JSBSim Documentation

Some of these documents are in various states of completion and are constantly being updated.

• AIAA-2004-4923  JSBSim: An Open Source Flight Dynamics Model in C++
• A Journal For the Creation of a JSBSim Aircraft (PDF)
• Presentation Slides for the above AIAA paper, presented at the 2004 AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technology Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, August 16, 2004
• Draft JSBSim API Documentation
• Landing Gear Technical Note
• FGForce Technical Note
• FGInitialCondition Technical Note
• Coordinate Systems Technical Note (PDF)
• Automatic Flight in JSBSim (PDF - work in progress)   June 11, 2006
• Quaternion reference

Back of the Envelope Directory

Volume 1, Issue 1 thru Volume 2, Issue 4

• A User Perspective: Building an F-16 Flight Model (Volume 1, Issue 2, 15 July 2004)
• Basis for the JSBSim EOM Math Model (Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 April 2004)
• Decoupling, Generalizing, and Isolating Commands and Effectors in JSBSim (Volume 2, Issue 1, 15 April 2005)
• Extensive New Features in JSBSim 0.9.9 (Volume 2, Issue 2, 15 July 2005)
• In Depth: C# and JSBSim.Net (Volume 2, Issue 1, 15 April 2005)
• In Depth: Creating a Flight Model for Aerodynamics (Volume 1, Issue 2, 15 July 2004)
• In Depth: DATCOM+ (Volume 1, Issue 3, 15 October 2004)
• In Depth: The Visual Reference Point (Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 April 2004)
• In Depth: Using JSBSim with Matlab/Simulink (Volume 1, Issue 4, 15 January 2005)
• Integrating JSBSim with Your Application (Volume 1, Issue 4, 15 January 2005)
• Introduction: What is JSBSim? (Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 April 2004)
• JSBSim, XSL Transformations, and XML Schemas (Volume 2, Issue 4, 15 January 2006)
• JSBSim Configuration File Format v2.0 Nears Release (Volume 1, Issue 4, 15 January 2005)
• JSBSim Data Output and Analysis (Volume 1, Issue 2, 15 July 2004)
• JSBSim in Use (Volume 2, Issue 4, 15 January 2006)
• JSBSim Presented at AIAA Conference (Volume 1, Issue 3, 15 October 2004)
• JSBSim Reference Frames (Volume 1, Issue 3, 15 October 2004)
• Modeling the Atmosphere (Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 April 2004)
• News: MB339 PAN, L410 Turbolet  (Volume 2, Issue 2, 15 July 2005)
• Scripting in JSBSim (Volume 2, Issue 1, 15 April 2005)
• Sneak Peek: JSBSim Commander (Volume 2, Issue 1, 15 April 2005)
• Student/Industry Opportunities (Volume 2, Issue 2, 15 July 2005)
• The JSBSim Web Site (Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 April 2004)
• The PID Controller (Volume 1, Issue 3, 15 October 2004)
• Turboprop Engine Model (Volume 2, Issue 4, 15 January 2006)
• What is Digital DATCOM? (Volume 1, Issue 1, 15 April 2004)