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Download FlightGear 2018.3.6 – the latest stable, supported release.
Jan 03, 2020 7/10 (10 votes) - Download FlightGear Mac Free. FlightGear is a GPL flight simulator for Mac, which is valid as a training system for pilots or also as an academic tool. Download FlightGear for free. Travel the skies with FlightGear, the best flight free simulator for Mac. Put yourself in command. FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator. It supports a variety of popular platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and is developed by skilled volunteers from around the world. Important Notice from FlightGear developers. This is a download page for FlightGear Mac OS X, a free / open-source flight simulator. We have heard that there are some paid products that use FlightGear, and their web site or a starting box seems leading you to this site for either downloading the binary or support.
*Download FlightGear 2018.3.6 for Windows (versions 7, 8, 10)
*Download FlightGear 2018.3.6 for macOS
*Download FlightGear for Linux and other platforms on the download for other platforms page.Download Latest Preview ReleaseFlightgear Plane Downloads
Preview releases contain features that will be included in the next stable release, but receive only limited testing. As a result, some aircraft may not function correctly (or at all) and you might experience other problems with performance or features. Please give feedback on any problems you find via the forums and mailing list, to help make the next stable release better.Download Aircraft
The easiest way to install aircraft is via the launcher – this will ensure aircraft are installed to the correct location, and get be updated easily when new versions are released by aircraft developers.
If you prefer to download aircraft manually, you can find download additional aircraft here.Download Scenery
FlightGear has a seamless, continuous oblate ellipsoid world available for you to explore. Our terrain is based on 90m SRTM data and is very detailed. There are over 20,000 airports you can visit world wide. You can download 10×10 degree chunks of the world, run a utility called terrasync to fetch scenery as you fly (just in time), or purchase the entire world on a 3 DVD set.
*Download the latest World Scenery data updates.Download Source Code
Here’s the best part. Every line of source code for this project is available under the GPL license. Cockpit builders, researchers, do-it-yourselfers, industry groups, and students will all find FlightGear very open, very flexible, very adaptable, and very interfacable.FTP Mirrors
In the event that the primary FlightGear server is busy or slow we have a number of ftp mirror sites. Note: many web browsers will report a failed login rather than a busy server.Purchase FlightGear DVDs and Gear
Those who prefer the complete FlightGear set on physical media can purchase a ready to run version of FlightGear (OSX or Windows) as well as the entire world scenery set. A portion of the sales goes towards supporting the project and a portion is donated to charity.
*Visit the FlightGear store.
Mac and devin go to high school download movie list. Welcome to FlightGear! Here we will try to get you up in the virtual air in the shortest time possible. We will also introduce you to some of the features of this flight simulator and also a few information on its community.
*1Installation and setup
*2Running FlightGear
*3Learning to fly
*4Making your first flight
*5The FlightGear communityInstallation and setupHardware requirements
For FlightGear to run smoothly, it requires a video card with OpenGL drivers 2.0 or higher. This is usually not a problem, but take a look at the hardware recommendations to have a better idea.
Many laptops are known to have issues with FlightGear, as the graphics card(s) on them are usually lower-end. See notebooks known to run FlightGear for reviews of several laptop systems.Getting FlightGear
You may download the latest files from the FlightGear download page. Choose the source or binary files appropriate for your particular system. Most Linux users will find that most distributions have a packaged version of FlightGear (the package name could be fgfs or flightgear.)
Depending on your technical expertise you may choose the Git development version of FlightGear, which typically has more features and can be required by some of the latest developmental aircraft, but can be unstable and is more complicated to get for non-Windows users. In general, the development version is not advised to the average user, but if you are willing to do some testing there is a nightly build for Windows or Mac available for download from the FlightGear build server, and a Ubuntu PPA updated daily. If you are using a Git version controlled copy of FlightGear, you may choose to synchronise your aircraft using the version controlled FGAddon aircraft development repository.
You may also order FlightGear on a set of DVDs, available on the FlightGear main site.Installing on Windows
After you downloaded the installer, Run it and follow its instructions to install FlightGear.
FlightGear is thought by some antivirus software to have a virus. If that happens you could temporarily disable your antivirus during installation.
With the Windows installer, you may choose where to install FlightGear. The $FG ROOT directory would be <your chosen directory>/data.Installing on Mac OS X
Installing FlightGear on Mac OS X is very simple. Just drag and drop the FlightGear icon to the /Applications folder. That is it.
