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Opensource - Many "product manufacturers" FlightGear
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8.0
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Description:
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The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. Source code for the entire project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application. We are developing a sophisticated, open simulation framework that can be expanded and improved upon by anyone interested in contributing.
There are many exciting possibilities for an open, free flight sim. We hope that this project will be interesting and useful to many people in many areas.
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Posts: 169
Registered: October 2006
Location: Edenvale Johannesburg South Africa
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screwbottle
Registered: October 2006
Location: Edenvale Johannesburg South Africa
Posts: 169
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Review Date: 5, October, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
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Pros:
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A great SIM, and totally free, excluding the cost of bandwidth to download it
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Cons:
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Static Scenery, and slow developement
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What can one say, a great SIM worthy of high praise in amongst the commercial ones. And what a product, considering that it is managed by a few, and supported by many. And all this for free, barring the cost of the bandwidth needed to download the core SIM, 229MB, inclusive of basic scenery and a number of aircraft (about 20). Extra scenery and aircraft can be further downloaded. The scenery is accurate, although static, noticeable with AI boats and ships on water, they never move. The focus is on the aircraft and flight dynamics. The clouds are now 3D, although experimental, so adding to the "real" feel, but the best is that this is an extremely accurate SIM. And it thrives on decent hardware. Try a carrier deck landing with the F-14 tomcat supplied in the basic core download, and you will quickly appreciate the accuracy of this SIM. Get it wrong and that's it, as in the real world, you end up "dead" virtually.
There is over 200 aircraft available for download, the last I checked and this is growing. There is also a 4 DVD pack available for purchase, 1 DVD for the core SIM, and more than 200 aircraft, and 3 DVD's for the world scenery, about 50GB of space for a full install. Although this is a free product, they clearly advertise that the purchasable version is simply to pay for infrastructure, the media and shipping, and the balance of the income goes to worthy world charities. From Beginner to Advanced, and with some on strict budgets, this SIM comes highly recommended. You cannot get better for zero purchase cost.
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Screwbottle
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