RC Plane Telemetry Simulator

A Python script that simulates a small RC plane flying a complete flight profile, generating realistic telemetry data for Serial Studio widgets.

Purpose

This example is designed to validate and demonstrate Serial Studio widgets using a realistic RC plane flight profile with multiple maneuver phases.

Widgets Exercised

Widget Type	Data Source
Gyroscope	Pitch, Roll, Yaw rates (°/s)
Accelerometer	X, Y, Z body-frame acceleration (m/s²)
GPS Map	Latitude, Longitude, Altitude
Compass	Heading (0°–360°)
Gauge	Airspeed (km/h), Battery (V)
Bar	Throttle (%), RSSI (%), Motor Temp
Time Plots	Gyro rates, Accel axes, Altitude, Battery, RSSI

Flight Profile (~170 seconds)

Preflight → Engine Start → Taxi → Takeoff → Climb →
Level Flight → Gentle Turns → Steep Turns → Figure-8 →
Loop → Aileron Roll → Knife Edge → Inverted →
Dive & Pull-up → Zero-G Push → Recovery →
Cruise Home → Approach → Flare → Rollout → Shutdown

Usage

Open Serial Studio and load RC Plane Simulator.ssproj as the project file
Set the I/O source to UDP on port 9000
Run the simulator:

bash

python3 rc_plane_simulator.py

Options

python3 rc_plane_simulator.py              # Continuous loop
python3 rc_plane_simulator.py --once       # Single flight
python3 rc_plane_simulator.py --fast       # 50 Hz update rate
python3 rc_plane_simulator.py --port 8000  # Custom UDP port

Frame Format

CSV over UDP with $ start delimiter and ; end delimiter:

$gx,gy,gz,ax,ay,az,lat,lon,alt,heading,airspeed,throttle,battery,rssi,motor_temp;\n

Requirements

Python 3.6+ (no external dependencies)