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FlightGear Flight Simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. Source code for the entire project is available (CVS repository) and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application. We are developing a sophisticated, open simulation framework that can be expanded and improved upon by anyone interested in contributing.

There are many exciting possibilities for an open, free flight sim. We hope that this project will be interesting and useful to many people in many areas.

FlightGear comes with a set of illustrated documentation, notably "The Manual", which is available as PDF and HTML. If you prefer to follow the 'bleeding edge' set of FlightGear instructions, then the following articles are likely to make you happy. You will notice that parts of this Wiki duplicate information that's already present in "The Manual".

User Documentation Getting Started New to FlightGear Why FlightGear FlightGear Reviews Features FAQ Hardware Recommendations Recommended Software Troubleshooting Problems Volunteer Real Life Experience Configuring Flightgear Command Line Parameters Installing Scenery Improving Framerates Multiplayer Howto Linux software audio mixing with FlightGear Using multiple monitors with FlightGear Using Flightgear Aircraft Helicopter Suggested Flights Starting in the Air Instant Replay Preset Properties Realism Flying the Helicopter Doing aerotow over the net Interactive Scenarios Carrier Howto Air-Air Refueling Howto AI Systems Interactive Traffic Soaring FGCOM realtime voice comms Flying Resources Tutorial Resources Definitions Acronyms Getting IFR Charts Understanding Altitude Understanding Navigation Understanding Propeller Torque and P-Factor Understanding Aerodynamics Communications Weather Avionics and Instruments Everything you need FAA Handbooks & Manuals

Middleware/Base Package Development Category:Aircraft TODO Modeling Modeling - Getting Started Modelling - FAQ Modelling - SketchUp Model Import and Export Modeling Resources Autopilot Tuning Resources Aircraft Information Resources Blender Ground Signs Tutorial Normals and Transparency Tutorial Creating instruments for FG Writing simple scripts in "nasal" Conventions & Guidelines Misc FGSD- How to make a airport Developer Documentation RFC Topics Next Generation Scenery - revamping the FG scenery engine Keyboard function priority list - reorganizing FlightGear keybindings FlightGear Sessions - discussing possible steps to finally allow aircraft to be reliably switched at runtime Formalizing Aircraft Status - discussing suggestions about how to more properly describe aircraft development status Simplifying Aircraft Deployment - identifying potential steps to simplify deployment of FlightGear aircraft FDM engine feature standardization - discussing possible steps to standardize feature support of mainstream FlightGear FDM engines Current Efforts/Branches TODO: use to document and keep track of official branches (i.e. plib/OSG) and local efforts/projects of individual contributors. Compiling Building Flightgear Building Flightgear - Windows Building Terragear OpenSceneGraph Building FlightGear Launch Control HowTos FlightGear-Points of Interest Adding features Contributing Submitting Patches Code Cleanup Development Resources Extension Support Technical Reports Code Internals Property Tree Subsystems UML Diagrams Commands FDM API Nasal scripting language File Formats Initialization Sequence Todo Long Term Goals Project Infrastructure Enhancements Bugs FGFS Todo Feature Requests / Proposals / Ideas FlightGear Expo Checklist Done Changes since 0.9.10 Miscellaneous Glass Cockpit Projects Copyright Inquiry FlightGear - Gear Resources Sign Specification Proposal