X-Plane
X-Plane is a flight simulator that reads in the geometric shape of any aircraft and then figures out how that aircraft will fly. It does this via an engineering process called "blade element theory", which involves breaking the aircraft down into many small elements and then finding the forces on each little element many times per second. These forces are then converted into accelerations, which are then integrated to velocities and positions. This gives X-Plane the most realistic flight model available for personal computers.
| Tags | Games/Entertainment Simulation Scientific/Engineering education Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) Visualization |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux Mac OS X Mac OS X Windows Windows |
| Implementation | C++ |
| Translations | English French German Italian Korean Portuguese Spanish |
Recent releases
- 20 Jun 2005 22:18
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 19 Jun 2005 19:28
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 14 Jun 2005 00:02
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 08 Jun 2005 16:10
Changes: More FAA certification for flight training.
- 01 May 2005 16:45
No changes have been submitted for this release.
