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how to play flightgear?

  • 16-12-2009 07:45PM
    #1
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭


    it keeps goin to the left, i cant even get it to take off??? ive seen the control keys but they dont help!


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  • #2
    11811
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭11811


    mink_man wrote: »
    it keeps goin to the left, i cant even get it to take off??? ive seen the control keys but they dont help!

    I've the same problem... Has me baffled.:confused:
    Anyone any ideas?


  • #3
    loldog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭loldog


    I was baffled by that when I first started too. That drift to the left is caused by the propellor... I think it's called torque.

    An easy way to control it and get moving is to steer using the wheel brakes, so you press the "," and "." keys. In a real aeroplane these would be foot pedals.

    See here: http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstartch7.html#x13-1050007.5

    Don't forget you can get scenery for most parts of the world, including Ireland. The city of Paris is fairly well developed, so take a look at that. I think my favourite scenery though is to fly around the Bay of Naples, Vesuvias and all that.

    You can get scenery packs here: http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/scenery-1.0.1.html

    .


  • #4
    pclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭pclancy


    It just goes to show how realistic it is, in reality any prop plane will have a tendancy to yaw left or right when you increase/decrease the throttle so you have to counter with a touch of rudder to keep it straight.

    Quite impressive that it does that actually, I'm not sure if FSX does.


  • #5
    loldog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭loldog


    Yeah, the Flightgear people went to a lot of trouble to get realistic flight dynamics - much more so than most commercial flight sims.

    .


  • #6
    drdeadlift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,189 ✭✭✭drdeadlift


    bump



    Looking at getting this,whats the word on the street reg it???

    Im a bit tired of fs9


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  • #7
    SeanMcp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭SeanMcp


    my flightgear always freezes n the sound is gone on it


  • #8
    Firekitten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Firekitten


    pclancy wrote: »
    It just goes to show how realistic it is, in reality any prop plane will have a tendancy to yaw left or right when you increase/decrease the throttle so you have to counter with a touch of rudder to keep it straight.

    Quite impressive that it does that actually, I'm not sure if FSX does.
    Fsx 'can' do it. thier default aircraft dont, but the simulator supports a lot more than it showcases.


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