The first time you launch FlightGear, its icon on the Dock bounces for several seconds while loading aircraft and airport info. When the GUI launcher appears, select an aircraft and and airport by clicking the ’Gear’ buttons at the right of the names. Pressing ’Start flight’ will launch the simulator. You can configure more options using the GUI launcher. See the Users Guide for more details.
If you would like to launch FlightGear using command-line, launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type the following.
The $FG ROOT and $FG SCENERY are not set on Mac OS X. If you want to specify these variables yourself for command-line use, run the followings on Terminal.app:
After launching the GUI launcher, you will have the alias to $FG ROOT at $HOME/Documents/Flightgear/<version> so you can browse the data folder using Finder.
Note: Once you have installed FlightGear, Mac users can locate their $FG_ROOT folder by opening their applications folder in Finder, right clicking on FlightGear, and clicking ’Show Package Contents’. This will take you inside the FlightGear folder. You are now able to access all files including Data/Aircraft to install new aircraft.Configuring OpenGL
FlightGear runs best with current OpenGL video drivers. If you are having trouble running FlightGear, see Graphics drivers configuration for more information.Getting scenery
A limited set of scenery comes installed with FlightGear. For FlightGear 2020.2 LTS this consists of
* The area surrounding the featured airport for the release which is Keflavik International Airport (BIKF)
* The tutorial airport for the Cessna 172P which is Hilo International Airport (PHTO)
In FlightGear, scenery is generally stored in you $FG ROOT directory, and is divided into three kinds of data:
*Airports holds airport data, like runway usage and parking spots.
*Objects and Models are the buildings, bridges and radio towers, etc. that represent three-dimensional structures.
*Terrain represents the contours, elevations and type of ground you fly/taxi over.
The current way of ’installing’ new scenery is enabling TerraSync, which will automatically download and update any place you visit - even on the fly! If you have a slow Internet connection and/or computer you could instead use a scenery manager, for example TerraMaster. In addition you can also manually download and install new scenery parts, either the official World Scenery or custom scenery.Flightgear Download For Windows 10
The official, although outdated, scenery is available at the scenery download section of the FlightGear website, and can be installed following Howto: Install scenery. You may obtain additional and more up to date scenery objects as they become available through the FlightGear Scenery Database. This is recommended for users with weak internet connections or weak computers!
Custom scenery is available in many places. For example, on the FlightGear forum or within repositories. An internet search should be able to find them. See suggested custom scenery page for a few recent releases.
Downloads of 3 dimensional buildings, roads, and objects based on OpenStreetMap data for regions or entire countries is available on the osm2City downloads wiki page.Getting aircraft
Additional aircraft can be downloaded and installed through the launcher. Alternatively, you can go to the FlightGear website and navigate to the download page, then choose the aircraft download link that fits your FlightGear version. In addition there are many third party hangars. For the installation, see Howto: Install aircraft.Running FlightGearStarting FlightGear
The easiest way to start FlightGear is to use the desktop icon. This starts the graphical interface FlightGear Qt launcher where you can choose aircraft, start position etc. Remember the Qt launcher only has basic options to get you started. A lot of options for graphics, scenery, weather, environment, input devices etc. are available from the menu inside the simulator.
Many users choose however to start FlightGear directly from the command line. The executable name is fgfs and can be run without options. If it is ’not found’, it is likely not in your path. The location depends on your particular system and choices you made during compile and installation. There is a list of Command Line Parameters which must be used to change many options, like the aircraft you want. The most important:
The Qt launcher also lets users add command line parameters for options that are normally changed from the menu inside the simulator, as well as quite advanced options that are only available from the command line (as of August 2020).Using the keyboard and/or mouse
Users with limited access to a joystick or other controllers sometimes use the keyboard or mouse to control their aircraft. Using the keyboard to fly can be difficult and the mouse is recommended over the keyboard for flying, yet even a cheap joystick would improve the experience so much.
To get help with keyboard commands, with FlightGear running, go to the Help menu, look under Basic Keys (for simulator related commands) and Common Aircraft Keys (for commands universal to all aircraft) and Aircraft Help (for key commands specific to your aircraft). If the main menu is hidded press F10.
Coming from an other simulator? Check key commands compared to other simulators for an overview of the difference between the key commands of that sim and FlightGear and the.
