Version 1.0 (R2006b) Aerospace Toolbox Release Notes

Version 1.0 (R2006b) Aerospace Toolbox

This table summarizes what's new in Version 1.0 (R2006b):

New features introduced in this version are described here.

Introduction of Aerospace Toolbox Product

This product extends the MATLAB^® technical computing environment by providing reference standards, environment models, and aerodynamic coefficient importing for performing advanced aerospace analysis to develop and evaluate your designs. An interface to the FlightGear flight simulator enables you to visualize flight data in a three-dimensional environment and reconstruct behavioral anomalies in flight-test results. To ensure design consistency, the Aerospace Toolbox software provides utilities for unit conversions, coordinate transformations, and quaternion math, as well as standards-based environmental models for the atmosphere, gravity, and magnetic fields. You can import aerodynamic coefficients directly from the U.S. Air Force Digital Data Compendium (DATCOM) to carry out preliminary control design and vehicle performance analysis.

The toolbox provides you with the following main features:

• Provides standards-based environmental models for atmosphere, gravity, and magnetic fields.

• Converts units and transforms coordinate systems and spatial representations.

• Implements predefined utilities for aerospace parameter calculations, time calculations, and quaternion math.

• Imports aerodynamic coefficients directly from the U.S. Air Force Digital Data Compendium (DATCOM).

• Interfaces to the FlightGear flight simulator, enabling visualization of vehicle dynamics in a three-dimensional environment.

The Aerospace Toolbox software has the following limitation:

• The FlightGear animation object can not be compiled with the MATLAB^® Compiler™ software to create a standalone application.

Version 1.1 (R2007a) Aerospace Toolbox

Aerospace Toolbox Compatibility Summary