JSBSim Simulation

JSBSim (opens new window) is a open source flight simulator ("flight dynamics model (FDM)") that runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux, IRIX, Cygwin (Unix on Windows), etc. Its features include: fully configurable aerodynamics and a propulsion system that can model complex flight dynamics of an aircraft. Rotational earth effects are also modeled into the dynamics.

Supported Vehicles: Plane, Quadrotor, Hexarotor

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注解

See Simulation for general information about simulators, the simulation environment, and simulation configuration (e.g. supported vehicles).

Installation (Ubuntu Linux)

注解

These instructions were tested on Ubuntu 18.04

1. Install the usual Development Environment on Ubuntu LTS / Debian Linux.
2. Install a JSBSim release from the release page (opens new window):

   dpkg -i JSBSim-devel_1.1.0.dev1-<release-number>.bionic.amd64.deb
   

3. (Optional) FlightGear may (optionally) be used for visualisation. To install FlightGear, refer to the FlightGear installation instructions).

运行仿真

JSBSim SITL simulation can be conveniently run through a make command as shown below:

cd /path/to/PX4-Autopilot
make px4_sitl jsbsim

以上指令启动了一个具有完整 UI 的载具。 If you want to run without the FlightGear UI, you can add HEADLESS=1 to the front of the make command.

The supported vehicles and make commands are listed below (click on the links to see the vehicle images).

载具类型	指令
标准构型的固定翼飞机	make px4_sitl jsbsim_rascal
四旋翼	make px4_sitl jsbsim_quadrotor_x
六旋翼	make px4_sitl jsbsim_hexarotor_x

The commands above launch a single vehicle with the full UI. QGroundControl should be able to automatically connect to the simulated vehicle.

更多信息

To run JSBSim with ROS:

1. Clone the px4-jsbsim-bridge package into your catkin workspace:

   cd <path_to_catkin_ws>/src
   git clone https://github.com/Auterion/px4-jsbsim-bridge.git
   

2. Build the jsbsim_bridge catkin package:

   catkin build jsbsim_bridge
   

注解

You must have already set MAVROS in your workspace (if not, follow the instructions in the MAVROS installation guide).

1. So start JSBSim through ROS using the launch file as shown:

   roslaunch jsbsim_bridge px4_jsbsim_bridge.launch
   

Further Information

• px4-jsbsim-bridge readme (opens new window)