Class AircraftController

Drives a SceneModel transform as an aircraft and keeps a View camera attached to the aircraft.

The controller adapts VehicleNavigationController to aircraft-style flight. It owns a lightweight proxy View for the SDK vehicle controller, then maps that proxy camera state into:

  • the caller-provided aircraft root transform,
  • a smoothed visual aircraft pose,
  • optional AircraftExhaustTrail updates, and
  • the real View camera preset.

A repeating SDKTask is created during construction. Call AircraftController.destroy when the aircraft should stop updating.

Example: Basic controller

const controller = new AircraftController(view, {
  rootTransform,
  config: {
    modelId: "aircraft",
    forwardAxis: "-Z",
    startSpeed: 40,
    startFlying: true
  }
});

Example: Switch camera presets

controller.setCameraPreset("front");
controller.adjustExteriorCameraDistance(-1);

Constructors

constructor

Properties

sdkController state type updateMode vehicleView

Methods

adjustExteriorCameraDistance destroy setCameraPreset update

Constructors

constructor

Properties

ReadonlysdkController

sdkController: VehicleNavigationController

Underlying SDK vehicle navigation controller.

Readonlystate

state: AircraftControllerState

Mutable physical, visual and camera state.

Readonlytype

type: "vehicle-navigation-aircraft"

Stable controller type string for diagnostics and app-level routing.

ReadonlyupdateMode

updateMode: "sdk-task" | "raf"

Update loop implementation. Currently always "sdk-task".

ReadonlyvehicleView

vehicleView: AircraftControllerViewProxy

Proxy View passed to VehicleNavigationController.

Methods

adjustExteriorCameraDistance

  • adjustExteriorCameraDistance(direction: -1 | 1): void

    Moves the active exterior camera closer or farther from the aircraft.

    No-op while the cockpit preset is active. Keyboard bindings call this for - and +.

    Parameters

    • direction: -1 | 1

      -1 to move closer, 1 to move farther.

    Returns void

destroy

setCameraPreset

update

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