FlightGear - Demo of the interaction with AI aircrafts aerodynamic wake
Channel: Bertrand Coconnier
Date: 2017-04-02

A close encounter between the Cessna c172 and the tanker over KSFO.

This is a demo for a proof of concept of a new feature in FlightGear.
On the left hand side the AI aircraft aerodynamic wake is modeled and you can see that the user aircraft reacts to the wind stream generated by the tanker. On the right hand side, this is FlightGear legacy behavior: the Cessna continues its steady flight just as if the tanker did not exist.