Simulation Framework for Autogyro OPV Development

Kurzfassung

The present work describes the integration of a model of a manned autogyro in a simulation framework for unmanned vehicles. Through a sensible set of requirements and principles, this framework provides several advantages for the development process, namely: continuous integration, flexible testing and validation, and simple means of operation. As a result, our framework enables the continuous development of new flight maneuver/flight automation algorithms for our optionally piloted autogyro testbed, such that the feedback time from lessons learned during simulation trials or flight tests is short.