To use the mouse to fly the aircraft, press Tab ↹ (the cursor should change to a cross) and move the mouse to direct the aircraft. Press Tab ↹ again to look around (cursor should show a two sided arrow), and press Tab ↹ again to return to normal mode, used to click stuff in the cockpit. In some aircraft, such as the A320neo and A330 this unfortunately will not work, so you will have to use right click to look around and mouse mode is disabled. Fortunately, those planes are airliners, which are really stable and easy to fly with the keyboard.First time in the cockpit
Finding your way around the cockpit can be daunting the first time.
Where is the ’virtual cockpit’? Not all FlightGear aircraft come with an interior actually, some research projects may not even come with an exterior model. A 2D panel may display over the 3D cockpit if one exists. You may turn this off through Main Menu > View > View Options and deselecting Show 2D panel in the Display Options section, or by pressing ⇧ Shift+P. Otherwise, you should be sitting in the virtual cockpit when FlightGear starts, as long as the Cockpit View is selected (if not pressing Ctrl+V should get you to the pilot view).
You may find it difficult to read some of the displays, dials and gauges on the instrument panel. You can use the view mode of the mouse (right click until you get a cursor shaped like a double arrow) to pan and the mouse wheel to zoom, or pan with the joystick hat and zoom with X and ⇧ Shift+X.
One of the first steps that many take on entering an unfamiliar cockpit is to press Ctrl+C to highlight all the ’hotspots’, that is instrument controls, buttons, knobs, etc. Many aircraft also offer a specific help menu.
Some functions, such as starter or magneto, may be difficult to use or simply lack clickable ’hotspots’, especially in aircraft models which are in development. In most cases you can go for the equivalent controls on a 2D panel or resort to the keyboard. The keyboard always work according to the assignments listed on the Help menu, but sometimes these are reassigned by an aircraft or configuration. Again, remember to check all the help dialogs.Starting the engine
You’re eager to fly, but the engine’s off. Well, turning on the engines is not always easy. Some aircraft have an autostart entry in their custom menu, but here’s a general procedure that should work in many cases.
In general to start the engine on a piston-engine type aircraft, you need:
* Fuel: some aircraft start the simulation with no fuel. You can add it in Equipment > Fuel and Payload.
* Correct mixture: this is generally rich, so push the red knob all the way in, or use the key m to enrich (⇧ Shift+m leans.)
* Magnetos set on both: turn the key or press }three times to move through R, L, both.
* Throttle: some engines start better with a little gas.
* Run the starter: click the ’start’ position of the key on the panel, or press s. Hold the starter for sufficient time, even 10 seconds.
Starting all engines in a multi-engine aircraft is similar to the single engine--except you must follow the same start sequence for each and every engine. Flightgear provides a convenient way to do this for all engines at once: press ~ and all the procedure above will work for all the engines. Note though that the default 2-D panel is connected to only one engine and the ~ trick might not work. Also, give some gas to be sure that all the engines are on.
These instructions may not work for jet aircraft, helicopters, or other types of aircraft with complex start procedures. Check the instructions in the aircraft help menu (Press ?) and/or at the aircraft’s wiki. In general to start the engine on a jet engine type aircraft, you need to:
* Set cutoff ON
* Engage the starter
* Once the engines spools up to approximately 5% N1, set cutoff OFF
* Disengage the starter once the engine has reached operational speedOnline multiplayer flying
FlightGear has some multiplayer servers that will let you fly in more lively skies, see Howto: Multiplayer. There are also OpenRadar and ATC-pie, standalone programs that will let you be an air traffic controller.
There’s also a multiplayer map that lets you see who’s online right now,and even what navaids are nearby.Learning to flyTutorials
Many aircrafts have their own tutorial. With tutorials, you can learn to operate particular aircrafts but also learn to fly. You can access tutorials by going to the ’Help’ menu and selecting ’Tutorial.’ A great place to start is the tutorial for the Cessna 172p aircraft, commonly used in real life to learn to fly fixed-winged aircrafts. If the tutorial starts without a runway and surrounded by water, your setup of Flighgear is missing the scenery for the airport at which the tutorial was supposed to run. To fix the problem, you have to download scenery, which can be done by manually downloading the appropriate scenery, automatically downloading the scenery for the airport by enabling TerraSync by selecting ’Download scenery automatically’ from the ’Downloads’ section of the ’Settings’ menu of the Flightgear launcher, using the graphical Java-based tool TerraMaster (requiring the Java SE Runtime Environment) to download the appropriate scenery, or obtaining the necessary scenery also available for purchase on Blu-ray from the FlightGear store. [1]Making your first flightRealism
One of the most frequent questions novice pilots ask about any flight sim, but more so to FlightGear, is ’why is my aircraft turning left all the time?’ Although it could be due to wind gusts crossing the runway, it is more likely due to the propeller torque and p-factor.
