Pitch error | deg | the difference bewteen the structural pitch and the aerodynamic pitch for blades 0, 1 and 2, respectively |
| Demanded torque | Nm | Pitching torque demanded by the pitch actuator at the current time step |
| P term | Nm | Proportional term of the pitch actuator's PID controller |
| I term | Nm | Integral term of the pitch actuator's PID controller |
| D term | Nm | Derivative term of the pitch actuator's PID controller |