This addon allows the gathering of the aerodynamic coefficients of orbiter vessels at various Mach numbers and angles of attack. It provides the results in a .csv file for further manipulation.
It is not intended as a design tool, as it will not calculate the lift and drag coefficients of a given mesh, but to gauge the performance of a vessel.
The plugin has to be enabled in the launchpad, and a test scenario is provided. It is strongly recommended to read the included documentation in the Wind Tunnel folder in the orbiter Doc directory.
The addon was created with orbiter_ng in mind for faster performance (thanks to tblaxland for the input), but will work in orbiter with the graphical client as well.
Changelog:
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1.0
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Improved handling of configuration errors (no silent errors any more).
Improved feedback during capture of aerodynamic data, both in orbiter log and on the screen.
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0.9.0
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Initial release