Flight Simulator 101 or back to college - part 1: Frames of Reference

RE: Flight Simulator 101 or back to college - part 1: Frames of Reference

rhydian98 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:13:31 GMT

Thanks Cris

RE: Flight Simulator 101 or back to college - part 1: Frames of Reference

rhydian98 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:15:10 GMT

Thanks Cristiana. Is opengl open software or do you need to pay for the software to use its full potential. Could you give me a link to the download page.

RE: Flight Simulator 101 or back to college - part 1: Frames of Reference

DAB — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:43:37 GMT

Very good intro to three space coordinates.

I would point out that this will work until you get to either the north or south poles.

Back in the 1980's I implemented the above calculations in an 8085 processor using assembly language and a AMD9511 math chip.

I was able to get the aircraft position and attitude changes from an onboard doppler radar unit. I then mapped the aircraft information back to cartesian coordinates so that I could then drive a IR camera along the flight vector axis.

I was able to keep the camera pointing correctly in real time for search and rescue helicopters.

Given the speed of modern MCU's, you should easily be able to do similar transformations faster today.

I will keep an eye on your postings. They bring a twinge of nostalgia for my younger days and it is a good math refresher.

Thanks for posting,

DAB

RE: Flight Simulator 101 or back to college - part 1: Frames of Reference

rhydian98 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:16:26 GMT

Looks really cool. What software will you use to program it.