Antennas on A Glider as Platform

Create a platform from the STL file of a glider.

plat = platform('FileName', 'glider.stl', 'Units', 'm');
figure; 
show(plat);

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title Platform object, xlabel x (m), ylabel y (m) contains 2 objects of type patch. This object represents PEC.

Install a dipole antenna element on the above platform. Design the dipole to operate at a frequency of 1 GHz.

ant = installedAntenna;
ant.Platform = plat;
ant.Element = design(dipole,1e9)

ant = 
  installedAntenna with properties:

           Platform: [1x1 platform]
            Element: [1x1 dipole]
    ElementPosition: [0 0 0.0750]
          Reference: 'feed'
        FeedVoltage: 1
          FeedPhase: 0
               Tilt: 0
           TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
         SolverType: 'MoM-PO'

ant.ElementPosition = [-1.2 0 0.5]

ant = 
  installedAntenna with properties:

           Platform: [1x1 platform]
            Element: [1x1 dipole]
    ElementPosition: [-1.2000 0 0.5000]
          Reference: 'feed'
        FeedVoltage: 1
          FeedPhase: 0
               Tilt: 0
           TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
         SolverType: 'MoM-PO'

figure;
show(ant);

Figure contains 2 axes objects and another object of type uicontrol. Axes object 1 contains 3 objects of type patch, surface. Axes object 2 with title Installed antenna, xlabel x (m), ylabel y (m) contains 5 objects of type patch, surface, text. These objects represent PEC, feed, platform.

Visualize the pattern of this installation at 1 GHz.

figure;
pattern(ant,1e9)

Figure contains an axes object and other objects of type uicontrol. The axes object contains 5 objects of type patch, surface, text. This object represents platform.