FlightGear Aircraft Models -- Stewart's Hanger

The purpose of this project, was to create aircraft for having fun in exploring the scenery, instead of real-life flight training.
None of the following models fly like a conventional airplane, and are easy for the beginner.

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I now have 4 "aircraft" models fully loaded with the latest enhancements.

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bluebird is released under GPL v2

The following

models are copyright by author and trademarks of Paramount.

Conditions of Use: only for non-profit commercial or personal end use. Original mesh is freely available. Author must get credited.

<a href="shuttle6_screenshots.html?nf">Screenshot Gallery</a> <a href="shuttle6_download.html?nf">Download Current version</a> <a href="data/shuttle6-change-log.txt">Change Log & Readme</a>

<a href="danube_screenshots.html?nf">Screenshot Gallery</a> <a href="danube_download.html?nf">Download Current version</a> <a href="data/danube-change-log.txt">Change Log & Readme</a>

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Stargate Daedalus X-305 Starship

<a href="daedalus_screenshots.html?nf">Screenshot Gallery</a> <a href="daedalus_download.html?nf">Download Current version</a>

Horse models

<a href="horse_screenshots.html?nf">Screenshot Gallery</a> <a href="horse_download.html?nf">Download Current version</a>

Instructions:
For the primary package, bluebird-9.0.zip, danube-39.4.zip, etc.
Unzip in your flightgear data/Aircraft directory.
$FGBASE/data/Aircraft
(replace the variable $FGBASE with your actual location on your computer)

For the Multiplayer package, bluebird-ai-9.0.zip, etc.
Unzip in your flightgear data directory.
$FGBASE/data
The content will be extracted into the AI/Aircraft directory.

Starting Flightgear:
If you are running the newest version of FlightGear, version 1.9 or cvs built with OpenSceneGraph, start with:
--aircraft=bluebird
--aircraft=danube
--aircraft=shuttle6

If you are running FlightGear version 1.0 (with Plib)
--aircraft=bluebird-10
--aircraft=danube-10
--aircraft=shuttle6 (This will change once released for 1.0)

or if you are running FlightGear version 0.9.10
--aircraft=bluebird-09
--aircraft=danube-09
--aircraft=shuttle6-09
etc.

Support for FlightGear versions 1.0 and earlier is being dropped from development, and forked to a separate release package, as the new model animations are not very well supported. Version 1.0 barely allowed these improvements to work, and are noticably deficient in a few areas.
As this changeover occurs, I will leave one older version available on the download tabs.

Counter-grav controls, or VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) can be controlled with the following input devices:

by the Joystick, it is keyed to the elevator trim, which is on the Hat of multi-button joysticks. Hold the modifier button, press the Hat up or down, and rate of assent or descent is controlled by your pitch (either nose up or down).
by the Keyboard, press [Home] and [End]. This method is not pressure sensitive to ascent velocity.
by the Mouse, in pointer mode, Hold the Middle Mouse Button, and drag up or down.

Help is available by pressing [?]
Summary of useful keys:
Walk around the cabin with the [w] and [a] [s] [d] keys.
The configuration option menu is available by [TAB] or [CTRL]I
Most buttons on the instrument panel have a corresponding keyboard button.
The Walker animation control also pops up with [TAB] when outside.

If you feel more instructions are necessary, email me with suggestions or questions.

Reference links

If you encounter any problems, or bugs, please let me know. Hey, I'd like to hear positive things too!
The Daedalus for example, was made by request.

All of the work presented on this page, with the exception of meshes authored by others so noted, has been done by volunteer effort, and represents thousands of hours on my part.
You can help by showing your support, and keep this website going. Thank you.

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