The FlightGear project provides a sophisticated open-source flight simulation development framework.
Markets Served
 | Commercial |
| Aerospace |
| Military |
| Government |
| Entertainment |
Key Points
| Open-source, "free", licensed under the GPL. |
| Multi-platform: Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Irix, BeOS, ... |
| Working towards FAA certification. |
Capabilities
| Capabilities | Description |
|---|---|
| ASCII file configurable. | Aircraft performance, FCS, and instrument panels are all user configurable using straightforward, well structured ASCII files. |
| World database. | The entire world is seamlessly modeled (based on publicly available GIS data.) Automated tools are available for generating new scenery, and can be adapted to new data sources. |
| C/C++, OpenGL | The entire simulator is written in C/C++ and uses the widely available OpenGL 3D graphics API. |
| Accurate time of day modeling. | Time of day can be tied to your system clock which will place the stars correctly in the sky, as well as the sun, moon, and planets. The moon has the proper phase, and the stars and planets have proper magnitude. The terrain is lit correctly from the current sun angle. Sunrise/sunset are correctly modeled for season and location. |
| Open interfaces. | FlightGear has good support for interfacing to external/proprietary code via the network. You can sync multiple displays via the net, you can run your own proprietary flight dynamics, you can even enable remote "telnet" access to examine and change internal variables remotely as the sim is running. |
Showcase
| Florida | Display synchronization |
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| A "satellite" view of southern Florida showing the world modeling capabilities of the FlightGear scenery engine. If you look closely you can see the extremely accurate coastline modeling, islands inside lakes, and land cover/land use data. | This image demonstrates the built in support for syncing multiple displays over the network. |
Contact Information
Visit FlightGear.org at http://www.flightgear.org or use the info request form below.
| Company | FlightGear.org |
|---|---|
| Address | Human Factors Research Lab 141 Mariucci Arena Operations 1901 4th St. S.E. |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State or Province | MN |
| Country | United States Of America |
| Postal Code | 55455 |
| Telephone | (612) 626-4678 |
| Facsimile / Fax | |
| curt@flightgear.org | |
| Internet / World Wide Web | http://www.flightgear.org |
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