Introduction to FlightGear
What we’re hoping for here is that this will be a series of articles exploring the Open Source alternative to the commercial Flight Sims out there: FlightGear. Not being commercially funded it might not quite be as polished straight out of the box (there’s also no box) as you’re used to and hopefully we’ll be able to help with that as well as guide you through installing, configuring and finding the real gems within the community which give you a truly free Flight Sim experience. We'll start with an introduction to FlightGear.
Recording videos with Open Broadcaster Software
Are you one of those flight simulation fans that would love to share your flights with the rest of the world but you cannot afford a paid video recording software? Are you using your phone to record your videos? Did you know you can get a great FREE software to record and share those great sim moments? Enter Open Broadcaster Software.
Finding oil platforms using the ADF and NDB
After last week's article about performing offshore operations within FS Economy, we have had some people asking us how they could find the platforms out in the sea as most don't appear on the airport list. The good new is that, usually, they have something to guide you towards them: an NDB.
Oil platform operations within FS Economy
Offshore operations are usually very fun and challenging and something very specific to helicopters. If you add a great economic simulator such as FS Economy to the party, you are guaranteed several hours of immersive fun. Let's see how we can perform oil platform operations within FS Economy.
FS Economy: as fun as it gets – part 2
If you read part 1, you probably already know what about FS Economy is all about (if not, go read it). In this article I will let you know what you need to do to get into FSE and have (more) fun while flying FSX/P3D or X-Plane.
