Amy Parent amyinorbit

Avionics simulation software engineer for Laminar Research (X-Plane) and freelance. I used to study brown dwarf atmospheres and weather.

amyinorbit / reentry.py

Created October 11, 2018 22:00

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	import numpy as np
	from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

	# Parachute data:
	# http://www.laboratoridenvol.com/space/gnusoyuz/gnusoyuz.en.html
	#
	# Timings
	# http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-10.html#scenario

amyinorbit / crew_dragon_reentry.py

Created March 6, 2019 22:17

Basic 2D simulation of lifting body spacecraft reentry

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	import numpy as np
	from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
	import matplotlib

	### 130m/s deorbit burn from a 410km*410km orbit ###
	#
	# periapsis: -31.87 km
	# speed at EI: 7870.71 m/s

amyinorbit / query_engine.cpp

Created December 10, 2019 17:04

	//
	// main.cpp
	// formatter
	//
	// Created by Amy Parent on 12/10/2019.
	// Copyright © 2019 Amy Parent. All rights reserved.
	//

	#include <iostream>
	#include <fstream>

amyinorbit / nav_utils.c

Last active February 17, 2022 11:13

Basic functions needed to compute along- and cross-track error, using acfutils

	//===--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------===
	// nav_utils.c - navigation utilities using acfutils
	//
	// Created by Amy Parent <[email protected]>
	// Copyright (c) 2022 Amy Parent
	// Licensed under the MIT License
	//===--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------===
	#include <acfutils/geom.h>
	#include <acfutils/assert.h>

amyinorbit / xpdata.c

Created March 23, 2025 12:58

Thread-safe data access in X-Plane

	/*===--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------===
	* xpdata.c
	*
	* Created by Amy Parent <[email protected]>
	* Copyright (c) 2025 Amy Parent. All rights reserved
	*
	* Licensed under the MIT License
	*===--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------===
	*/
	#include "xpdata.h"

amyinorbit / mf-syntax.md

Last active April 16, 2025 13:42

Mobiflight config and command reverse-engineering

Config Types:

0   NotSet
1   Button
2   Encoder (single detent)
3   Output
4   Led Module (deprecated)