The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. It also simulates space flight in Earth's orbit.
FlightGear's flight dynamics engine (JSBSim) is used in a 2015 NASA benchmark to judge new simulation code to the standards of the space industry. FlightGear is used professionally for research and development, as well as non-professionally.
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Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlightGear https://www.flightgear.org/category/tours/ https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/tags.php?tag=flightgear (multi-page articles) FlightGear wiki
As of 2020 there are over 700 aircraft and spacecraft projects available with 1 click download and install from the sim's launcher, more are available at 3rd party hangars and github repositories for different craft projects.
FlightGear 2020.3.8 and later has automatically downloaded 3d models of buildings, roads, cities etc. , based on Open StreetMap (OSM) data and automatic generation, for the whole world.
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi, other OSes
Based on our record, SKYBOX VR Player should be more popular than FlightGear. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Check out https://flightgear.org or https://geo-fs.com. These are completely free to use. Source: 5 months ago
Some quick cash to be made for a dev. I wonder if skybox (https://skybox.xyz/) will be the first to market. They have a popular Quest video app and a macOS app, so the devs have already dipped their toys into the Apple garden. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Here's the website for the app. There's tutorial stuff in there to help. https://skybox.xyz/en/. Source: almost 3 years ago
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