Merge branch 'fred/effects-doc' into next

[flightgear.git] / src / Autopilot / autobrake.cxx

diff --git a/src/Autopilot/autobrake.cxx b/src/Autopilot/autobrake.cxx
index 053c55e89888e67501a113e6491568d32a02d204..ec1fcfc0e1aa67e55ddbf8caddbb3df0328d3784 100644 (file)
--- a/src/Autopilot/autobrake.cxx
+++ b/src/Autopilot/autobrake.cxx
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ void FGAutoBrake::postinit()
 {  
   _weightOnWheelsNode = fgGetNode("/gear/gear/wow");
   _groundspeedNode = fgGetNode("/velocities/groundspeed-kt");
+  if (!_weightOnWheelsNode) {
+    return; // don't crash if we're using an acft (UFO, ATC, with no WoW flag)
+  }
+  
   _lastWoW = _weightOnWheelsNode->getBoolValue();
 }