DOC: flight comparison improvements (#755)

* DOC: Improve flight examples documentation
Update flight simulation documentation with improved markdown headers and replace matplotlib with Plotly for enhanced visualizations

* DEV: update changelog

* DOC: Fix title in camoes simul

* DOC: Update docs/requirements.txt to include new dependencies

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Co-authored-by: LUCKIN13 <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Attention: The newest changes should be on top -->
 
 ### Changed
 
--
+- DOC: flight comparison improvements [#755](https://github.com/RocketPy-Team/RocketPy/pull/755)
 
 ### Fixed
 

docs/examples/camoes_flight_sim.ipynb

@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Air Brakes - Active Control Systems"
+    "## Air Brakes - Active Control Systems"
    ]
   },
   {

docs/examples/defiance_flight_sim.ipynb

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Importing necessary modules"
+    "## Importing necessary modules"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Creating the simulation Environment"
+    "## Creating the simulation Environment"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Building the Hybrid Motor"
+    "## Building the Hybrid Motor"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Building the Rocket and adding Aerosurfaces"
+    "## Building the Rocket and adding Aero surfaces"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "# Flight Simulation"
+    "## Flight Simulation"
    ]
   },
   {

docs/examples/index.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ apogee of some rockets.
 .. jupyter-execute::
    :hide-code:
 
-   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+   import plotly.graph_objects as go
 
    results = {
       # "Name (Year)": (simulated, measured) m
@@ -39,28 +39,40 @@ apogee of some rockets.
    labels = list(results.keys())
 
    # Create the plot
-   fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 9))
-   ax.scatter(simulated, measured)
-   ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
+   fig = go.Figure()
 
    # Add the x = y line
-   ax.plot([0, max_apogee], [0, max_apogee], linestyle='--', color='black', alpha=0.6)
-
-   # Add text labels
-   for i, label in enumerate(labels):
-      ax.text(simulated[i], measured[i], label, ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=8)
+   fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(
+      x=[0, max_apogee],
+      y=[0, max_apogee],
+      mode='lines',
+      line=dict(dash='dash', color='black'),
+      showlegend=False
+   ))
+
+   # Add scatter plot
+   fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(
+      x=simulated,
+      y=measured,
+      mode='markers',
+      text=labels,
+      textposition='top center',
+      marker=dict(size=10),
+      showlegend=False
+   ))
 
    # Set titles and labels
-   ax.set_title("Simulated x Measured Apogee")
-   ax.set_xlabel("Simulated Apogee (m)")
-   ax.set_ylabel("Measured Apogee (m)")
-
-   # Set aspect ratio to 1:1
-   ax.set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box')
-   ax.set_xlim(0, max_apogee)
-   ax.set_ylim(0, max_apogee)
-
-   plt.show()
+   fig.update_layout(
+      title="Simulated x Measured Apogee",
+      xaxis_title="Simulated Apogee (m)",
+      yaxis_title="Measured Apogee (m)",
+      xaxis=dict(range=[0, max_apogee]),
+      yaxis=dict(range=[0, max_apogee]),
+      width=650,
+      height=650
+   )
+
+   fig.show()
 
 In the next sections you will find the simulations of the rockets listed above.
 

docs/requirements.in

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pandas==2.2.2
 lxml_html_clean==0.1.1
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 sphinx-tabs==3.4.7
+plotly>=5

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ docutils==0.20.1
     #   sphinx-tabs
 entrypoints==0.4
     # via nbconvert
+exceptiongroup==1.2.2
+    # via ipython
 executing==2.0.1
     # via stack-data
 fastjsonschema==2.19.1
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ packaging==24.0
     # via
     #   ipykernel
     #   nbconvert
+    #   plotly
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
     #   sphinx
 pandas==2.2.2
@@ -143,6 +146,8 @@ pexpect==4.9.0
     # via ipython
 platformdirs==4.2.2
     # via jupyter-core
+plotly==5.24.1
+    # via -r requirements.in
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.43
     # via ipython
 psutil==5.9.8
@@ -218,8 +223,12 @@ sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.10
     # via sphinx
 stack-data==0.6.3
     # via ipython
+tenacity==9.0.0
+    # via plotly
 tinycss2==1.3.0
     # via nbconvert
+tomli==2.2.1
+    # via sphinx
 tornado==6.4
     # via
     #   ipykernel
@@ -238,7 +247,9 @@ traitlets==5.14.3
     #   nbformat
     #   nbsphinx
 typing-extensions==4.12.0
-    # via pydata-sphinx-theme
+    # via
+    #   ipython
+    #   pydata-sphinx-theme
 tzdata==2024.1
     # via pandas
 urllib3==2.2.1