An update on my project (please see my previous two posts).
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhdR2Iesfuw
This is a screencast of APM2 running in HIL mode with the X-plane RC plane in an 8kt wind over a simple course, takeoff, circuit including loiter, land, fully auto (radio not touched). In JSBSim/SITL results are actually better than X-plane HIL which has poor resolution and slow sensor upd…