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This page is about building your own procedure trainer device using basically FlightGear, other OpenSource software and home brew hardware. It is probably far from being a FNPT [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_Navigation_Procedures_Trainer Flight Navigation Procedure Trainer ], so I'd like to call it a '''PMPT''' for ''Poor Man's Procedure Trainer''. | This page is about building your own procedure trainer device using basically FlightGear, other OpenSource software and home brew hardware. It is probably far from being a FNPT [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_Navigation_Procedures_Trainer Flight Navigation Procedure Trainer ], so I'd like to call it a '''PMPT''' for ''Poor Man's Procedure Trainer''. | ||
The goal is to have most of the components, "real" FNPT have: | The goal is to have most of the components, "real" FNPT have: | ||
* A realistic flight dynamics model | |||
* An instrument panel with realistic looking instruments and controls with realistic behaviour. | * An instrument panel with realistic looking instruments and controls with realistic behaviour. | ||
* An outside 3d-view rendering the world scenery (but not our own aircraft) | * An outside 3d-view rendering the world scenery (but not our own aircraft) |