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JSBSim is an open source flight dynamics model (FDM) that compiles and runs
under many operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh,
Linux, IRIX, Cygwin (Unix on Windows), etc. The FDM is essentially the
physics/math model that defines the movement of an aircraft, rocket, etc.,
under the forces
and moments applied to it using the various control mechanisms and from the
forces of nature. JSBSim has no native graphics. It can be run by itself as a
standalone program, taking input from a script file and various vehicle
configuration files. It can also be incorporated into a larger flight simulator
implementation that includes a visual system. The most notable examples of the
use of JSBSim are currently seen in the
FlightGear (open source), Outerra, BoozSimulator (open source), and OpenEaagles (open source)
simulators. JSBSim is also used to drive the motion-base research simulators at the University of Naples, Italy, and in the Institute of Flight System Dynamics and Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at RWTH Aachen University in Germany.
Features include:
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