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FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, a multi-player environment, detailed sky modelling, a flexible and open aircraft modelling system, varied networking options, multiple display support, a powerful scripting language and an open architecture. Best of all, being open-source, the simulator is owned by the community and everyone is encouraged to contribute.
FlightGear supports a variety of popular platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and is developed by skilled volunteers from around the world. Source code for the entire project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated and open flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, pilot training, as an industry engineering tool, for DIY-ers to pursue their favorite interesting flight simulation idea, and last but certainly not least as a fun, realistic, and challenging desktop flight simulator.
Features:
- Freedom: FlightGear is an open-source project. This means as long as you abide by the terms of the GPL license you may freely download and copy FlightGear...
- Flight Dynamics Models: With FlightGear it is possible to choose between three primary Flight Dynamics Models. It is possible to add new dynamics models or even interface to external “proprietary” flight dynamics models (JSBSim, YASim, UIUC)
- Extensive and Accurate World Scenery Data Base: Over 20,000 real world airports included in the full scenery set. Correct runway markings and placement, correct runway and approach lighting.
- Taxiways available for many larger airports (even including the green center line lights when appropriate.)...
- Accurate and Detailed Sky Model: FlightGear implements extremely accurate time of day modeling with correctly placed sun, moon, stars, and planets for the specified time and date...
- Flexible and Open Aircraft Modeling System: FlightGear has the ability to model a wide variety of aircraft. Currently you can fly the 1903 Wright Flyer, strange flapping wing “ornithopters”, a 747 and A320, various military jets, and several light singles...
- Moderate Hardware Requirements: The intention of FlightGear is to look nice, but not at the expense of other aspects of a realistic simulator...
- Internal Properties EXPOSED!: FlightGear allows users and aircraft designers access to a very large number of internal state variables via numerous internal and external access mechanisms...
- Networking options: A number of networking options allow FlightGear to communicate with other instances of FlightGear, GPS receivers, external flight dynamics modules, external autopilot or control modules, as well as other software such as the Open Glass Cockpit project and the Atlas mapping utility...
- Multiple Displays: FlightGear has built in support for driving multiple displays from a single instance of the application...
Size: 1.72 GB
Download FlightGear 2020.3.9
