JSBSim Python API Usage

A collection of Jupyter notebooks showcasing examples of the JSBSim Python API, including integration with PathSim, PathView, and pathsim-flight.

Notebooks

• Notebooks
  • JSBSim Hello World
  • JSBSim Flight Simulation
  • PathSim Introduction
  • JSBSim Trim and Elevator Doublet with PathSim
  • pathsim-flight: JSBSim as a PathSim Block

Resources

• Resources

Overview

This repository acts as a side project to JSBSim and demonstrates real-world usage of the JSBSim Python API through fully executable Jupyter notebooks.

The notebooks cover:

• Basic API usage – creating an FDM executor, loading aircraft models, setting initial conditions, trimming, and reading properties.

• Flight simulation – running trimmed flight, recording time histories, plotting altitude, airspeed, attitude, and ground track.

• PathSim – block-diagram simulation with integrators, amplifiers, adders, scopes, and custom function blocks.

• pathsim-flight – embedding JSBSim inside a PathSim block diagram, using the International Standard Atmosphere model, and building a simple pitch-hold autopilot.

Quick start

# 1. Create and activate the conda environment
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate jsbsim-api

# 2. Launch JupyterLab
jupyter lab

Indices and tables

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