Linus Penzlien has been working on a hardware-in-the-loop simulation for our Vulture 2 spaceplane, using an X-Plane model of the aircraft by Billy Bargagliotti. During testing Linus managed to hit 630km/h, which he nicely described as " very fast".
It's good stuff, but here's still more HIL, and indeed SITL, excitement ahead from Linus and Andrew Tridgell. There are details on the work to date here.
In the meantime, we wish Tridge and the CanberraUAV team well in the forthcoming UAV Challenge.
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Thanks Gary. It's been an epic struggle, but we're getting there...
I worry for the control surfaces, this is an amazing project to watch that most folks would chuck to the too hard pile but a pipe and inability to believe in the world of science will push through. Very impressive work all around. As they say in the new world. Go Team.
Its great fun to let the Vulture 2 fly in Xplane with HIL setup and of course great to work with you guys!