Symbols .fgfsrc, 92, 542
- file, 94
Numbers 2D cockpit, 184
3D clouds, 121
3D cockpit, 185
3D panels, 506
3DFX, 418
A A1 Free Sounds, 564
aborted landing, 356
Adams, Syd, 565
additional scenery, 75
ADF, 342, 383
Adler, Mark, 594
aerial refuelling, 260
Aeronautical Information Manual, 264
AI, 218
aileron, 160, 324f
aileron indicator, 231
Air Traffic Control, 377
air traffic facilities, 347
air-air refuelling, 259
aircraft aeronautical model, 108
aircraft carrier, see carrier
aircraft
- installation, 78
- selection, 103
airport, 111, 683
airspeed indicator, 318
Airwave Xtreme 150, 63
Alonzo, Raul, 566
ALS filters, 210
altimeter, 288, 328
Altimeter, 373
altimeter
- tuning, 290
altitude hold, 195
altitude
- absolute, 289
America, Michele, 476, 567
artificial horizon, 314
astronomy code, 511
ATC, 498, 685
ATIS, 371
ATIS messages, 500
Atlas, 250, 534
attitude indicator, 315
audio library, 616
audio support, 522
auto coordination, 327
auto-coordination, 101
autopilot, 192, 214, 361, 375, 479, 601, 614
autopilot controls, 194
autopilot
- modes
– heading mode, 363
– roll control mode, 362
– vertical speed mode, 364
autorotation, 407
autothrottle, 197
avionics, 135
B Baker, Steve, 521
bank, 317
Basler, Michael, 569
Bendix transponder, 504
Berndt, Jon, 703
Berndt, Jon, S., 489, 553, 570, 689
binaries
- pre-compiled, 5
binary distribution, 2
blade control
- collective, 396
- cyclic, 394
Bleisch, Paul, 572
brakes, 167, 170, 295, 649
- left wheel [,] (comma), 294
- right wheel [.] (dot), 293
Brennan, Jim, 573
Bright, Bernie, 574
Buchanan, Stuart, 575
Buckel, Bernhard, 576, 688
Buckle, Gene, 577
C Carmichael, Ralph, 579
carrier, 243
- catapult, 245
- landing, 249
- starting from a, 244
- TACAN, 247
catapult, see carrier, catapult
Cessna, 659
Cessna 172, 478, 487
Chauveau, Didier, 580
Check, John, 502, 507, 544, 581, 692
Cherokee flight model, 657
clock, 333
cloud layers, 120
clouds, 515, 664
cockpit, 186
collective, 401
collective blade control, 397
COM transceiver, 348
COMM1, 343
COMM2, 344
command line options, see options
- index of, see Index of Command Line Options
communication radio, 345f
compiler, 52
CompositeViewer, 211
contributors, 561
control surface, movable, 508
Cornish, Dave, 461, 582
crab landing, 360
cyclic blade control, 395
Cygnus, 54, 681
Cygwin, 55, 423
D debug, 222
Delise, Oliver, 529, 554, 583, 693
Denker, John, 271
differential braking, 168
Direct3D, 36
directories
- scenery, 99
DirectX, 37
display options, 181
documentation, 26
- installation, 80
DOS, 429
Doue, Jean-Francois, 585
E Eberly, Dave, 586
elevation indicator, 233
elevator, 161
engine controls, 164
engine
- shut down, 306
- shutdown, 355
- starting, 148
– jet, 152
– piston, 150
– turboprop, 151
equipment, 216
Evans, Francine, 587
Everitt, Oscar, 588
exit, 207
F FAA, 265
FAA Training Book, 266
FAQ, 409, 631
FDM, 491, 571
- external, 66
- pipe, 67
Festival, 257
- installation, 258
FG_ROOT, 83
FG_SCENERY, 77, 84
fgfsrc, 91
- file, 93
FGShortRef, 6
field of view, 128
Finney, Bruce, 590
fix, 381
flaps, 174, 307, 320
- control lever, 308
- steps, 309
flare, 353
Flebbe, Olaf, 591
flight dynamics model, 57, 105, 107, 490
flight model, 58, 488
flight models, 59
flight planner, 533
Flight simulator
- civilian, 11, 16
- free, 435
- multi-platform, 12, 17
- open, 13, 19
- user-extensible, 15, 25
- user-supported, 14, 24
FlightGear, 551
FlightGear documentation, 69
FlightGear Flight School, 73
FlightGear forums, 413
