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  |subtitle=''Fly free!''
  |introduction=Getting into the virtual air and back, safely
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Getting started</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[New to FlightGear]] · [[FlightGear Manual]]<br/>
[[Frequently asked questions]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Troubleshooting problems|Troubleshooting]]</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Howto: Understand console output|Common errors]]<br/>
[[Troubleshooting performance issues]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Flying</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Avionics and instruments]] · [[Aircraft lighting]]<br/>
[[Altitude]] · [[Aircraft speed|Speed]] · [[Understanding Propeller Torque and P-Factor|Propeller torque and P-factor]]<br/>
[[Howto:Fly a circuit pattern|Flying an airfield traffic pattern]] · [[Understanding navigation|Navigation]]<br/>
[[Creating a flightplan]] · [[Weather]] · [[Communications]]<br/>
[[List of abbreviations]]<br/><br/>
[[Howto: Aerial refueling|Aerial refueling]] · [[Howto: Carrier|Aircraft carrier operations]]<br/>
[[Flying Warbirds|Flying warbirds]] · [[Howto: Fly a helicopter|Flying helicopters]]<br/>
[[Howto: Multiplayer|Multiplayer]] · [[Howto: Be a controller|Be an air traffic controller]] · [[Dual control|Multi-crew]]<br/>
[[Soaring]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Hardware</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Joystick|Joystick, yoke and rudder]] · [[Howto: Configure camera view windows|Multiple displays]]<br/>
[[Hardware Recommendations|Recommendations]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Suggested</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Suggested Airports/Scenery|Airports/Scenery]] · [[Suggested Flights|Flights]] · [[Challenging Airports]]<br/>
[[Suggested Software|Software]] </span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Additional tools</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[FGo!]] · [[FGRun]] · [[KFreeFlight]]<br/>
[[FGCOM]] · [[OpenRadar]] · [[ATC-pie]]<br/>
[[TerraSync]] · [[TerraMaster]]<br/>
[[Atlas]] · [[Airport Diagram Generator]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Promotion</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Unique Features]] · [[FlightGear Reviews|Reviews]]<br/>
[[FlightGear Videos|Videos]] · [[Howto:Make nice screenshots|Making nice screenshots]]<br/>
[[Presentation Recipe|Presentation recipe]] · [[FlightGear Expo Checklist|Expo checklist]]</span>
 
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* [[Howto: Install aircraft|Additional aircraft]]
* [[Howto: Install scenery|Additional scenery]]
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* [[FlightGear hangars]]
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Getting help
  |contents=
* Searching and asking for help:
# You ''will'' get more help if you have searched around and can give a "well informed question", so:
#* Look around at the links on this page.
#* [[Special:Search|Search the wiki]].
#* {{forum link|type=search|text=Search the forum}}. If it do not yield much, use Google search as below.
#* [http://google.com Search with Google] More useful than you think on the forum if you end your search string with "site:{{project infrastructure|forum|link=no|noprotocol=yes}}".
# Giving as much information as possible, {{forum link|f=17|text=ask at the support forum}} or preferably a suitable sub forum.


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* For smaller problems, try the in-sim chat if other pilots are nearby or the FlightGear IRC channel irc://#flightgear@irc.flightgear.org''
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* Talk to us via mumble: flightgear-radio.autosoft.fr port: 64738
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The User Portal</h2>
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* [http://freechecklists.net/ Checklists]
* [http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/ FAA Handbooks & Manuals]
* [http://www.gcmap.com/ Great Circle Mapper]
* [http://www.smartcockpit.com SmartCockpit.com]
* [http://www.worldaerodata.com/ World Aeronautical Database]
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This Section of the wiki needs reworking, Many broken, and missing links. Unfinished wiki bits in the aircraft, and Many missing and server errors when trying to download many of the models.
[[Category:Portals]]
 
This portal is for the users of FlightGear. To be sure you get the latest news, it's a good idea to subscribe yourself to the [http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users FlightGear users] -mailing list. An [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=flightgear-users archive of the list] is available and should be checked before asking again. Also, there's a users forum to be found at http://www.flightgear.org/forums.
 
