RC plane telemetry simulator

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

Purpose

This example validates and demos Serial Studio widgets using a realistic RC plane flight profile with multiple maneuver phases.

Widgets exercised

Flight profile (~157 seconds)

Preflight → Engine Start → Taxi → Takeoff Roll → Liftoff → 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

1. Open Serial Studio and load RC Plane Simulator.ssproj as the project file.
2. Confirm the I/O source is Network (UDP) on local port 9000 (the project file sets this on load).
3. Click Connect.

The project includes a control loop that launches rc_plane_simulator.py automatically when you connect, so you normally don't run it by hand. Start it yourself only if you want one of the options below (in which case skip the auto-launch and run it before connecting):

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 to 127.0.0.1, sent at 20 Hz by default, 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).