Parafoil Control Testbed

Simulate and test controls algorithms for a parafoil.

Examples

simple_example.py: use a Lyapunov-Dubins controller and graph output trajectory

Installation

Make sure you are using Python version 3 or greater (python --version to check).

To install:

git clone <repository url>
cd parafoil-dynamics
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt # install scipy, matplotlib, alive_progress, and pyyaml

Or in a Python virtual environment

git clone <repository url>
cd parafoil-dynamics
python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Running

python <filename> # for example: `python simple_example.py`