Open source flight simulator (not RC specific but it might work): FlightGear

BritOnTour · 02-20-2008, 07:55 AM

Website: www.flightgear.org

I searched and found no mention of this simulator here to date.

I've known about this simulator for a while now. I've never played with it, but due to my recent interest in RC Helis, I decided to take another look at its capabilities.

There is no mention of support for RC models, but the Flight Dynamics models seem fairly flexible and there are a variety of airplane, helicopter and other bizarre models available.

It is open source, so someone with reasonable programming skills (or flight dynamics modeling skills perhaps) should be able to put together an RC heli model. I have no idea how accurate it would be though.

What do you guys think? Is it something that could be useful or do the current free RC simulators provide better flight dynamics for RC helis than FlightGear?

I'd be interested to hear comments from someone who is working on one of the free RC simulators as to how this compares.

jimjim1 · 02-17-2012, 08:27 AM

Im kind of bumping this thread, because im wondering the same questions.

regards, jim

jimjim1 · 02-20-2012, 10:34 AM

Does anyone know any opensource flight simulators that are good?

Thos few R/C models I have found for flighgear, are they good? How good are they compared to other simulators? Is there more r/c models out there for flightgear?

http://www.flightgear.com

regards, Jim

02-20-2008, 07:55 AM	#1
BritOnTour Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Grapevine, Texas	Open source flight simulator (not RC specific but it might work): FlightGear Website: www.flightgear.org I searched and found no mention of this simulator here to date. I've known about this simulator for a while now. I've never played with it, but due to my recent interest in RC Helis, I decided to take another look at its capabilities. There is no mention of support for RC models, but the Flight Dynamics models seem fairly flexible and there are a variety of airplane, helicopter and other bizarre models available. It is open source, so someone with reasonable programming skills (or flight dynamics modeling skills perhaps) should be able to put together an RC heli model. I have no idea how accurate it would be though. What do you guys think? Is it something that could be useful or do the current free RC simulators provide better flight dynamics for RC helis than FlightGear? I'd be interested to hear comments from someone who is working on one of the free RC simulators as to how this compares. Last edited by BritOnTour; 02-20-2008 at 11:49 AM.. Reason: spelling mistake

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02-17-2012, 08:27 AM	#2
jimjim1 Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sweden	Im kind of bumping this thread, because im wondering the same questions. regards, jim

02-20-2012, 10:34 AM	#3
jimjim1 Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sweden	Does anyone know any opensource flight simulators that are good? Thos few R/C models I have found for flighgear, are they good? How good are they compared to other simulators? Is there more r/c models out there for flightgear? http://www.flightgear.com regards, Jim