Matlab Flight Simulation Animation Package

A concrete and ready-to-use visualization package written in Matlab for flight simulation.

Author

Dr. Longhao Qian

• Ph.D., M.Eng, MS, BS in Aerospace Science and Engineering.
• Field of interest: UAV, machine learning, flight simulation, and optimization
• linkedin

Please cite this repository

APA format

Qian, L. (2023). Matlab Drone Simulation Visualization Package (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10359983

BibTex

@software{Qian_Matlab_Drone_Simulation_2023,
author = {Qian, Longhao},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.10359983},
month = dec,
title = {{Matlab Drone Simulation Visualization Package}},
url = {https://github.com/LonghaoQian/AnimationModels},
version = {1.0.0},
year = {2023}
}

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What is this package?

• Provides a compact and easy way to generate animations from flight simulation data.
• Encapsulates and concentrates individual 3D rendering functions into a single function to provide a clean and concrete interface.
• I also provide background information and coding guide about how to generate animations in a Matlab environment.
• The coding guide also teaches you about how to build your own customized visualization based on the code in this package.

Examples

A fixed-wing drone simulation with artificial horizon display

A quadrotor drone flying through gates (click picture to watch the video)

A racing quadrotor drone simulation

• Racing drone flight data are provided by Chao Qin.

A quadrotor with a slung payload

A twin-engine VTOL with tilting engines