mercredi 28 septembre 2011

Open Source vs Commercial Flight Simulators

By Aaron Jackson


If you're searching for free flight simulator games then you can't do much better than FlightGear. FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator that has been in progress since 1996. FlightGear has been developed by a community of volunteer programmers. There are versions for Windows, Linux and Apple Mac. Being an open source project it suggests that the source code is available so that other developer communities can change the application. There are many commercial variations of FlightGear available such as ProFlight Simulator that have been heavily changed and reinforced with premium content such as further aircraft.

The open-source nature of FlightGear means it does not have any support compared against commercial variations of the simulator such ProFlight Simulator. Irrespective of whether you choose to use the free open-source version or one of the commercial versions you will be getting your hands on one of the finest flight simulators available.

As freebie flight simulator applications go FlightGear fills the wants of anyone searching for a fun and realistic flying experience. It's practical enough to be used as a help in pilot training and to be used in research. It's definitely more than simply a game. Do not squander your time looking for flight simulators in your flight sim store as the niche nature of the flight simulation market suggests that most of the software is available for download.

FlightGear has it's origins in the massive amount of unhappiness flight simulator enthusiasts had with commercial flight simulators that had small scope for expansions. The open source community provides the perfect environment for continuous enhancements and improvements. Commercial flight simulator developers have also taken the open-source code for FlightGear and developed the flight simulator further and are selling retail versions of the software. The opensource nature of the project implies there are far more modifications and enhancements being released regularly than the well-liked Microsoft product as an example.

As well as planes ProFlight Simulator is also a chopper flight simulator. It includes an extensive collection of choppers that you can fly making it really a chopper flight simulator as well as the 100+ aircraft you can fly. This includes military and medical 'copters. The opportunities are limitless. A chopper flight simulator lets you visit places on the map inaccessible to planes and you can land on mountainsides for example. The helicopter models in ProFlight Simlulator handle in a practical way that make you feel like you are flying a real chopper. As well as the liberty to land anywhere on land there are over 20,000 airfields that you can land at. The whole world is available for you to fly over and there are lots of detailed models of distinguishable landmarks you can fly to such the Great Wall of China, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower.




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