Flightplan XML formats
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FlightGear can use flightplans stored in property-list xml files.
Property-list format
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<PropertyList>
<flightplan>
...
</flightplan>
</PropertyList>
AI Flightplans
Each waypoint can contain the following tags:
- <name> - Waypoint name, if END AI model is deleted
- <lat> - Latitude, decimal degrees
- <lon> - Longitude, decimal degrees
- <alt> - Altitude above mean sea level, feet
- <crossat> - Crossing altitude, feet
- <ktas> - Knots true air speed
- <on-ground> - True if on ground, if in air or in a tunnel set to false
- <gear-down> - True for gear down, false for gear up
- <flaps-down> - True for flaps down, false for flaps up
<wpt>
<name>1</name>
<lat>53.6762</lat>
<lon>-1.39984</lon>
<alt>51.9773</alt>
<ktas>10</ktas>
<on-ground>true</on-ground>
</wpt>
<wpt>
<name>2</name>
<lat>53.6761</lat>
<lon>-1.40056</lon>
<alt>52.199</alt>
<ktas>20</ktas>
<on-ground>false</on-ground>
</wpt>
<wpt>
<name>END</name>
</wpt>
Using the flightplans in FlightGear
Through the route manager
For AI models
See AI Systems#AI Models for the main article about this subject. |
Related pages
- AI Systems
- UFO from the 'White Project' of the UNESCO
- List of Nasal extension functions#flightplan()
- Nasal Flightplan
- PropertyList XML File
- Howto:Create a flightplan, contains no information whatsoever on using flightplans in FlightGear though.