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[[File:SOTM_2020-03_Winter_Evening_Departure_by_legoboyvdlp_(A320).jpg|thumb|[[Airbus_A320_Family|Airbus A320]] cockpit on a rainy night. The A320 is the glass cockpit airliner with the most detailed systems available through FGAddon as of August 2020. It features a JSBSim FDM with some offline Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Needs Flightgear 2020.1 or later. The [[Boeing_777|777]] is a Boeing glass cockpit airliner (YaSim FDM) that is well developed. (FG 2020)]] | [[File:SOTM_2020-03_Winter_Evening_Departure_by_legoboyvdlp_(A320).jpg|thumb|[[Airbus_A320_Family|Airbus A320]] cockpit on a rainy night. The A320 is the glass cockpit airliner with the most detailed systems available through FGAddon as of August 2020. It features a JSBSim FDM with some offline Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Needs Flightgear 2020.1 or later. The [[Boeing_777|777]] is a Boeing glass cockpit airliner (YaSim FDM) that is well developed. (FG 2020)]] | ||
[[File:SOTM_2018-07_Grim_reapers_take_off_by_massima.jpg|thumb|[[Grumman_F-14_Tomcat|Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] on the carrier Harry S. Truman. The carrier list can be [[Howto:Carrier#From_the_launcher_.28Version_2020.1_and_later.29|viewed]] by clicking the ship icon next to the search bar in ''location'' tab in the [[FlightGear_Qt_launcher|launcher]]. The F-14 features a JSBSim FDM with windtunnel data. Fighters with windtunnel data include [[Saab_37_Viggen|Saab Viggen]] , [[McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle|F-15]], and [[General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon|F-16]]. (FG 2018)]] | [[File:SOTM_2018-07_Grim_reapers_take_off_by_massima.jpg|thumb|[[Grumman_F-14_Tomcat|Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] on the carrier Harry S. Truman. The carrier list can be [[Howto:Carrier#From_the_launcher_.28Version_2020.1_and_later.29|viewed]] by clicking the ship icon next to the search bar in ''location'' tab in the [[FlightGear_Qt_launcher|launcher]]. The F-14 features a JSBSim FDM with windtunnel data. Fighters with windtunnel data include [[Saab_37_Viggen|Saab Viggen]], [[McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle|F-15]], and [[General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon|F-16]]. (FG 2018)]] | ||
[[File:C172p-preview13.jpg|thumb|[[Cessna_172P|Cessna 172P Skyahwk]] with internal lighting. The C172P is included in the base package, and doesn't have to be installed. C172p has float plane, amphibious, ski, and bush tire variants. The C172p has autostart, and the startup state is determined by start position. The C172p features detailed checklists, and guided tutorials in picturesque Hawaii. Well developed single-prop learning planes: [[Piper_PA28_Warrior_II|Piper PA 28]] with [[FG1000|G1000]], [[Piper_J3_Cub|J3 Cub]] with G1000, [[Cessna 182S|C182S]] with G1000, and the easy to fly [[Ercoupe_415-C|Ercoupe]]. (FG 2018)]] | [[File:C172p-preview13.jpg|thumb|[[Cessna_172P|Cessna 172P Skyahwk]] with internal lighting. The C172P is included in the base package, and doesn't have to be installed. C172p has float plane, amphibious, ski, and bush tire variants. The C172p has autostart, and the startup state is determined by start position. The C172p features detailed checklists, and guided tutorials in picturesque Hawaii. Well developed single-prop learning planes: [[Piper_PA28_Warrior_II|Piper PA 28]] with [[FG1000|G1000]], [[Piper_J3_Cub|J3 Cub]] with G1000, [[Cessna 182S|C182S]] with G1000, and the easy to fly [[Ercoupe_415-C|Ercoupe]]. (FG 2018)]] | ||
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# Start up FlightGear with Launcher. In Launcher, go to the ''Add-ons'' tab. In the ''Additional aircraft folders'' section, click the ''Add'' button and select the main folder for additional aircrafts (in our case <tt>/home/{YourUserName}/FlightGear/CustomAircraft</tt>). Now your plane should appear on the list of planes, otherwise restart FlightGear. | # Start up FlightGear with Launcher. In Launcher, go to the ''Add-ons'' tab. In the ''Additional aircraft folders'' section, click the ''Add'' button and select the main folder for additional aircrafts (in our case <tt>/home/{YourUserName}/FlightGear/CustomAircraft</tt>). Now your plane should appear on the list of planes, otherwise restart FlightGear. | ||
Now, you just need to unzip the next downloaded | Now, you just need to unzip the next downloaded aircraft in the same directory and it should already be visible on FlightGear. | ||
=== Macintosh OS X === | === Macintosh OS X === | ||
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# Start up FlightGear with Launcher. In Launcher, go to the ''Add-ons'' tab. In the ''Additional aircraft folders'' section, click the ''Add'' button and select the main folder for additional aircrafts (in our case <tt>C:\Users\{YourUserName}\FlightGear\CustomAircraft</tt>). Now your plane should appear on the list of planes, otherwise restart FlightGear. | # Start up FlightGear with Launcher. In Launcher, go to the ''Add-ons'' tab. In the ''Additional aircraft folders'' section, click the ''Add'' button and select the main folder for additional aircrafts (in our case <tt>C:\Users\{YourUserName}\FlightGear\CustomAircraft</tt>). Now your plane should appear on the list of planes, otherwise restart FlightGear. | ||
Now, you just need to unzip the next downloaded | Now, you just need to unzip the next downloaded aircraft in the same directory and it should already be visible on FlightGear. | ||
=== From the command line === | |||
Launching FlightGear from the command line, use the <code>--fg-aircraft=path</code> option, which in our case can be: <code>--fg-aircraft=/home/{YourUserName}/FlightGear/CustomAircraft</code>. | |||
== When installing an aircraft fails == | == When installing an aircraft fails == | ||