autopilot#
- class airtrafficsim.core.autopilot.Autopilot#
Autopilot class
Methods
add_aircraft(lat, long, alt, heading, cas, ...)Add aircraft and init flight plan
del_aircraft(index)Delete aircraft
update(traffic)Update the autopilot status for each timestep
- alt#
Autopilot target altitude [feet]
- heading#
Autopilot target heading [deg]
- track_angle#
Autopilot target track angle [deg]
- ap_rate_of_turn#
Rate of turn [deg/s]
- cas#
Autopilot target calibrated air speed [knots]
- mach#
Autopilot target Mach number [dimensionless]
- vs#
Autopilot target vertical speed (feet/min)
- fpa#
Flight path angle [deg]
- lat#
Autopilot target latitude [deg]
- long#
Autopilot target longitude [deg]
- lat_next#
Autopilot target latitude for next waypoint [deg]
- long_next#
Autopilot target longitude for next waypoint [deg]
- hv_next_wp#
Autupilot hv next waypoint [bool]
- dist#
Distance to next waypoint [nm]
- flight_plan_index#
Index of next waypoint in flight plan array [int]
- flight_plan_name#
2D array to store the string of waypoints [[string]]
- flight_plan_lat#
2D array to store the latitude of waypoints [[deg…]]
- flight_plan_long#
2D array to store the longitude of waypoints [[deg…]]
- flight_plan_target_alt#
2D array of target altitude at each waypoint [[ft…]]
- flight_plan_target_speed#
2D array of target speed at each waypoint [[cas/mach…]]
- procedure_speed#
Procedural target speed from BADA
- speed_mode#
Autopilot speed mode [1: constant Mach, 2: constant CAS, 3: accelerate, 4: decelerate]
- auto_throttle_mode#
Autothrottle mode [1: Auto, 2: Speed]
- vertical_mode#
Autopilot vertical mode [1: alt hold, 2: vs mode, 3: flc mode (flight level change), 4. VNAV]
- lateral_mode#
Autopilot lateral mode [1: heading, 2: LNAV] ATC only use heading, LNAV -> track angle
- expedite_descent#
Autopilot expedite climb setting [bool]
- add_aircraft(lat, long, alt, heading, cas, departure_airport, departure_runway, sid, arrival_airport, arrival_runway, star, approach, flight_plan, cruise_alt)#
Add aircraft and init flight plan
- latfloat
Starting latitude of the aircraft
- longfloat
Starting longitude of the aircraft
- altfloat
Starting altitude of the aircraft
- headingfloat
Starting heading of the aircraft
- casfloat
Starting calibrated air speed of the aircraft
- flight_planString[] (optional)
Flight plan of an aircraft
- del_aircraft(index)#
Delete aircraft
- Parameters:
- indexfloat
The index of the aircraft to be deleted