FlightGear Newsletter October 2012: Difference between revisions

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Added V06 cockpit panel description under 'FG and Android'
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=== Project Rembrandt ===
=== Project Rembrandt ===
=== Canvas System ===
=== Canvas System ===
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=== High Level Architecture ===
=== High Level Architecture ===
=== FlightGear an Android ===
 
=== FlightGear and Android ===
[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Flightgear_On_Android FOA]s effort on taking FlightGear to Android is a great project and another step making FG the most wide spread sophisticated simulation around. But there's another project connecting FG to Android: The [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.v06.cockpitpanel V06 Cockpit Panel] by DerFalkner. It is a network based panel for any (flight)simulator that is able to send its data via UDP. So far it has a basic primary flight display with an artificial horizont, an airspeed strip and an altimeter. More work / features will be added, so it might end up to be a fully integratable flight management system with gauges, multifunctional displays, route planning, moving map and all the other fancy stuff you find in modern cockpits. Have a peek on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wETpSltoylk youtube] or check out the app via the google play store by searching for V06.


=== Usability Improvements ===
=== Usability Improvements ===

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