It was exciting for me to see Jasons Sim working in 3D, so I thought I would share a pic
>> With the minor modification shown below which adjusts the climbrates
// guess the climb rate
// --------------------
if(pitch_sensor >= 0){
climb_rate = (pitch_sensor * (CLIMBRATE_UP/100) * (long)dTnav) / 90000L;
}else{
climb_rate = (pitch_sensor * (CLIMBRATE_DOWN/100) * (long)dTnav) / 90000L;
}
current_loc.alt += climb_rate;
Comments
Which ground station output type are you using?
our heading outputs are 0 - 360 0 = north 90 = east, etc...
mainly we output:
target_bearing - waypoint from plane to target
ground_course - current path of plane
If you output my GCS, the values are scaled * 100;
Jason
which version of Google Earth are you using?
Forgot to add
Analogs can be resized by activating them and then using the mouse wheel
Analog and map window positions are retained and restored when the gcs is next opened.
This means you can position them on top of google earth or to the side/below
Much appreciated
Waypoints only show if gcs is already on when ap is switched on. (but you know that already)
Switch off or close gcs before closing earth or your get an exception.
The analog instruments can be switched on but need more work. Switch off the (None) option or they don't open
If you close down and restart and then get a local server connect error then just shutdown the ArduFab.exe process. It starts a tcp server on port 8080 which provides cached images and kml to earth
Analog/digital computer is being replaced with a google earth OSD so it looks rubbish at the moment
Some properties (options) don't work yet but here are some useful ones
Camera range. When the model went to 20,000 meters I had to switch the range to 35000 and the model scale to 90. But the defaults should work nicely now the sim alt is fixed. If the range is too close or too far back then you might not see the model without altering the scale. A range of 300 and scale of 10 should work okay. I'm working on some intelligence for these options.
Camera height: Defaults to 0 but try 50 and 80.
Model Scale: Useful to allow the camera to be further back but forcing the 3D model to be larger
In earth some of the options are not currently working. such as spotter and the view from home
If you switch on glass cockpit then untick the 3D model or you get to see inside the nose of the model :)
If you want to switch off the camera so it becomes static then right click the fab updater in earth and untick "fly to view"
The default refresh rate is .2 of a second. You can alter this to 1 or 2 seconds (or ano) again by setting the properties of the fab updater. You can not then set the refresh back to .2 of a second but you can delete the updater and restart the gcs session which will re-instate the updater
When you close earth it is simpler to select "discard" temporay places but you don't have too.
Finally, the "route taken" at the bottom of the earth folder tree shows the route but to view is properly you either have to stop the gcs or select a view with a decent range
That's odd, Ground course and target bearing should be 0-360
Bearing error is -180 to 180
Jason
Am I going bonkers? Which one is correct? Thanks
That was a minor bug. I can't thank you enough for your current strive to finish off the ardupilot code!
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