From d56bc5c9df49e0f4fca5c417057e3b5dcefdea72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: david <david>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:20:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] If the gyro becomes unserviceable, stop spinning immediately.

---
 src/Instrumentation/gyro.cxx | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/gyro.cxx b/src/Instrumentation/gyro.cxx
index 3cb5b3152..93fee30be 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/gyro.cxx
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/gyro.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Gyro::update (double delta_time_sec)
         double step = 0.25 * _power_norm * delta_time_sec;
         if ((_spin_norm + step) <= _power_norm)
             _spin_norm += step;
+    } else {
+        _spin_norm = 0;         // stop right away if the gyro breaks
     }
 
                                 // clamp the spin to 0.0:1.0
-- 
2.39.5