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FlightGear is an open-source, multi-platform flight simulator

User Documentation

Getting Started

• New to FlightGear
• FAQ
• Hardware Recommendations
• Recommended Software
• Troubleshooting Problems
• Volunteer
• Real Life Experience

Using Flightgear

• Aircraft
• Suggested Flights
• Starting in the Air
• Multiplayer Howto
• Carrier Howto
• Air-Air Refueling Howto
• AI Systems
• Installing Scenery
• Improving Framerates
• Instant Replay
• Command Line Parameters
• Preset Properties
• Realism

Flying Resources

• Definitions Acronyms
• Getting IFR Charts
• Understanding Altitude
• Understanding Navigation
• Understanding Propeller Torque and P-Factor
• Communications
• Weather
• Aircraft
  • Airplane
  • Helicopter
  • Instruments
    • Compass
    • Directional Gyro
    • Attitude Indicator
    • Vertical Situation Indicator
    • Altimeter
    • Vertical Speed Indicator
    • Turn Coordinator
    • Bendix/King KAP140 Autopilot

Developer Documentation

Coders

Guidelines

• Building Flightgear
• Building Terragear
• Submitting Patches
• Janitors
• Development Resources
• Extension Support

Internals

• Property Tree
• Subsystems
• Commands
• FDM API
• Nasal scripting language

Modelers

• Modeling - Getting Started
• Model Import and Export
• Modeling Resources
• Aircraft Information Resources

Todo

• Bugs
• FGFS Todo
• Aircraft Todo
• Goals
• Feature Requests / Proposals / Ideas