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Pommesschranke started a python/kivy app that | Pommesschranke started a python/kivy app that he plans to use to control FlightGear aircraft. | ||
This is done with 83 lines of Kivy Code (*.kv) and one PNG made with gimp. | This is done with 83 lines of Kivy Code (*.kv) and one PNG image made with gimp. | ||
This is multi-touch, so you can move each throttle alone or both together using 2 fingers. | 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 | Kivy apps run on Linux, Windows, Mac, android, iOS | ||
For details, see the gitorious repository at: https://gitorious.org/flightgear-tq-panel-made-with-kivy | |||
About "FGPanel without FG" I just had another Idea: | About "FGPanel without FG" I just had another Idea: | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 5 February 2014
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| Started in | 02/2014 |
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| Maintainer(s) | repository |
| Contributor(s) | pommeschanke |
| Status | Under active development as of 02/2013 |
Pommesschranke started a python/kivy app that he plans to use to control FlightGear aircraft.
This is done with 83 lines of Kivy Code (*.kv) and one PNG image 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
For details, see the gitorious repository at: https://gitorious.org/flightgear-tq-panel-made-with-kivy
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.
Installation & Setup
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