Hi,
is it possible to use Gazebo to simulate hover of a Dual Motor Tailsitter VTLO? In this case Gazebo has to simulate the āforcesā of the control surfaces in hover as well. Can Gazebo simulate this already?
Thanks and regards,
Mike
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Iām not sure if Gazebo can do this, but Iām interested. Have you seen the quad tailsitter gazebo model?
https://dev.px4.io/en/simulation/gazebo.html
make posix_sitl_default gazebo_tailsitter
Hi Mike,
iām interrested too. Iām just new to this community, my plan is to build and develop Dual motor Tailsitter, like caipirhina but with an optionnal foldable tail for extended range (because flying wing are poor performers)
as gazebo can simulate quads and planes, this should be possible, we have to dig. Any help welcome !
(for now, i can run and control iris drone with gazebo/qgroundcontrol, bor i cant run the tailsitter dagar is mentionning, an error occur and gazebo finally launch empty worldā¦)
iāll follow this topic !
Regards,
Matthias
@dagar Yes, have seen the quad tailsitter. I think it will not use the force of the control surfaces in hover mode, but I am not 100% sure. I will get a bit deeper into this when I have some time.
Regards
Mike
@Matthias_Favrel Hi Matthias, we have to figure out if it is as easy as simulating an airplane. There is no āairspeedā in hover mode, the āairspeedā has to come from the propellers, I donāt know how complicated that kind of simulation is in Gazebo.
Regards
Mike
Yes, I donāt think we will manage this with proper air coming from the propellers, instead it should be possible to apply forces related by equation to the angle of the control surface. We should dig into the airplane model (I havenāt found how it works at the moment), does anyone know how aerodynamic is modelled ?
Hereās some general background on the gazebo LiftDrag plugin. http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=aerodynamics&cat=plugins
Apparently it doesnāt model any aerodynamic moments. https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/issues/8213
Do you guys have any updates on this? I have been trying to extend the PhoenixDrone project to support transtion + fixed-wing flight as well by superimposing the aerodynamic forces from LiftDragPlugin onto the existing model and staring the fixed-wing position and attitude control module. However, I canāt seem to get the vehicle to transition (problematic pitch control causes the vehicle to hit the ground before transitioning to the fixed-wing mode).