In certain other flight simulators, despite marketing slogans to the contrary, some settings are turned down to make the aircraft easier to fly. This reduces effects such as the above. The realism is always turned up in FlightGear.
Here are some of the FlightGear realism points, which may be confusing to first time pilots:
* ’Left turning syndrome’ for the previously mentioned reasons.
* Compass turning error: A compass, when subjected to the forces of flight, tends to turn in the opposite direction for a brief period before settling on the correct heading. This is not a malfunction (more on this.)
* The Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) is also subject to error.
* The Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) is driven by a gyroscope (that is why it’s sometimes called a Directional Gyroscope), which is subject to gyro drift: the indicator will drift from its current heading and must be periodically (every ~15 minutes) calibrated to agree with the magnetic compass heading.
*You cannot just cancel a turn or climb by centring the yoke or stick. You must turn or push the stick the other way to get to level and level flight. But even then, the plane will not mantain its altitude or heading by itself- a common mistake is trying to find a hands off yoke position. While with trims one could leave the plane for a couple of seconds, one must use autopilot or constantly adjust the yokes.
Many forces act on an aircraft in flight as well as on the avionics and instruments used for control and navigation, and may be counter-intuitive. Pilots must learn to recognize these phenomena and compensate for their effects. FlightGear models instrument errors that exist in the real world.Airports and navigation aids
When you first start FlightGear, whether from the command line or the graphical interface, you may wonder how to determine what airports are available. The launcher displays a list of airports, but you will not see details such as tower or ILS frequencies. You will not find a map showing VORs and their frequencies. What can you do? See Getting aeronautical charts.
In-sim, there is a map you can use in Equipment > Map, which will allow you to see navigation data and the position of airports and aids. For more help with navigation see Understanding Navigation.Flying using the autopilot
Some aircraft require you to use the aut
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Download FlightGear 2018.3.6 – the latest stable, supported release.
Jan 03, 2020 7/10 (10 votes) - Download FlightGear Mac Free. FlightGear is a GPL flight simulator for Mac, which is valid as a training system for pilots or also as an academic tool. Download FlightGear for free. Travel the skies with FlightGear, the best flight free simulator for Mac. Put yourself in command. FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator. It supports a variety of popular platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and is developed by skilled volunteers from around the world. Important Notice from FlightGear developers. This is a download page for FlightGear Mac OS X, a free / open-source flight simulator. We have heard that there are some paid products that use FlightGear, and their web site or a starting box seems leading you to this site for either downloading the binary or support.
*Download FlightGear 2018.3.6 for Windows (versions 7, 8, 10)
*Download FlightGear 2018.3.6 for macOS
*Download FlightGear for Linux and other platforms on the download for other platforms page.Download Latest Preview ReleaseFlightgear Plane Downloads
Preview releases contain features that will be included in the next stable release, but receive only limited testing. As a result, some aircraft may not function correctly (or at all) and you might experience other problems with performance or features. Please give feedback on any problems you find via the forums and mailing list, to help make the next stable release better.Download Aircraft
The easiest way to install aircraft is via the launcher – this will ensure aircraft are installed to the correct location, and get be updated easily when new versions are released by aircraft developers.
If you prefer to download aircraft manually, you can find download additional aircraft here.Download Scenery
FlightGear has a seamless, continuous oblate ellipsoid world available for you to explore. Our terrain is based on 90m SRTM data and is very detailed. There are over 20,000 airports you can visit world wide. You can download 10×10 degree chunks of the world, run a utility called terrasync to fetch scenery as you fly (just in time), or purchase the entire world on a 3 DVD set.
*Download the latest World Scenery data updates.Download Source Code
Here’s the best part. Every line of source code for this project is available under the GPL license. Cockpit builders, researchers, do-it-yourselfers, industry groups, and students will all find FlightGear very open, very flexible, very adaptable, and very interfacable.FTP Mirrors
In the event that the primary FlightGear server is busy or slow we have a number of ftp mirror sites. Note: many web browsers will report a failed login rather than a busy server.Purchase FlightGear DVDs and Gear
Those who prefer the complete FlightGear set on physical media can purchase a ready to run version of FlightGear (OSX or Windows) as well as the entire world scenery set. A portion of the sales goes towards supporting the project and a portion is donated to charity.
