BankAngle:

Path: AerospaceUtils/Coord

% Bank angle computations
 The angle between the vehicle's normal axis
 and the Earth's vertical plane containing the aircraft's longitudinal
 axis. All vectors must be in the same frame.

 Type BankAngle for a demo.
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   function:
   [sigma, alpha] = BankAngle( r, v, n, x )
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   Inputs
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   r               (3,1) Vector to vehicle
   v               (3,1) Velocity vector
   n               (3,:) Normal vectors
   x               (3,1) Longitudinal axis

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   Outputs
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   sigma           (1,:) Bank angle (rad)

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Children:

Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Math: Linear/Cross
Math: Linear/Mag
Math: Linear/Unit

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