Theory - Space Ship Pilot Model

Application

Space Ship Pilot deals with the motion of an object under a given force. Here we have assumed that the engineers who have designed the ship have correctly calibrated the thrusters to give the proper thrust for the mass of the ship to produce the acceleration requested by the pilot. Once the acceleration is known, Newton's Laws can be used to determine the motion of the ship.

Algorithm

Newton's Laws are solved using a simple timestepping method known as Euler's Method.

Architecture

Euler's Method is applied to Newton's Laws in a Java Applet.