*Visit the FlightGear store.
Mac and devin go to high school download movie list. Welcome to FlightGear! Here we will try to get you up in the virtual air in the shortest time possible. We will also introduce you to some of the features of this flight simulator and also a few information on its community.
*1Installation and setup
*2Running FlightGear
*3Learning to fly
*4Making your first flight
*5The FlightGear communityInstallation and setupHardware requirements
For FlightGear to run smoothly, it requires a video card with OpenGL drivers 2.0 or higher. This is usually not a problem, but take a look at the hardware recommendations to have a better idea.
Many laptops are known to have issues with FlightGear, as the graphics card(s) on them are usually lower-end. See notebooks known to run FlightGear for reviews of several laptop systems.Getting FlightGear
You may download the latest files from the FlightGear download page. Choose the source or binary files appropriate for your particular system. Most Linux users will find that most distributions have a packaged version of FlightGear (the package name could be fgfs or flightgear.)
Depending on your technical expertise you may choose the Git development version of FlightGear, which typically has more features and can be required by some of the latest developmental aircraft, but can be unstable and is more complicated to get for non-Windows users. In general, the development version is not advised to the average user, but if you are willing to do some testing there is a nightly build for Windows or Mac available for download from the FlightGear build server, and a Ubuntu PPA updated daily. If you are using a Git version controlled copy of FlightGear, you may choose to synchronise your aircraft using the version controlled FGAddon aircraft development repository.
You may also order FlightGear on a set of DVDs, available on the FlightGear main site.Installing on Windows
After you downloaded the installer, Run it and follow its instructions to install FlightGear.
FlightGear is thought by some antivirus software to have a virus. If that happens you could temporarily disable your antivirus during installation.
With the Windows installer, you may choose where to install FlightGear. The $FG ROOT directory would be <your chosen directory>/data.Installing on Mac OS X
Installing FlightGear on Mac OS X is very simple. Just drag and drop the FlightGear icon to the /Applications folder. That is it.
The first time you launch FlightGear, its icon on the Dock bounces for several seconds while loading aircraft and airport info. When the GUI launcher appears, select an aircraft and and airport by clicking the ’Gear’ buttons at the right of the names. Pressing ’Start flight’ will launch the simulator. You can configure more options using the GUI launcher. See the Users Guide for more details.
If you would like to launch FlightGear using command-line, launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type the following.
The $FG ROOT and $FG SCENERY are not set on Mac OS X. If you want to specify these variables yourself for command-line use, run the followings on Terminal.app:
After launching the GUI launcher, you will have the alias to $FG ROOT at $HOME/Documents/Flightgear/<version> so you can browse the data folder using Finder.
Note: Once you have installed FlightGear, Mac users can locate their $FG_ROOT folder by opening their applications folder in Finder, right clicking on FlightGear, and clicking ’Show Package Contents’. This will take you inside the FlightGear folder. You are now able to access all files including Data/Aircraft to install new aircraft.Configuring OpenGL
FlightGear runs best with current OpenGL video drivers. If you are having trouble running FlightGear, see Graphics drivers configuration for more information.Getting scenery
A limited set of scenery comes installed with FlightGear. For FlightGear 2020.2 LTS this consists of
* The area surrounding the featured airport for the release which is Keflavik International Airport (BIKF)
* The tutorial airport for the Cessna 172P which is Hilo International Airport (PHTO)
In FlightGear, scenery is generally stored in you $FG ROOT directory, and is divided into three kinds of data:
*Airports holds airport data, like runway usage and parking spots.
*Objects and Models are the buildings, bridges and radio towers, etc. that represent three-dimensional structures.
*Terrain represents the contours, elevations and type of ground you fly/taxi over.
The current way of ’installing’ new scenery is enabling TerraSync, which will automatically download and update any place you visit - even on the fly! If you have a slow Internet connection and/or computer you could instead use a scenery manager, for example TerraMaster. In addition you can also manually download and install new scenery parts, either the official World Scenery or custom scenery.Flightgear Download For Windows 10
The official, although outdated, scenery is available at the scenery download section of the FlightGear website, and can be installed following Howto: Install scenery. You may obtain additional and more up to date scenery objects as they become available through the FlightGear Scenery Database. This is recommended for users with weak internet connections or weak computers!
