Viscous drag coefficient of a body varies along different axes. But the current documentation provides for setting just one value of viscous damping for the entire system as in the example of MudPlugin.cc. This feature if added could be extremely helpful in using Gazebo for simulation of Underwater Vehicles thus enhancing its reach.
Original report (archived issue) by Tejdeep Reddy (Bitbucket: tejdeep).
Viscous drag coefficient of a body varies along different axes. But the current documentation provides for setting just one value of viscous damping for the entire system as in the example of MudPlugin.cc. This feature if added could be extremely helpful in using Gazebo for simulation of Underwater Vehicles thus enhancing its reach.