Accelerating aircraft design

Example Simulink model to support MATLAB Digest article from January 2007.

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Aerospace Toolbox 1.0 and Aerospace Blockset 2.2 made it easier to model and simulate aircraft dynamics in Simulink.
The attached files contain the simulation of longitudinal dynamics of a new light aircraft design described in January 2007 MATLAB Digest article by Arkadiy Turevskiy, Stacey Gage, and Craig Buhr:

https://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/accelerating-flight-vehicle-design.html

Instructions:
* Unzip the files into a new directory
* skyhogg3dof.mdl is a Simulink model described in the artcle
* Control_Design.mat is a file that describes control design done using Simulink Control Design
* skyhogg3dof_slwebview.html is a web view of the model

Cite As

Stacey Gage (2026). Accelerating aircraft design (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/13667-accelerating-aircraft-design), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.1

Updated license

1.0.0.0

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