sisl / aircraftshapes

Aircraft shapes for use with the TikZ LaTeX package.

aircraftshapes

Aircraft shapes for use with the PGF/TikZ LaTeX package. It currently defines shapes for aircraft side, aircraft top, quadcopter side, quadcopter top, helicopter side, helicopter top, UAM side, and UAM top corresponding to the side and top views of aircraft, quadcopters, helicopters, and urban air mobility vehicles, respectively.

Example

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{aircraftshapes}

\begin{document}
	
	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [aircraft side,fill=black,minimum width=1cm,rotate=10] at (0,0) {};
		\node [aircraft side,fill=black,minimum width=1cm,xscale=-1] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Aircraft side.}
	\end{figure}
	
	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [aircraft top,fill=black,minimum width=1cm] at (0,0) {};
		\node [aircraft top,fill=black,minimum width=1cm,xscale=-1] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Aircraft top.}
	\end{figure}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [quadcopter side,fill=white,draw=black,minimum width=1cm] at (0,0) {};
		\node [quadcopter side,fill=white,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,rotate=20] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Quadcopter side.}
	\end{figure}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [quadcopter top,fill=white,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,scale=0.5] at (0,0) {};
		\node [quadcopter top,fill=white,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,rotate=20,scale=0.5] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Quadcopter top.}
	\end{figure}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [helicopter side,fill=black,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,scale=0.4] at (0,0) {};
		\node [helicopter side,fill=black,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,rotate=20,scale=0.4,xscale=-1] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Helicopter side.}
	\end{figure}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [helicopter top,fill=black,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,scale=0.6] at (0,0) {};
		\node [helicopter top,fill=black,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,rotate=20,scale=0.6] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Helicopter top.}
	\end{figure}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [UAM side,fill=white,draw=black,minimum width=2cm] at (0,0) {};
		\node [UAM side,fill=white,draw=black,minimum width=2cm,rotate=20,xscale=-1] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Urban Air Mobility Vehicle side.}
	\end{figure}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
		\begin{tikzpicture}
		\node [UAM top,fill=black,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,scale=0.5] at (0,0) {};
		\node [UAM top,fill=black,draw=black,minimum width=1cm,rotate=20,scale=0.5] at (5,1) {}; 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		\caption{Urban Air Mobility Vehicle top.}
	\end{figure}


\end{document}