On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:46:11 -0500, Jeff wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > >..which UAV, url? > > > No url yet, but I can tell you it is my senior design project at > Virginia Commonwealth University and it is for a AUVSI sponsored > competition: > http://www.bowheadsupport.com/paxweb/seafarers/default.htm > > > ..this "blows you away from the truth", as FG will not know the > > exact details of the weather your UAV flies in. "Doing the > > opposite" of what you propose, taking speed, altitude, etc and > > attitude data from the telemetry link, to FG and then have FG "fly > > your UAV like an RC model plane", can be used to "find the true > > weather." Etc. > > > > I was thinking something like my UAV could be sitting on the ground, > but using FG to provide feedback, could think that it is flying. That > way we can do a full system test without taking off. ..you basically want FG "in the air and" the UAV "RC model" on the ground "on the same frequency so you can watch the rudders move." A "can do" thing, just tell your poor innocent UAV a ton of lies. ;o) > Although, I also plan to do as you say and pass on the data from the > plane to FG for visualization while it is flying or for mission > replay. I'm not sure if this will provide any real usefulness, but I'm > pretty sure it will look cool .. ;o) ..it also makes a starting point for an ATC "get-outta-my-way" traffic viewer and planning and maybe manouvering interface, to even warrant wooing funding from those worried .gov types. ;o) > > .."it's all in the source." ;o) > > And here, you will be pioneering and do a paper on this, right? ;o) > > > Ahh yes. I have figured out a good bit so far, and Curt just pointed > out the Readme.IO file that I somehow missed. ..ah! ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
