Brian
You can follow and review almost the entire history and development of
Ardupilot at DIY Drones. From elementary guidance to DCM to Kalman. It
can do VTOL as well as runway with the Xplane interface you can do SITL
and HITL as well as remote control.
You can DL older versions and see how the code matured, They still use
an earth frame of reference so there would be a good deal of work to
change that frame for in space or on orbit use but there is a good
outline and time frame reference if you follow its historical
development. Perhaps you will find that useful.
Monroe
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Subject: [AR] Fly By wire Flight Control System
From: Brian Feeney <alaiadesign@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, May 31, 2019 1:21 pm
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm trying to get an understanding of the number of lines of code that may
be required for a Fly By Wire Flight Control System for a manned Air /
Spacecraft. (runway capable - it has wings). Also the magnitude from
basically it works to fully tested for commercial ops.
This would include fully automated flight (unmanned) from runway takeoff to
runway landing. g. You and use the Xplane interface for HITL and SITL you can
pilot remotely ect...I will add it also has the capability to land vertically.
I can't find any applicable references online (so far) other than the 8
million plus LOC for the F35 and 18 million for the Boeing 787 that seams
rather overkill?
I was contemplating the use of a successful basic, autonomous small UAV off
the shelf system that does both runway and VTOL flight as a starting point
and build out and up from there. There are also several early successful
eVTOL flights taking place that are at least a reference compared to the
heavy metal FBW aircraft.
Experienced input fully appreciated. This is to develop a phased budget ...
Cheers,
Brian Feeney
