35. How to Cite SeligSIM¶
If you are going to use the sim and want to reference it online or in a publication, please use the citation information below.
Please share these links with your friends!
Main Site: https://www.seligsim.com
User Manual: https://www.seligsim.com/manual
Selig’s Newsletter: https://michaelselig.substack.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSelig
Michael Selig: https://www.michaelselig.com
Michael Selig @ UIUC: https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu
Community & Media:
RCGroups hosts the main SeligSIM thread in the RCGroups Simulators Forum. User questions, support, and feedback are discussed in the thread.
Burkhard Erdlenbruch has a nice writeup on SeligSIM and more RC simulator information.
Greg Gimlick featured SeligSIM in his “Back on Track” column in Model Aviation magazine (August 2025 issue).
MSelig Blog @ RCGroups has occasional blog posts.
35.1. For Software Citation¶
Michael S. Selig, et al., “SeligSIM RC Flight Simulator,” RC Flight Simulator, Release 2024.5b, v18.4, InertiaSoft, Inc., Champaign, IL, April 2026. Retrieved from https://www.seligsim.com [date].
How is this software named
SeligSIM 2024.5b (v18.4, rev 4045):
SeligSIM™ - Base software name, trademarked
SeligSIM 2024.5 - Software named for year of release
SeligSIM 2024.5b - Second release (b) for the main 2024.5 version
v18 - Version number that counts from year of first release (2006)
v18.4 - Fourth release of v18
rev 4045 - Revision #4045 to the SeligSIM software repository since 12/2009
2003 - Fun fact. The year when development began on the project that is SeligSIM today (also marketed as FS One).
35.2. For Publication Citation¶
Publications describing some of the details of SeligSIM (also marketed as FS One as referred to in the papers).
Michael S. Selig, “Real-Time Flight Simulation of Highly Maneuverable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,”
Journal of Aircraft, 2014, Volume 51, No 6, pp. 1705-1725.
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C032370
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Michael S. Selig, “Modeling Propeller Aerodynamics and Slipstream Effects on Small UAVs in Realtime,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA Paper 2010-7938,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 2010.
https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2010-7938
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