Flight Gear

[ShaneG_old]

The free, open source, Flight simulation alternative to FS & Xplane.

http://www.flightgear.org/


Worth a look.

[MWISimmer]

Looks like a good, free alternative  8-)

[SubZer0]

That's free? Very nice!

[Fozzer]

..just trying it out... ...

(Cal Scenery only)...

Massive file sizes to download and cover the whole World!...so may be better to Purchase the DVD instead... ...!

Paul...seeing what its like......!

Extra:

Its difficult to figure out the Controls, and I still cant get the Rudder to respond to the Twist on the Joystick!
I don't seem to get any alternative Cockpit views!
No Map...so I don't know where I am!
....work in progress... ...!

[ozzy72]

I've been playing with this for a few weeks and love it. As it is open source there should be a way to setup the controls to exactly match FS ones. That should be fun to work out 8-)

[Fozzer]

At the mo' it recognises my Saitek flight joystick, but only the Throttle, Pitch and Bank responses are detected....
...not the Twist Rudder which makes it difficult to take-off and land, and perform controlled Turns... :'(...!

...and the only view, is directly ahead...

...and no GPS Map...so I still don't know where I am in a familiar area (Cal)... ;D...!

It reminds me somewhat of my "Flight Unlimited II/III" and "Pro Pilot 2", although I do prefer them at the mo'... :-*...!

...work in progress... ::)...!

Paul... 8-)...!

Extra:

As a fun alternative to the MS Flight sims, my favourite is my copy of Ilan Papini's "Micro Flight"...>>>

http://www.qualitysimulations.com/mf/

...and it flies really well!... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!