Controlling X-Plane Flight Simulation Environments From Matlab FOR RKX-EDF Launch Scenario

This paperdescribes the establishment of the software system for RKX200-EDF launch simulation. The flight RKX200-EDF platform is modelled in X-Plane, and several of its parameter in X-Plane are to be controlled by Matlab. The communication between Matlab and X-Plane is realised through UDP port. The result of the RKX200-EDF simulation shows the trajectory, the speed history and the flight position and attitude which can then be studied further for flight assessment of the flight dynamic and performances. Once the autopilot and guidance system is available, then a more thorough analysis of the vehicle performance scenario can be studied. The developed system is therefore very significant in the development of the flying vehicle system whereby the dynamics, visualization and the analysis for many computation algorithms are to be designed.