Custom scenery is available in many places. For example, on the FlightGear forum or within repositories. An internet search should be able to find them. See suggested custom scenery page for a few recent releases.
Downloads of 3 dimensional buildings, roads, and objects based on OpenStreetMap data for regions or entire countries is available on the osm2City downloads wiki page.Getting aircraft
Additional aircraft can be downloaded and installed through the launcher. Alternatively, you can go to the FlightGear website and navigate to the download page, then choose the aircraft download link that fits your FlightGear version. In addition there are many third party hangars. For the installation, see Howto: Install aircraft.Running FlightGearStarting FlightGear
The easiest way to start FlightGear is to use the desktop icon. This starts the graphical interface FlightGear Qt launcher where you can choose aircraft, start position etc. Remember the Qt launcher only has basic options to get you started. A lot of options for graphics, scenery, weather, environment, input devices etc. are available from the menu inside the simulator.
Many users choose however to start FlightGear directly from the command line. The executable name is fgfs and can be run without options. If it is ’not found’, it is likely not in your path. The location depends on your particular system and choices you made during compile and installation. There is a list of Command Line Parameters which must be used to change many options, like the aircraft you want. The most important:
The Qt launcher also lets users add command line parameters for options that are normally changed from the menu inside the simulator, as well as quite advanced options that are only available from the command line (as of August 2020).Using the keyboard and/or mouse
Users with limited access to a joystick or other controllers sometimes use the keyboard or mouse to control their aircraft. Using the keyboard to fly can be difficult and the mouse is recommended over the keyboard for flying, yet even a cheap joystick would improve the experience so much.
To get help with keyboard commands, with FlightGear running, go to the Help menu, look under Basic Keys (for simulator related commands) and Common Aircraft Keys (for commands universal to all aircraft) and Aircraft Help (for key commands specific to your aircraft). If the main menu is hidded press F10.
Coming from an other simulator? Check key commands compared to other simulators for an overview of the difference between the key commands of that sim and FlightGear and the.
To use the mouse to fly the aircraft, press Tab ↹ (the cursor should change to a cross) and move the mouse to direct the aircraft. Press Tab ↹ again to look around (cursor should show a two sided arrow), and press Tab ↹ again to return to normal mode, used to click stuff in the cockpit. In some aircraft, such as the A320neo and A330 this unfortunately will not work, so you will have to use right click to look around and mouse mode is disabled. Fortunately, those planes are airliners, which are really stable and easy to fly with the keyboard.First time in the cockpit
Finding your way around the cockpit can be daunting the first time.
Where is the ’virtual cockpit’? Not all FlightGear aircraft come with an interior actually, some research projects may not even come with an exterior model. A 2D panel may display over the 3D cockpit if one exists. You may turn this off through Main Menu > View > View Options and deselecting Show 2D panel in the Display Options section, or by pressing ⇧ Shift+P. Otherwise, you should be sitting in the virtual cockpit when FlightGear starts, as long as the Cockpit View is selected (if not pressing Ctrl+V should get you to the pilot view).
You may find it difficult to read some of the displays, dials and gauges on the instrument panel. You can use the view mode of the mouse (right click until you get a cursor shaped like a double arrow) to pan and the mouse wheel to zoom, or pan with the joystick hat and zoom with X and ⇧ Shift+X.
One of the first steps that many take on entering an unfamiliar cockpit is to press Ctrl+C to highlight all the ’hotspots’, that is instrument controls, buttons, knobs, etc. Many aircraft also offer a specific help menu.
Some functions, such as starter or magneto, may be difficult to use or simply lack clickable ’hotspots’, especially in aircraft models which are in development. In most cases you can go for the equivalent controls on a 2D panel or resort to the keyboard. The keyboard always work according to the assignments listed on the Help menu, but sometimes these are reassigned by an aircraft or configuration. Again, remember to check all the help dialogs.Starting the engine
You’re eager to fly, but the engine’s off. Well, turning on the engines is not always easy. Some aircraft have an autostart entry in their custom menu, but here’s a general procedure that should work in many cases.
In general to start the engine on a piston-engine type aircraft, you need:
* Fuel: some aircraft start the simulation with no fuel. You can add it in Equipment > Fuel and Payload.
