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+Pommesschranke started a python/kivy app that I plan to use to control FlightGear aircraft.
+This is done with 83 lines of Kivy Code (*.kv) and one PNG made with gimp.
+This is multi-touch, so you can move each throttle alone or both together using 2 fingers.
+Kivy apps run on Linux, Windows, Mac, android, iOS
+About "FGPanel without FG" I just had another Idea:
+Use the Blender game engine and blenderplayer - then I could use the original 3D models which are also used inside Flightgear.
+Just like the kivy app this would run on Platforms that can't run Flightgear like Raspberry Pi and Android for example.
+With my kivy TQ I can now control flaps, speed brakes and 2 x throttle.
+I developed and tested on Linux and it runs without changes on Android.
+== Todo ==
+* some python code that talks UDP and/or Telnet with FlightGear
+* add more buttons and switches
+* make everything look more real
+although it is not a hardware TQ I think it will be more fun to use than the keyboard. And it will be nice to have visual indicators for the position of speed brakes, throttle, flaps, gear
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