Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Altimeter Helper

Altimeter Helper is a python plug-in that will help with setting your altimeter.

It can be configured to a key or joystick button, so at a quick press of a key the local altitude will be set or if above 18,000ft the standard will be set
and the set altitude will be displayed.

Monday, 1 December 2014

CH PRO PEDALS and Linux X-Plane

The CH Pro Pedals feel like very well constructed pedals and come with no drivers meaning they are USB HID and should work out of the box.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EECN6HO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00EECN6HO&linkCode=as2&tag=xpd259shome-21&linkId=ZVDSGPJMK3HFEVEK
CH PRO PEDALS
they come with with two black plastic "plugs" to lock the sliding motion allowing them to use be used as petrol / brake controls with ease.
and while they don't weigh a lot they don't slide around on my carpet flooring.


Sunday, 30 November 2014

Carenado B1900 HD Series on Linux


The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurised twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing aircraft. It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner. It is also used as a freight aircraft, corporate transport, and by the United States military and other governments. The aircraft is designed to carry passengers in all weather conditions from airports with relatively short runways. It is capable of flying in excess of 600 miles (970 km). In terms of the number of aircraft built and its continued use by many passenger airlines and other users, it is one of the most popular 19-passenger airliners in history (Wikipedia)


Performance
Cruise speed: 280 knots (518 km/h, 322 mph) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m) : Range: 707 km with 19 passenger payload (439 mi) : Ferry range: 2,306 km (1,432 mi) : Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,620 m) : Rate of climb: 2,615 ft/min (797 m/min)
View from the left wing


Saturday, 15 November 2014

FS Economy Beginners guide




quick video I made about using FSE, only a basic tutorial as I don't know the advance stuff my self yet.


Saturday, 8 November 2014

Building Open Broadcast Software on Fedora 21

Open Broadcast Software is a piece of software that lets users create video or stream to services like twitch, more information can be found at  https://obsproject.com/index
Linux interface showing web-cam and a browser

Saturday, 11 October 2014

VFR Photo scenery

Photo scenery can make a visually delicious flight

VFR Photo Scenery
even though the install software is for Windows & Mac the textures work perfectly under Gnu/Linux

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