RCAIDE.Library.Plots.Mission.plot_flight_conditions

plot_flight_conditions

plot_flight_conditions(results, save_figure=False, show_legend=True, save_filename='Flight Conditions', file_type='.png', width=11, height=7)

Creates a multi-panel visualization of flight conditions over a mission profile.

Parameters:

• results (Results) –

  RCAIDE results data structure containing:

  • segments[i].conditions.frames.inertial.time[:,0]

    Time history for each segment

  • segments[i].conditions.freestream.velocity[:,0]

    Airspeed history for each segment

  • segments[i].conditions.frames.body.inertial_rotations[:,1,None]

    Pitch angle history for each segment

  • segments[i].conditions.frames.inertial.aircraft_range[:,0]

    Range history for each segment

  • segments[i].conditions.freestream.altitude[:,0]

    Altitude history for each segment

  • segments[i].tag

    Name/identifier of each segment

• save_figure (bool, optional) – Flag for saving the figure (default: False)

• show_legend (bool, optional) – Flag to display segment legend (default: True)

• save_filename (str, optional) – Name of file for saved figure (default: “Flight Conditions”)

• file_type (str, optional) – File extension for saved figure (default: “.png”)

• width (float, optional) – Figure width in inches (default: 11)

• height (float, optional) – Figure height in inches (default: 7)

Returns:

fig –

Handle to the generated figure containing four subplots:

• Altitude vs time

• Airspeed vs time

• Range vs time

• Pitch angle vs time

Return type:

matplotlib.figure.Figure

Notes

Creates a four-panel plot showing:

1. Altitude profile

2. Airspeed variation

3. Range covered

4. Aircraft pitch attitude

Requires the following data in results:

• frames.inertial.time

• frames.inertial.position_vector

• frames.body.inertial_rotations

• freestream.velocity

• freestream.altitude

Major Assumptions

• Time is in minutes

• Altitude is in feet

• Airspeed is in mph

• Range is in nautical miles

• Pitch angle is in degrees

Definitions

‘Altitude’

Height above reference plane

‘Range’

Ground distance covered

‘Pitch Angle’

Nose-up/down attitude relative to horizon

See also

RCAIDE.Library.Plots.Mission.plot_aircraft_velocities

Detailed velocity analysis

RCAIDE.Library.Plots.Mission.plot_flight_trajectory

3D trajectory visualization