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Getting Started</h2>
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*  [[New to FlightGear]]
* [[Unique Features]]
*  [[FlightGear Manual]]
*  [[FAQ]]
*  [[Video Tutorials]]
*  [[Hardware Recommendations]]
*  [[Notebooks known to run FlightGear]]
*  [[Recommended Software]]
*  [[Troubleshooting Problems]]
*  [[Volunteer]]
|-
! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Configuring Flightgear</h2>
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*  [[Multi core and Multi GPU support]] 
*  [[Command Line Parameters]]
*  [[Downloading New Flightgear Scenery for Windows XP]]
*  [[Installing Scenery]]
*  [[Installing Aircraft]]
*  [[Improving Framerates]]
* [[Joystick]]
*  [[Linux software audio mixing with FlightGear]]
*  [[Multiplayer Howto]]
* [http://www.inkdrop.net/dave/multimon.pdf Using multiple monitors with FlightGear]
*  [[Howto:Configure Camera View Windows]]
|-
! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Using Flightgear</h2>
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*  [[Aircraft]]
*  [[Helicopter]]
*  [[Vehicle]]
*  [[Chat Menu]]
*  [[Doing aerotow over the net]]
*  [[Dual control]]
*  [[Flying the Helicopter]]
*  [[Instant Replay]]
*  [[Menubar]]
*  [[Preset Properties]]
*  [[Realism]]
[[Starting in the Air]]
*  [[Table of models]] <small> New! </small>
*  [[FlightGear related projects]]
* [http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/FGShortRef.pdf FlightGear Short Reference] <small>pdf, 80 kB</small>
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Suggested</h2>
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*  [[Suggested Aircraft]]
*  [[Suggested Airports/Scenery]]
*  [[Suggested Flights]]
* [[Suggested Prerecorded Flights]] <small> New! </small>
*  [[Challenging Airports]]
*  [[Suggested Software]]
 
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">FlightGear Community/Events</h2>
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* [[FlightGear Airways]]
* [[FlightGear Race]]
* [[Pilots of the Caribbean]]
|-
! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Interactive Scenarios</h2>
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*  [[AI Systems]] 
*  [[Interactive Traffic]]
*  [[Soaring]]
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Howtos</h2>
|-
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* [[Howto: Multi-computing FlightGear|Multi-computing FlightGear]]
* [[Howto: Air-Air Refueling|Air-Air Refueling]]
* [[Howto: Be a controller|Be a controller]]
* [[Howto: Carrier|Carrier]]
* [[Howto: Get rid of common errors|Get rid of common errors]]
* [[Howto: Multiplayer|Multiplayer]]
* [[Howto: Make nice screenshots|Make nice screenshots]]
* [[Howto: 737-300|737-300]]
'''[[:Category:Howto|More...]]'''
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Tutorials</h2>
|-
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*  [[ATC Tutorial]]
*  [[Instrument Landing System Tutorial]]
*  [[Updating FlightGear on Windows]]
|-
! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Using additional FlightGear Tools</h2>
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*  [[FGo!]]  - Simple GUI for launching FlightGear
*  [[Fgrun]]  - aka the FlightGear Wizard
*  [[KFreeFlight]]  - GUI like fgrun but with KDE dependencies
*  [[FGCOM]]  - realtime voice comms
*  [[Atlas]]  - How to set it up
* [[Airport Diagram Generator]] - create charts from FlightGears data
|-
! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#0f7a71; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d9e2e2; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">FlightGear Promotion</h2>
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* [[Unique Features]]
* [[FlightGear Reviews]]
* [[FlightGear Videos]]
* [[FlightGear 1.0 features showcase]]
* [[Logos|FlightGear Logos]]
* [[Presentation Recipe]]
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'''[[Ratings|More...]]'''
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Revision as of 19:55, 22 March 2020

Welcome to the user portal

Fly free!
Getting into the virtual air and back, safely
 
 
Icon

Installing

 
 

Getting help

  • Searching and asking for help:
  1. You will get more help if you have searched around and can give a "well informed question", so:
    • Look around at the links on this page.
    • Search the wiki.
    • Search the forum This is a link to the FlightGear forum.. If it do not yield much, use Google search as below.
    • Search with Google More useful than you think on the forum if you end your search string with "site:forum.flightgear.org".
  2. Giving as much information as possible, ask at the support forum This is a link to the FlightGear forum. or preferably a suitable sub forum.
  • For smaller problems, try the in-sim chat if other pilots are nearby or the FlightGear IRC channel irc://#flightgear@irc.flightgear.org
  • Talk to us via mumble: flightgear-radio.autosoft.fr port: 64738
 
 

External links

Getting started
New to FlightGear · FlightGear Manual
Frequently asked questions

Portal helpcenter.png

Troubleshooting
Common errors
Troubleshooting performance issues

Portal aircraft.png

Flying
Avionics and instruments · Aircraft lighting
Altitude · Speed · Propeller torque and P-factor
Flying an airfield traffic pattern · Navigation
Creating a flightplan · Weather · Communications
List of abbreviations

Aerial refueling · Aircraft carrier operations
Flying warbirds · Flying helicopters
Multiplayer · Be an air traffic controller · Multi-crew
Soaring

Portal hardware.png

Hardware
Joystick, yoke and rudder · Multiple displays
Recommendations

Portal star.png

Suggested
Airports/Scenery · Flights · Challenging Airports
Software

Portal tools.png

Additional tools
FGo! · FGRun · KFreeFlight
FGCOM · OpenRadar · ATC-pie
TerraSync · TerraMaster
Atlas · Airport Diagram Generator

Portal promotion.png

Promotion
Unique Features · Reviews
Videos · Making nice screenshots
Presentation recipe · Expo checklist