Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
2024 Update: Multi Vehicle Simulations! youtube.com/watch?v=SxqTpP90iBM&ab_channel=VDEngineering
Resources:
~~ Connect FlightGear to Python: pypi.org/project/flightgear-python
~~ Download FlightGear: flightgear.org/download
~~ FlightGear and Python Examples: flightgear-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html
~~ Connecting Matlab and Simulink to FlightGear (Parts 1 to 3):
youtube.com/watch?v=jB-80cvV1Ao
youtube.com/watch?v=b-hK5-4D5Rc
youtube.com/watch?v=kFklbdU9eSQ
Learn how to connect and send aircraft data from variables within a Python script (e.g.: position, orientation and control surface information) to FlightGear (Windows / macOS) to build custom high fidelity flight simulations from scratch!
This will be of use if you're interested in building your own algorithms and visualizing them using open source software.
Similarly how Matlab and Simulink connects to FlightGear, Python does the same via a UDP connection. Moreover you can also send data in reverse from FlightGear to Python. You can transmit and receive data between FG / Python simultaneously. This would be required when designing your own autopilot using the build in flight dynamic models in FG.
Instead of running the Python script from the IDE, you can directly run it from the terminal. This will improve performance. On my Windows 10 machine I was having trouble using Spyder, however using the command prompt fixed this issue.
Thanks for watching!
~~My Udemy Courses on Motion Planning / Navigation / Trajectory Planning:
udemy.com/course/autonomous-robots-nonholonomic-motion-planning-algorithms
Buy Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/vdengineering
~~Contact Me: vinayakd.com
~~Instagram: instagram.com/vinayak_desh
2024 Update: Multi Vehicle Simulations! youtube.com/watch?v=SxqTpP90iBM&ab_channel=VDEngineering
Resources:
~~ Connect FlightGear to Python: pypi.org/project/flightgear-python
~~ Download FlightGear: flightgear.org/download
~~ FlightGear and Python Examples: flightgear-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html
~~ Connecting Matlab and Simulink to FlightGear (Parts 1 to 3):
youtube.com/watch?v=jB-80cvV1Ao
youtube.com/watch?v=b-hK5-4D5Rc
youtube.com/watch?v=kFklbdU9eSQ
Learn how to connect and send aircraft data from variables within a Python script (e.g.: position, orientation and control surface information) to FlightGear (Windows / macOS) to build custom high fidelity flight simulations from scratch!
This will be of use if you're interested in building your own algorithms and visualizing them using open source software.
Similarly how Matlab and Simulink connects to FlightGear, Python does the same via a UDP connection. Moreover you can also send data in reverse from FlightGear to Python. You can transmit and receive data between FG / Python simultaneously. This would be required when designing your own autopilot using the build in flight dynamic models in FG.
Instead of running the Python script from the IDE, you can directly run it from the terminal. This will improve performance. On my Windows 10 machine I was having trouble using Spyder, however using the command prompt fixed this issue.
Thanks for watching!
~~My Udemy Courses on Motion Planning / Navigation / Trajectory Planning:
udemy.com/course/autonomous-robots-nonholonomic-motion-planning-algorithms
Buy Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/vdengineering
~~Contact Me: vinayakd.com
~~Instagram: instagram.com/vinayak_desh
