FlightGear Preconfigured 6DoF Animation - Connect model to FlightGear flight simulator

Library

Animation/Flight Simulator Interfaces

Description

The FlightGear Preconfigured 6DoF Animation block lets you drive position and attitude values to a FlightGear flight simulator vehicle given double precision values for longitude (l), latitude (ι), altitude (h), roll (ϕ), pitch (θ), and yaw (ψ) respectively.

The block is a masked subsystem containing principally a Pack net_fdm Packet for FlightGear block set for 6DoF inputs, a Send net_fdm Packet to FlightGear block, and a Simulation Pace block. To access the full capabilities of these blocks, use the individual corresponding blocks from the Aerospace Blockset library.

The block is additionally configured as a SimViewingDevice, so that if you generate code for your model using the Real-Time Workshop product and connect to the running target code using theReal-Time Workshop External Mode available from the model's toolbar, then the Simulink software can obtain the data from the target on the fly and transmit position and attitude data to FlightGear. The SimViewingDevice facility is described in the Simulink documentation.

This block does not produce deployable code, but can be used with Real-Time Workshop external mode as a SimViewingDevice.

Dialog Box

FlightGear version

Select your FlightGear software version.

Supported versions: v0.9.3, v0.9.8/0.9.8a, v0.9.9, v0.9.10, v1.0, v1.9.1.

Destination IP address

Specify your destination IP address.

Destination port

Specify your destination port.

Sample time

Specify the sample time (–1 for inherited).

Inputs and Outputs

Input	Dimension Type	Description
First	Vector	Contains the longitude, latitude, altitude, roll, pitch, and yaw, in double precision. Units are degrees west/north for longitude and latitude, meters above mean sea level for altitude, and radians for attitude values.

Reference

Bowditch, N., American Practical Navigator, An Epitome of Navigation, US Navy Hydrographic Office, 1802.