vcoleman / sailboatsimulation

Simulating the motion of a sailboat in pygame for Olin Robotic Sailing

This Simulator is a project by Michael Bocamazo, started 2014/04/21. The aim is to construct a decent approximation of the behavior of a 2m long two-sail robotic sailboat.

Impetus: Model for validation of control logic of Olin Robotic Sailing's Sailbot, and lack of open-source sailboat simulations.

Controls, as of 04/22: qa - rudder, increment; zxc - rudder, absolute; ws, ed - main, jib; rf - wind heading; tg - wind speed; jl - angular velocity; ik - forward velocity; arrow keys - direct control of motion, deprecated