Yoke for FlightGear

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Yoke for FlightGear(or FGYoke) are a virtual yoke for FlightGear on iOS and Android based on TCP.

iOS version available in Apple Appstore. Current version 1.0.0, by Sidi Liang.

Android version 0.3.0beta, by CHH2000Day. How to use:

Install FGYoke first.

Save the code as from_fgyoke.xml , or download it from here, then copy it to the Protocol folder under the data folder of FlightGear. for Mac OS, it should be /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Protocol

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<PropertyList>
    <generic>
        <input>
            <line_separator>newline</line_separator>
            <var_separator>,</var_separator>
            <chunk>
                <name>aileron</name>
                <type>float</type>
                <format>%f</format>
                <node>/controls/flight/aileron</node>
            </chunk>
            <chunk>
                <name>elevator</name>
                <type>float</type>
                <format>%f</format>
                <node>/controls/flight/elevator</node>
            </chunk>
        </input>
    </generic>
</PropertyList>

Go to the setting page, and type in the IP address and the port number of the computer that are going to run FlightGear. In this case, we can use 23333 as port number. Click Save.

Type in --generic=socket,in,20,,12345,tcp,from_fgyoke in settings when launching FlightGear.

Start FlightGear, and click on the switch in the app. If it stays on "On" position, then the connection was successful.