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|status = Under active development as of 02/2013 | |status = Under active development as of 02/2013 | ||
|maintainers = [https://gitorious.org/flightgear-tq-panel-made-with-kivy repository] | |maintainers = [https://gitorious.org/flightgear-tq-panel-made-with-kivy repository] | ||
|developers = | |developers = d-laser | ||
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d-laser(pommesschranke) started a python/kivy app that can be used to control FlightGear aircraft. | |||
It is a multi-touch App, so you can move each throttle alone or both together using 2 fingers. Use 2 fingers for the toe-brakes, or only one for differential braking. | |||
Kivy apps run on Linux, Windows, Mac, android, iOS | Kivy apps run on Linux, Windows, Mac, android, iOS | ||
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About "FGPanel without FG" I just had another Idea: | 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 | 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 | 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.. | |||
* speed brake | |||
* 2 x throttle | |||
* elv. trim | |||
* flaps | |||
* field of view (zoom) | |||
* parking brake | |||
* thrust reverser | |||
* 2 x toe brake | |||
* gear up/down | |||
* change view | |||
I developed and tested on Linux(800x600) and it runs without changes on an | |||
I developed and tested on Linux and it runs without changes on Android | Android tablet (1024x600) | ||
== Installation & Setup == | == Installation & Setup == | ||
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== Todo == | == Todo == | ||
* some python code that talks UDP and/or Telnet with FlightGear | <strike>* some python code that talks UDP and/or Telnet with FlightGear</strike> DONE | ||
* add more buttons and switches | <strike>* add more buttons and switches</strike> One screen is full :-) | ||
* make everything look more real | * make everything look more real - Michat works on additional graphics | ||
although it is not a hardware TQ I | although it is not a hardware TQ I it is more fun to use than the PC-keyboard. And it is nice to have visual indicators for the position of speed brakes, throttle, flaps, gear | ||
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[[Category:Software]] | [[Category:Software]] | ||