FlightGear Programmer’s Guide, 71
FlightGear Scenery Design Guide, 72
FlightGear Website, 68
FlightGear Wiki, 560
FlightGear
- versions, 56
Foad, Julian, 708
fog, 125f
fog effects, 618
forum, 9
frame rate, 39, 127, 452, 456
Franz, Melchior, 592, 701
FreeBSD, 598
FS98, 589
fuel indicator, 334
G Gailly, Jean-loup, 593
GameGLUT, 669
Garg, Mohit, 596, 694
gear, 172
Gellekum, Thomas, 597
generic autopilot, 193
geographic features, 460
Girish, Neetha, 599
GLIDE, 419
GNU C++, 53
GNU General Public License, 20
Go Around, 380
Goeke-Smith, Jeff, 480, 600
Gold, Michael, I., 602
GPL, 21ff
graphics card, 33
graphics routines, 433
GSHHS data, 469
gyro compass, 331
H Habibe, 604
hang glider, 64
head-up display, 226, 228, 475
heading bug, 374
heading hold, 196
height, 237
helicopter
- flying, 404
- getting started, 391
- landing, 405f
- lift-off, 403
helicopters, 387
help, 223
Hill, Mike, 605
history, 424
- aircraft, 473
- environment, 510
- scenery, 444
- user interface, 518
Hofman, Erik, 449, 606, 707
hot air balloon, 627
Hotchkiss, Charlie, 477, 607
HTTP server, 141, 535
HUD, 132, 134, 227, 229, 238, 474, 568, 608
HUD (Head-Up Display), 366f
- full mode, 365
I icing
- modelling, 62
IFR, 268f
ignition switch, 335
ILS, 386
inclinometer, 322
installing aircraft, 79
instrument panel, 123, 183, 225, 483
Internet, 532
J Jackson, Bruce, 439, 609
joystick, 147, 388, 524
joystick settings, 543
joystick/self detection, 525
joysticks, 45
Justus, Maik, 611
K Kaaven, Ove, 612
Kaszeta, Richard, 613
keybindings
- configuration, 155
keyboard, 154, 273
keyboard controls, 153
- aircraft, 166
- autopilot, 191
- display, 182
- engine, 165
- general, 189
- primary, 157
- simulator controls, 177
- view, 179
keyboard
- numeric, 275
- uppercase and lowercase keys, 274
keyboard.xml, 156
Knienieder, Tom, 615
Koradi, Reto, 617
Korpela, Eric, 427
Kuehne, Bob, 619
L Laird, Kyler B., 620, 695
landing, 351
landing gear, 173
landing
- aborted, 357
- aid signals, 287
LaRCsim, 438, 443, 485, 610, 639, 658
latitude, 113, 239
launching Flightgear, 81
- Linux, 87
- macOS, 89
- Windows, 85
leaflet, 7
light textures, 462
Linux, 28, 30, 48, 50, 428
Livermore, 370
location, 212
longitude, 112, 240
Ludwicki, Roman, 621
Luff, David, 499, 622
M magnetic compass, 332
magnetic declination, 217
magneto, 300
magneto switch, 501
mailing lists, 412, 563
map, clickable, 458
Mayer, Christian, 513, 555, 624
Megginson, David, 262, 467, 472, 484, 503, 509, 526, 541, 628, 702
menu, 519
menu entries, 204
menu system, 684
MetaKit, 678
METAR, 213
Metro Works, 673
Microsoft, 10
mistakes
- common, 283
Mitchell, Eric, 448, 632
mixture, 302f, 376
- lever, 304
- optimisation, 305
Moore Cameron, 410
Moore, Cameron, 630, 700
Morken, Anders, 634
mouse, 199
mouse modes, 200
mouse pointer, 122
mouse
- actions, 198
- control, 202
- normal, 201
- normal mode, 279
- rudder control, 297
- view, 203
- view mode, 282
- yoke mode, 280
MS DevStudio, 422
MSVC, 421, 578
multi-engine support, 505
multi-lingual conversion tools, 625
multiplayer, 219
Multiplayer, 241
multiplayer code, 528
multiple computer, 252
multiple displays, 251
Murr, David, 425
Murta, Alan, 635
N NAV, 340
Navion, 486
NDB, 341, 382
Nelson, Phil, 636
network, 531
network options, 139
networking code, 527, 584
Novikov, Alexei, 637
NumLock, 158
NVIDIA, 4
O offset, 131
Olson, Curt, 434, 446, 455, 457, 464, 496, 530, 536, 556, 638, 687
OpenGL, 3, 34f, 38, 40, 70, 415, 440, 453, 545f, 603
- drivers, 42
