There is a group at my university that is using the Yard Stik as a platform to develop "micro" indoor UAV's. I'm trying to convince them that they should also be using FlightGear as a larger part of their simulation/visualization and development process.
Would there be anyone out there interested in building a quick yard stick 3d model? We would want it to scale. It wouldn't necessarily need every tiny little detail as long as it had the basic form. I could get detailed pictures and any specific dimensions you would need. Here is some basic pictures and dimensions:
http://www.electrifly.com/parkflyers/gpma1100.html
I'm hoping that if I can get someone in the FlightGear community to pitch in the 3d model, and then get this group at my university to create a JSBSim/YAsim model, then we'd have a flyable Yard Stik in FG which would be a fun diversion for anyone interested in R/C. They are in the process of instrumenting a real yard stick, so they will be able to collect a lot of very accurate and detailed aero data.
Just as an aside, I've been working with a different research group at my university to help them with their own UAV related project. We are using a Rascal 110 (which is reasonably modeled in FG already.) Last year I crashed Rascal #1 which was very depressing. During this most recent september, I took some of my "spare" time and rebuilt it. Yesterday I flew it for the first time after the complete rebuild/restore and it flew really great, just like it was brand new. I was very happy, especially considering how much damage was done to it a year ago. I've got pictures of the carnage and details of the restoration here:
http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/Models/Special/Rascal110_1/Rebuild/
My plan in the upcoming weeks is to instrument this Rascal, carefully collect some specific flight data, and use that to refine our Rascal JSBSim model even further. I already have modeled a set of autopilot configs in FG, but once I refine the simulator model, I'm going to go back and retune the gains on the autopilot. THEN I plan to port the FG autopilot code directly to the onboard flight computer on the Rascal and theoretically, if I've done everything well enough, it ought to fly autonomously on the first try. Or else, I may be back for another month in the woodworking shop. :-)
Regards,
Curt.
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Curtis Olson - University of Minnesota - FlightGear Project
http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ http://www.flightgear.org
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