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FlightGear Newsletter April 2011: Difference between revisions
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Authors and developers, since orbital flight is possible in FlightGear from now on, you are invited to make a FlightGear driven Mercury-Atlas project. Low earth orbit flights can be more exact and eyecandy in FlightGear than in any current simulator. And you can be sure it will be free for you and users in any case. | Authors and developers, since orbital flight is possible in FlightGear from now on, you are invited to make a FlightGear driven Mercury-Atlas project. Low earth orbit flights can be more exact and eyecandy in FlightGear than in any current simulator. And you can be sure it will be free for you and users in any case. | ||
=== BK 117 is progressing nice === | |||
While work on the fdm is mostly finished and only small things on the exterior model has to be done, work on the cockpit of the | |||
BK 117 has begun and is in a good progress. The cockpit will be detailed and make use of photorealistic textures and as | |||
a lot of new instruments and panels will be created, this is mostly a modeling challenge. The b1900d-cockpit is guide for the developement to keep the aircraft framerate-friendly. Because of the complex cockpit an own AI-model will be created to keep MP-Users happy. | |||
This developement is also a test for the upcoming EC135/635-project, which will also have a detailed and accurate cockpit. | |||
=== Doctor Who TARDIS === | === Doctor Who TARDIS === | ||