Operating Systems, 18
options
- aircraft, 104
- aircraft systems, 136
- debugging, 146
- display, 118
- environment, 117
- features, 100
- flight model, 106
- general, 97
- HUD, 133
- initial position, 109
- IO, 145
- network, 140
- of command line, 95
- orientation, 110
- rendering, 119
- route, 143
- sound, 102
- time, 138
- waypoint, 144
orientation, 116
OS/2, 430
P panel, 224, 629, 646
parking brake, 149, 171
Paul, Brian, 641
pause, 190
pedals, 402
Peden, Tony, 557, 642
Peel, Robin, 497, 643
Perry, Alex, 644, 696, 704
Perry, Dave, 698, 705
pitch, 316
pitch indicator, 230
playback, 255
PLIB, 520, 523, 547f
problem report, 411
problems, 408
- general, 414
- Linux, 416
- Windows, 420
procedure turn, 385
programmers, 562
property manager, 537, 540
proposal, 426
R radio, 372
radio stack, 338, 495
random ground objects, 471
recording, 253
Reid-Hillview, 369
Reinhard, Friedemann, 482, 645
Reinholdtsen, Petter, 647
replay, 254
reset flight, 205
resolution, 129
Riley, William, 466, 648
Ross, Andy, 492, 650, 706
rotor, 393, 399
round-out, 352
RPM indicator, 330
rudder, 162, 323, 326
rudder indicator, 232
rudder pedals, 47
rudder
- keyboard control, 296
- mouse control, 298
runway lighting, 463
S scenery, 76, 441, 450, 459, 465
scenery subsystem, 640
scenery
- additional, 74
- database, 682
- paths, 98
Schlyter, Paul, 651
Schoenemann, Chris, 652
Schubert, Phil, 653
screenshot, 206
Sectional, 368
See how it flies, 272
Selig, Michael, 493, 699
Shewchuk, Jonathan, 654
shutdown, 354
side-slip, 310
Sikic, Gordan, 656
SimGear, 549f
slip landing, 359
Smith, Michael, 660
sound card, 44
sound effects, 43
source code, 27
speed, 235
speed brakes, 176
speed
- units
– knot (nautical mile per hour), 299
spin, 312
spoilers, 175
Spott, Martin, 661, 686
stall, 311
starter, 337
starting Flightgear, 82
- Linux, 88
- macOS, 90
- Windows, 86
starting the engine, 336
startup latitude, 115
startup longitude, 114
static objects, 470
stick (joystick), 392
Stockill, Jon, 662
Sun-OS, 432
Swift, 220
system requirements, 31f
T TACAN, 248
tachometer, 292
tail rotor, 390, 400
tail-wheel lock, 169
Talsma, Durk, 512, 514, 663
telnet server, 142
TerraGear, 552
Text To Speech, 256
texture, 451
textures, 445, 447, 633
throttle, 159, 236, 389
throttle lever, 301
thrust controller, 398
thunderstorms, 517
time options, 137
Torvalds, Linus, 29
Traffic Pattern, 378
triangle program, 655
trim, 163, 313
Troester, Kai, 417, 697
troubles
- mouse speed, 285
TTS, 261
turn coordinator, 291
turn indicator, 234, 321
turn
- procedure, 384
tutorial, 263
U U.S. Geological Survey, 442, 666
UIUC, 494, 665
UIUC flight model, 61
UNIX, 437
V Vallevand, Mark, 667
van der Mac, Sam, 623
van Sickle, Gary, R., 558, 668
VASI, 379
VATSIM, 221
velocity ranges, 319
vertical speed indicator, 329
VFR, 267, 349
view, 208
view direction, 178
view directions, 180
view frustum culling, 454
view modes, 187f
view
- changing, 276
- instant replay, 277
views, 538
Vine, Norman, 481, 539, 559, 670, 690
virtual reality, 209
visual flight rules, 350
VMap0 data, 468
Voegtli, Roland, 671
Volpe, Carmelo, 672
VOR, 339
W Walisser, Darrell, 674, 691
weather, 215, 626
wiki, 8
Williams, Ed, 675
Wilson, Jim, 676
window size, 130
Windows, 41, 49, 51
Windows 95/NT, 431
winds, 516
windsock, 358
Wippler, Jean-Claude, 677
wireframe, 124
Wood, Charles, 270
Woodsoup, 679
workstation, 436
Wright Flyer, 65
Y YASim, 60
yoke, 278
- mouse yoke mode, 281, 286
- pulling, 284
yokes, 46