X-Plane HIL simulator, now with Auto Takeoff and Landing
I've finally perfected the X-Plane HIL for Ardupilot. This will be a feature on 2.6.3 which will be in beta today.
Flying Waypoints:
Here is missed waypoint detection: (I nudged the plane at the last second with the radio to miss the WPs.)
Here is fully auto take off and landing:
Here is the video of auto takeoff and landing:
Xplane and Ardupilot from Jason Short on Vimeo.
If you want to try this out you have to use some software to glue this all together.
Serproxy - used to talk serial to Ardupilot
Perl - to link Serproxy and X-Plane using "X-Plane.pl"
X-Plane 9 (the free version works fine, but it time limited)
I've only tested this on a Mac, so if anyone can try this on a PC, please let me know of changes to make, if any.
In the config header you will see a new ground station called GCS_Xplane (3). You must also use GPS_protocol 3 for ArduIMU.
Here is the Perl file:X-Plane.pl
Here is Windows Serproxy - Windows
Here is Mac Serproxy - Mac
in the config set:
newlines_to_nils=true
comm_baud=38400
Then set the com port accordingly
Go ahead and download 2.6.3 from the SVN. I'll post a beta soon as a download.
Moving forward I'd like to replace the Perl/Serproxy combination with a single C or Python based solution. If anyone can help, that would make it so much easier to set up!
Bonus:
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3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on July 21, 2010 at 1:56pm -
I've seen this in person. It's stunning. This kind of Hardware In the Loop simulator is a game-changer. Companies charge thousands of dollars for equivalent setups, and Jason's turned it into a free software download.
We'll work with Curt Olson to make it FlightGear compatible, too.
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Comment by space_nut on July 21, 2010 at 2:19pm -
Awesome job Jason @ co!
Can you share the mission file? Did you need to put in extra waypoints for the Takeoff and Landing? I have X-Plane 9 so I'm anxious to try this out, perhaps with some simulated wind conditions
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Developer Comment by jasonshort on July 21, 2010 at 2:28pm -
Just set the waypoints to land in your config header.
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Comment by space_nut on July 21, 2010 at 2:35pm
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Excellent!
Will try this waypoint writer with my real setup as well. Thanks!!
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Developer Comment by jasonshort on July 21, 2010 at 3:40pm -
Does anyone have a good quality 3d Model of an Easystar? If someone could build an X-Plane Easystar that would be incredible....
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Comment by Rana on July 21, 2010 at 4:05pm -
Jason, excellent !
I have ordered my X-Plane from Laminar, it is already on the way containing 6-7 double layer DVD's of scenery databank of almost all the globe.
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Comment by Rana on July 21, 2010 at 4:18pm
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Jason, I have seen your video several times its is really good.
Fraction of a second before touch down there should be little bit nose up or you can say elevator up so that landing is like manual.
In the simulator you always have precise altitude information, so you can do that :-))
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Developer Comment by jasonshort on July 21, 2010 at 4:21pm -
@NS Rana,
I just added the nose up feature and have been able to perfectly land the included RC model in X-Plane. With Mega we should have some pretty good altitude precision.
I've been trying the other models included in X-Plane and it's a blast. Amazing piece of software at a great price.
Jason
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Comment by David Ankers on July 21, 2010 at 4:59pm -
> Does anyone have a good quality 3d Model of an Easystar? If someone could build an X-Plane Easystar that would be incredible....
Use the one from OpenPilot, you will want AC3D which is what was used, import the 3DS and export it for Xplane (which uses AC3D for modelling).
I am bit annoyed that you appear to think this is a game changer when we (OpenPilot) have been doing it for a long time already and Paparazzi a long time before us. But I understand that being a marketing guy this is just how you roll but it does get other projects off-side. Far from being a game changer it is actually just common sense development, you *need* this if you are to become a solid platform otherwise bugs will take forever to spot, will be hard to reproduce and you end up with a lot of broken aircraft.
The Easystar model and the HITL Sim from OpenPilot can bee seen in this video:
http://openpilot.org/HITL_Simulation
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Developer Comment by jasonshort on July 21, 2010 at 5:16pm -
Can you provide a link to the file you're referring to? I can't seem to find it on your site.
Thanks,
Jason
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