Simviation Forum - Flight Gear

May 30^th, 2009 at 9:21am

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The free, open source, Flight simulation alternative to FS & Xplane.

http://www.flightgear.org/

Worth a look. Wink

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Reply #1 - May 30^th, 2009 at 5:26pm

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Looks like a good, free alternative Cool

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Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2009 at 11:53am

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That's free? Very nice!

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Reply #3 - Jun 19^th, 2009 at 4:03pm

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..just trying it out... Kiss

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(Cal Scenery only)...

Massive file sizes to download and cover the whole World!...so may be better to Purchase the DVD instead... Wink

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Paul...seeing what its like... Wink

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Its difficult to figure out the Controls, and I still cant get the Rudder to respond to the Twist on the Joystick!
I don't seem to get any alternative Cockpit views!
No Map...so I don't know where I am!
....work in progress... Roll Eyes

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« Last Edit: Jun 19^th, 2009 at 6:47pm by Fozzer »

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Reply #4 - Jun 20^th, 2009 at 4:11am

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I've been playing with this for a few weeks and love it. As it is open source there should be a way to setup the controls to exactly match FS ones. That should be fun to work out Cool

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Reply #5 - Jun 20^th, 2009 at 5:06am

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At the mo' it recognises my Saitek flight joystick, but only the Throttle, Pitch and Bank responses are detected....
...not the Twist Rudder which makes it difficult to take-off and land, and perform controlled Turns... Cry

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...and the only view, is directly ahead...

...and no GPS Map...so I still don't know where I am in a familiar area (Cal)... Grin

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It reminds me somewhat of my "Flight Unlimited II/III" and "Pro Pilot 2", although I do prefer them at the mo'... Kiss

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...work in progress... Roll Eyes

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Paul... Cool

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As a fun alternative to the MS Flight sims, my favourite is my copy of Ilan Papini's "Micro Flight"...>>>

http://www.qualitysimulations.com/mf/

...and it flies really well!... Smiley

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