Proposal: Replacing ExecutorService to achieve more stable timing in the update loop about jmavsim

[dagar]

@ecmnet what actual requirements do you have for simulation? I'm wondering if it would be better to focus on using sih within PX4 (https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/tree/main/src/modules/sih) for the this simple sim, then you can continue using jmavsim only for visualization.

For anything more sophisticated I'm hoping we can focus our efforts on new Gazebo (Ignition), including dealing with cross platform build (or packaging) issues if necessary.

[ecmnet]

@dagar: I use jMAVSim just for quick and basic functional tests of MAVCGL or the companion software (e.g. trajectory generation w. offboard) - usually without visualization. For more sophisticated tests, I currently use Gazebo but hadn't have a look into Ignition.

[dagar]

Makes sense. In the not too distant future I would like to consolidate a bit so we can focus on having 1 or 2 decent simulation options instead of 5-6 mediocre.