- double I = 0.0;
- for (unsigned int i=0; i<PointMassLoc.size(); i++) {
- I += (PointMassLoc[i](eX)-vXYZcg(eX))*(PointMassLoc[i](eZ)-vXYZcg(eZ))*PointMassWeight[i];
- }
- I /= (144.0*Inertial->gravity());
- return I;
+ // Under the assumption that in the structural frame the:
+ //
+ // - X-axis is directed afterwards,
+ // - Y-axis is directed towards the right,
+ // - Z-axis is directed upwards,
+ //
+ // (as documented in http://jsbsim.sourceforge.net/JSBSimCoordinates.pdf)
+ // we have to subtract first the center of gravity of the plane which
+ // is also defined in the structural frame:
+ //
+ // FGColumnVector3 cgOff = r - vXYZcg;
+ //
+ // Next, we do a change of units:
+ //
+ // cgOff *= inchtoft;
+ //
+ // And then a 180 degree rotation is done about the Y axis so that the:
+ //
+ // - X-axis is directed forward,
+ // - Y-axis is directed towards the right,
+ // - Z-axis is directed downward.
+ //
+ // This is needed because the structural and body frames are 180 degrees apart.
+
+ return FGColumnVector3(inchtoft*(vXYZcg(1)-r(1)),
+ inchtoft*(r(2)-vXYZcg(2)),
+ inchtoft*(vXYZcg(3)-r(3)));