Hi all, I have been a silent observer here for awhile now, thought it might be time to pop in and say hi. I have been playing around with FG for a few months now on and off, although only in the last few weeks have I started to seriously investigate using it for my work. Myself and a small group here are thinking of using FG as part of a UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle, in case that helps :-) simulator. I should say at the outset that the basis that FG provides should be excellent for our work (well done, developers). We're developing the simulator for Windows (sorry Linux/unix fans!) and hope to incorporate sensor models (EO/IR), develop control laws and test new air vehicle configurations (probably starting with the UAV currently in swedish service http://www.k3.mil.se/article.php?id=1620 (sorry its in swedish but the pics give the idea)). I expect JSBsim will offer most flexibility etc for the FDM so that is our basis.
Among the tasks that I have flagged that will need consideration for our work (and would hope we could contribute to the FG development) include: (a) an atmospheric turbulence model (noting the discussion a few weeks back from Jon et at on this) (b) gas turbine model (c) flight controller structure. So far (as in, late last week) I have played around with an F-16 database (as per NASA TP-1538, reproduced in Stevens & Lewis) and have incorporated a basis aeromodel for that. Of course, on its own this is pretty much useless but I thought I would use it as the basis for getting a grip of the controller and propulsion elements. As a way of contributing some aeromodels I hope to get my hands on some data for some elderly Saab aircraft (Safir; a piston prop) and Saab 105 (jet trainer). The former should be easy enough to "plug in" I imagine given the FG piston engine and propeller classes. The latter though will have to wait on a gas turbine model. I also have another few aeromodels kicking around but arent sure right now of their applicability/usefulness. Will keep the flightmodel list informed on progress there. Finally, I should say that I am an aero engineer first and amateur C hacker way down the list, so I hope you will be able to forgive some dumb coding related questions occassionally :-) Hope I can make a useful contribution, /Cameron. (I should also mention that for those like myself who enjoy mucking around with aerodata there is a Saab Gripen-like database at http://www.flyg.kth.se/edu-dir/downloads-dir/ that is rather comprehensive) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Cameron Munro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ph.D. Candidate Division of Mech. Eng. Systems, IKP Linkoping University, S-581 83 Linkoping SWEDEN Tel: +46 13 285783 Mob. +46 704-540430 Fax: +46 13 130414 ICQ: 47380850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
