The microcontroller does not do the calculations for the simulator the PC does :) on the ground control station/simulator software. Both X-Plane and FlightGear can use realtime weather! Or you can simulate any weather you want. The simulator runs all the time so you can see the actual flight in 3D from any view you want or you can simulate any flight you want. It does both realtime and simulated flight. Monroe I think we can add something like Splash to the simulator! This is far more advanced than RockSim! > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AR] Re: supersonic retro (was Re: Re: Falcon 9 flight today) > From: Florin Mingireanu <florin.mingireanu82@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, October 05, 2013 1:14 am > To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Hello, > > Sometimes even 3DOF models that take into account the wind might be good > enough. > Doing real-time 6 DOF onboard the rocket might be a little bit stressing > for the microcontroller... > > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Ray Rocket <ar0cketman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > *From:* Monroe L. King Jr. <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > <snip> > > > This winter I'm going back to programming school to try and help > > develop the software specific to rockets and spacecraft. I hope to get a > > group going working on this very thing. I believe in one winter season > > we could really make something useful for amateur rocketry and > > spacecraft. For REAL ground control and tracking using a combination of > > autopilot software/Ground control and OpticTracker with Optical/RSSI and > > GPS tracking. > > > > > > Sounds exciting! Keep us informed of your progress. Combine this with a > > real-time wind weighted 6DOF trajectory prediction model, and it would go a > > long way toward satisfying FAA requirements. Would be especially cool if > > it were open source so others could build on it. > > > > > > Ad Astra, > > > > Ray > > > > > > -- > Florin Mingireanu > Romanian Space Agency > Str. Mendeleev 21-25, et. 5, sector 1, 010362 Bucuresti, ROMANIA > office tel. +40-21-316.87.22; +40-21-316.87.23; > cell: +40-757-768971 (primary phone) > fax +40-21-312.88.04 > florin.mingireanu@xxxxxxx > http://www.rosa.ro