 | The official JSBSim Reference Manual is the best source of information for users and developers. However, due to the nature of the development of the project, sometimes the software will be ahead of the reference manual - that is, sometimes features will be available in the software that are not yet documented in the reference manual. The software is updated often - sometimes even daily. The reference manual is updated a couple of times a year. If you have questions that are not addressed in the reference manual, ask a question on the developer mailing list. |
There are also many technical papers that have been written about JSBSim, or that discuss how JSBSim was used for a particular project. Here is a list of some of those papers: "Autonomous Dynamic Soaring Platform for Distributed Mobile Sensor Arrays"
Sandia National Laboratories Report (2002) "Mathematical Models for Human Pilot Maneuvers in Aircraft Flight Simulation (abstract)"
US DOT Volpe Center Stanford student report on a flight-tested formation flying autopilot
Student research paper out of Stanford University "Modeling and Autonomous Flight Simulation of a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle"
University of Sheffield, student masters report "Active Guidance for a Finless Rocket Using Neuroevolution"
Student research paper, UT/Austin "Development of a Novel Low-Cost Flight Simulator for Pilot Training"
World Academy of Science and Technology (2009) paper (China) "WITH PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE TO INTEGRATED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS TOOLS"
From ICAS Proceedings, out of the Technical University at Braunschweig, Germany "FLIGHT TEST ON ULTRALIGHT MOTORGLIDER, AERODYNAMIC MODEL ESTIMATION AND USE IN A 6DOF FLIGHT SIMULATOR"
Out of the University of Naples, Italy "Experimental Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Software Based on the TMO Model"
Out of Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea "Using Flight Simulation Environments with Agent-Controlled UAVs"
Out of the University of Portugal "The Human Agent Virtual Environment"
Out of the University of Melbourne, Australia "Simulation of Modern Battlefield Scenarios"
Masters thesis out of Linköping University, Sweden "Pilot Gaze and Glideslope Control"
ACM report out of University of Wollongong Australia and York University, Canada. There are also a number of papers about JSBSim or which mention JSBSim at the web site of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (www.aiaa.org). Go to the web site and enter "JSBSim" in the search text entry box.
