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KolmogorovComp on Feb 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Simple Physics-based Flight Simulation with C++

There is also FlightGear[0] which is FOSS[1].

I cannot judge how realistic its physics engine is, but it is marketed as a ‘professional’ flight simulator.

[0]: https://www.flightgear.org/ [1]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/

Koshkin on Feb 13, 2023 | [–]

“Too realistic,” I’d say - it’s the only FS where I was never able to take off in a Cessna 172. (Even after having flown a real one.)

app4soft on Feb 12, 2023 | [–]

FlightGear is not "simple".

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