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{{Newsletter-cover-header|Development news}}<br> | {{Newsletter-cover-header|Development news}}<br> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|MapGear.py Improvement}}<br> | |||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|Streaming FlightGear data to a Jupyter Notebook}}<br> | |||
{{Newsletter-cover-header|In the hangar}}<br> | {{Newsletter-cover-header|In the hangar}}<br> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|New version of the extra500}}<br> | |||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|New aircraft carrier}}<br> | |||
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{{Newsletter-cover-header|Scenery Corner}}<br> | {{Newsletter-cover-header|Scenery Corner}}<br> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|Caribbean Scenery Update}}<br> | |||
{{Newsletter-cover-header|Community News}}<br> | {{Newsletter-cover-header|Community News}}<br> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-item|UAV Simulation}}<br> | |||
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{{Newsletter-cover-header|Contributing}}<br> | {{Newsletter-cover-header|Contributing}}<br> | ||
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== Development news == | == Development news == | ||
=== MapGear.py Improvement === | |||
-MapGear now automatically displays the animated .GIF of the flightpath once you exit FlightGear. Just run: | -MapGear now automatically displays the animated .GIF of the flightpath once you exit FlightGear. Just run: | ||
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== In the hangar == | == In the hangar == | ||
===New version of the extra500=== | === New version of the extra500 === | ||
Version 4.4.0 is out! This version is for the upcoming Flightgear 2017.3 release, so you will be able to download/update it through the [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Launcher]] when the time comes. For those who want to try it out now, use the download links on our [[Extra EA-500#Download|our wiki page]]. | Version 4.4.0 is out! This version is for the upcoming Flightgear 2017.3 release, so you will be able to download/update it through the [[FlightGear Qt launcher|Launcher]] when the time comes. For those who want to try it out now, use the download links on our [[Extra EA-500#Download|our wiki page]]. | ||
Improvements/ changes include: | Improvements/ changes include: | ||
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* General: added more catalog tags | * General: added more catalog tags | ||
===New aircraft carrier=== | === New aircraft carrier === | ||
With the USS Harry S. Truman, there's now a highly detailed aircraft carrier model in Flightgear which takes the carrier ops experience to a new level. | With the USS Harry S. Truman, there's now a highly detailed aircraft carrier model in Flightgear which takes the carrier ops experience to a new level. | ||
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== Scenery corner == | == Scenery corner == | ||
===Caribbean Scenery Update=== | === Caribbean Scenery Update === | ||
D-ECHO is reworking a big part of the Caribbean islands, namely | D-ECHO is reworking a big part of the Caribbean islands, namely | ||
* Saba | * Saba | ||
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* Barbados | * Barbados | ||
* Grenada | * Grenada | ||
The islands get new terrain based on OSM data and the latest airports from gateway.x-plane.com, partly reworked by D-ECHO. | |||
Parts of the big scenery update are already available, once it's considered more or less "completed", the scenery will be sent to TS (terrasync). | Parts of the big scenery update are already available, once it's considered more or less "completed", the scenery will be sent to TS (terrasync). | ||
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== Community news == | == Community news == | ||
=== UAV Simulation === | |||
Here is a video Curt shot recently of a real world UAV flight. Curt uses computer vision and augmented reality techniques to overlay a HUD that shows what the onboard EKF is thinking (the EKF is fancy math that estimates roll, pitch, yaw, velocities, positions, sensor biases, etc.) It also draws what the autopilot is doing using intuitive symbology. Finally it draws the flight path back into the video so you can see where you've flown. The video shows a hand launch in manual mode, switch over to autonomous flight, then fades to a portion of a the circle hold (showing the path repeatability/variation), then fades to an autonomous landing, and finally Curt picks up the aircraft, walks back to the runway center and pan the camera around to show (using augmented reality) where the aircraft has been flying and what the approach looked like<ref>{{cite web | Here is a video Curt shot recently of a real world UAV flight. Curt uses computer vision and augmented reality techniques to overlay a HUD that shows what the onboard EKF is thinking (the EKF is fancy math that estimates roll, pitch, yaw, velocities, positions, sensor biases, etc.) It also draws what the autopilot is doing using intuitive symbology. Finally it draws the flight path back into the video so you can see where you've flown. The video shows a hand launch in manual mode, switch over to autonomous flight, then fades to a portion of a the circle hold (showing the path repeatability/variation), then fades to an autonomous landing, and finally Curt picks up the aircraft, walks back to the runway center and pan the camera around to show (using augmented reality) where the aircraft has been flying and what the approach looked like<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=316738#p316738 | |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=316738#p316738 | ||