I learned the basics of how to fly a (simulated) Airbus A320 this week!
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I learned the basics of how to fly a (simulated) Airbus A320 this week!
Going from being completely overwhelmed to knowing what some of these buttons do, was a very satisfying experience.
Taking off is easier than landing, though!
I was pretty impressed by #FlightGear, the GPL-licensed flight simulator! If you crank the graphics settings up, and don't look too closely, it looks pretty okay!
Here's a flight over Hamburg! I think flightgear pulls data from OSM. Can you find the CCH? The people in the stadium in the front are in for a surprise in their next game, though!
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I learned the basics of how to fly a (simulated) Airbus A320 this week!
Going from being completely overwhelmed to knowing what some of these buttons do, was a very satisfying experience.
Taking off is easier than landing, though!
@blinry So the buttons are explained in the simulator?
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I was pretty impressed by #FlightGear, the GPL-licensed flight simulator! If you crank the graphics settings up, and don't look too closely, it looks pretty okay!
Here's a flight over Hamburg! I think flightgear pulls data from OSM. Can you find the CCH? The people in the stadium in the front are in for a surprise in their next game, though!
FlightGear doesn't try to be a "fun" game, but a simulator that's as realistic as possible.
Almost all buttons in the cockpit do something, and referring to real books, manuals, and charts worked really well!
Here's FlightGear's cockpit of a smaller plane, a Cessna 172P.
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I was pretty impressed by #FlightGear, the GPL-licensed flight simulator! If you crank the graphics settings up, and don't look too closely, it looks pretty okay!
Here's a flight over Hamburg! I think flightgear pulls data from OSM. Can you find the CCH? The people in the stadium in the front are in for a surprise in their next game, though!
@blinry You're talking about the trees that grow in the stadium, right?
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I learned the basics of how to fly a (simulated) Airbus A320 this week!
Going from being completely overwhelmed to knowing what some of these buttons do, was a very satisfying experience.
Taking off is easier than landing, though!
@blinry lading is easy! safely landing is hard!
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FlightGear doesn't try to be a "fun" game, but a simulator that's as realistic as possible.
Almost all buttons in the cockpit do something, and referring to real books, manuals, and charts worked really well!
Here's FlightGear's cockpit of a smaller plane, a Cessna 172P.
Some tips and tricks for #FlightGear:
Ctrl+C labels and highlights the controls in the cockpit.
The browser map (Equipment -> Map (opens in browser)) was much more helpful for me than the in-game ones. You need the `--httpd=8080` launch option for this.
Another open-source project has a brilliant documentation of the A320's controls: https://docs.flybywiresim.com/pilots-corner/a32nx/a32nx-briefing/flight-deck/
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@blinry lading is easy! safely landing is hard!
@daniel_bohrer "If this end starts pointing towards the ground, you are having a bad problem, and will not go to [the sky] today."
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@blinry So the buttons are explained in the simulator?
@slesa Not really, but here's a brilliant reference: https://docs.flybywiresim.com/pilots-corner/a32nx/a32nx-briefing/flight-deck/
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@blinry lading is easy! safely landing is hard!
@daniel_bohrer @blinry hard landing is easy!
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Some tips and tricks for #FlightGear:
Ctrl+C labels and highlights the controls in the cockpit.
The browser map (Equipment -> Map (opens in browser)) was much more helpful for me than the in-game ones. You need the `--httpd=8080` launch option for this.
Another open-source project has a brilliant documentation of the A320's controls: https://docs.flybywiresim.com/pilots-corner/a32nx/a32nx-briefing/flight-deck/
By the way, #FlightGear also allows you to fly:
- Hot air balloons
- Helicopters
- Gliders
- Airships
- The freaking *Space Shuttle*!Hats off to the devs, who have been building/maintaining this for almost 30 years now!
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