* Correct mixture: this is generally rich, so push the red knob all the way in, or use the key m to enrich (⇧ Shift+m leans.)
* Magnetos set on both: turn the key or press }three times to move through R, L, both.
* Throttle: some engines start better with a little gas.
* Run the starter: click the ’start’ position of the key on the panel, or press s. Hold the starter for sufficient time, even 10 seconds.
Starting all engines in a multi-engine aircraft is similar to the single engine--except you must follow the same start sequence for each and every engine. Flightgear provides a convenient way to do this for all engines at once: press ~ and all the procedure above will work for all the engines. Note though that the default 2-D panel is connected to only one engine and the ~ trick might not work. Also, give some gas to be sure that all the engines are on.
These instructions may not work for jet aircraft, helicopters, or other types of aircraft with complex start procedures. Check the instructions in the aircraft help menu (Press ?) and/or at the aircraft’s wiki. In general to start the engine on a jet engine type aircraft, you need to:
* Set cutoff ON
* Engage the starter
* Once the engines spools up to approximately 5% N1, set cutoff OFF
* Disengage the starter once the engine has reached operational speedOnline multiplayer flying
FlightGear has some multiplayer servers that will let you fly in more lively skies, see Howto: Multiplayer. There are also OpenRadar and ATC-pie, standalone programs that will let you be an air traffic controller.
There’s also a multiplayer map that lets you see who’s online right now,and even what navaids are nearby.Learning to flyTutorials
Many aircrafts have their own tutorial. With tutorials, you can learn to operate particular aircrafts but also learn to fly. You can access tutorials by going to the ’Help’ menu and selecting ’Tutorial.’ A great place to start is the tutorial for the Cessna 172p aircraft, commonly used in real life to learn to fly fixed-winged aircrafts. If the tutorial starts without a runway and surrounded by water, your setup of Flighgear is missing the scenery for the airport at which the tutorial was supposed to run. To fix the problem, you have to download scenery, which can be done by manually downloading the appropriate scenery, automatically downloading the scenery for the airport by enabling TerraSync by selecting ’Download scenery automatically’ from the ’Downloads’ section of the ’Settings’ menu of the Flightgear launcher, using the graphical Java-based tool TerraMaster (requiring the Java SE Runtime Environment) to download the appropriate scenery, or obtaining the necessary scenery also available for purchase on Blu-ray from the FlightGear store. [1]Making your first flightRealism
One of the most frequent questions novice pilots ask about any flight sim, but more so to FlightGear, is ’why is my aircraft turning left all the time?’ Although it could be due to wind gusts crossing the runway, it is more likely due to the propeller torque and p-factor.
In certain other flight simulators, despite marketing slogans to the contrary, some settings are turned down to make the aircraft easier to fly. This reduces effects such as the above. The realism is always turned up in FlightGear.
Here are some of the FlightGear realism points, which may be confusing to first time pilots:
* ’Left turning syndrome’ for the previously mentioned reasons.
* Compass turning error: A compass, when subjected to the forces of flight, tends to turn in the opposite direction for a brief period before settling on the correct heading. This is not a malfunction (more on this.)
* The Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) is also subject to error.
* The Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) is driven by a gyroscope (that is why it’s sometimes called a Directional Gyroscope), which is subject to gyro drift: the indicator will drift from its current heading and must be periodically (every ~15 minutes) calibrated to agree with the magnetic compass heading.
*You cannot just cancel a turn or climb by centring the yoke or stick. You must turn or push the stick the other way to get to level and level flight. But even then, the plane will not mantain its altitude or heading by itself- a common mistake is trying to find a hands off yoke position. While with trims one could leave the plane for a couple of seconds, one must use autopilot or constantly adjust the yokes.
Many forces act on an aircraft in flight as well as on the avionics and instruments used for control and navigation, and may be counter-intuitive. Pilots must learn to recognize these phenomena and compensate for their effects. FlightGear models instrument errors that exist in the real world.Airports and navigation aids
When you first start FlightGear, whether from the command line or the graphical interface, you may wonder how to determine what airports are available. The launcher displays a list of airports, but you will not see details such as tower or ILS frequencies. You will not find a map showing VORs and their frequencies. What can you do? See Getting aeronautical charts.
In-sim, there is a map you can use in Equipment > Map, which will allow you to see navigation data and the position of airports and aids. For more help with navigation see Understanding Navigation.Flying using the autopilot
Some aircraft require you to use the aut
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