Airliner

Generic airliner

Since R2021b

Description

Airliner is one of the aircraft that you can use within the 3D simulation environment. This environment is rendered using the Unreal Engine^® from Epic Games^®. For detailed views of the Airliner, see Views.

Simulating models in the 3D visualization environment requires Simulink^® 3D Animation™.

To add this type of vehicle to the 3D simulation environment:

1. Add a Simulation 3D Aircraft block to your Simulink model.

2. In the Block Parameters dialog box, on the Aircraft Parameters tab, set the Type parameter to Airliner.

3. Set the Initial translation (in meters) and Initial rotation (in radians) parameters to an array size that matches the Airliner aircraft, for example, zeros(12,3).

Landing Gear

The airliner landing gear is retractable. It retracts and extends automatically at a preset height of 100 feet above the terrain. You can change this height in the animation blueprint, located at MathWorksAerospaceContent Content > Vehicles > Aircraft > MWAirliner > Animation > MWAirlinerAnimBP.

Data for Aircraft Placement

The Airliner sample mesh origin is near its center of mass, 3.030 meters above the bottoms of the tires. To correctly place the aircraft, consider using these values.

Airport Scene Placement

To place the Airliner mesh in the Airport scene resting on the pavement or other hard surface, which is at a Z of 1 centimeter, use the following body translation and rotation values.

Body Motion Ports and Parameters	Value
Translation port and Initial translation parameter	[0, 0, -3.030] + [0, 0, -0.01]
Rotation port and Initial rotation parameter	[0, -0.00021, 0]

Altitude Sensor

For the altitude sensor in the Simulation 3D Aircraft block, use these values.

Parameter	Value
Body Z offset (m)	3.0299
Front tire radius (m)	0.345
Left tire radius (m)	0.562
Right tire radius (m)	0.562

Size

These are the unscaled sizes of the generic airliner mesh.

Parameter	Value
Length (m)	36.94
Width (wingspan) (m)	35.97
Height (m)	12.67

Views

Top-down view — Airliner top-down view

diagram

Side view — Airliner side view

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Front view — Airliner front view

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Back view — Airliner back view

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Lights and Skeleton

Lights

Light	Bone	Location in SK_MWAirliner Mesh
Left landing	MWAirliner_Aircraft_Landing_Lights_Wing_L	Left wing root
Right landing	MWAirliner_Aircraft_Landing_Lights_Wing_R	Right wing root
Taxi	MWAirliner_Aircraft_Landing_Lights_F	Nose gear strut
Red navigation	MWAirliner_Aircraft_RedNavigationLight	Left wingtip
Green navigation	MWAirliner_Aircraft_GreenNavigationLight	Right wingtip
Left wingtip strobe	MWAirliner_Aircraft_NavigationLight_L	Left wingtip
Right wingtip strobe	MWAirliner_Aircraft_NavigationLight_R	Right wingtip
Tail strobe	MWAirliner_Aircraft_NavigationLightFin	Top of vertical stabilizer, pointing aft
Beacon #1	MWAirliner_Aircraft_RedAntiCollisionLight1	Top of fuselage
Beacon #2	MWAirliner_Aircraft_RedAntiCollisionLight2	Bottom of fuselage

Skeleton

• MWAirliner

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Cap_Left

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Cap_Element_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Cap_Right

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Cap_Element_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_RedAntiCollisionLight1

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NavigationLightFin

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NavigationLight_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_GreenNavigationLight

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NoseWheelStrut_Front

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Tire_F

      • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Wheels_F

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Elements02

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NoseWheelStruct_Left

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Tires_L

      • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Wheels_L

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NoseWheelStrut_Element_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Elevator_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Fin

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NoseWheelStrut_Right

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NoseWheelStrut_Element_R

    • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Tires_R

      • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Wheels_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_RedAntiCollisionLight2

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_JetEngineFan_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_JetEngineFan_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Landing_Lights_Wing_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_NavigationLight_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Aircraft_Cap_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Aircraft_Cap_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_RedNavigationLight

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Flaps_1_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Ailerons_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_JetEngine_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Flaps_2_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Rudder

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Ailerons_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Flaps_1_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Flaps_2_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body_Elements01

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Vertical_Element

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_JetEngine_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Wing_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Landing_Lights_F

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Body

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Elevator_L

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Landing_Lights_Wing_R

  • MWAirliner_Aircraft_Glass

Version History

Introduced in R2021b