Hacker News with Generative AI: Flight Simulation

FlightGear 2024.1.1 released 27 February 2025 (flightgear.org)
After many years of work, the new stable release of the free open-source flight simulator FlightGear is finally here! FlightGear 2024.1.1 now replaces 2020.3 as our supported, stable version.

New Releases, Software, Open Source, Flight Simulation

5 points by cf100clunk 45 days ago | 0 comments

How X-Plane Works (x-plane.com)
X-Plane works by reading in the geometric shape of any aircraft and then figuring out how that aircraft will fly.

Aviation, Flight Simulation, Software

185 points by susam 70 days ago | 59 comments

Fix photogrammetry bridges so that they are not "solid" underneath (2020) (flightsimulator.com)
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Game Development, Flight Simulation, Bug Fixes

67 points by Bluestein 211 days ago | 19 comments

How does MS Fight Simulator compare to real flights? (2020) (yeokhengmeng.com)

Flight Simulation, Gaming, Microsoft

24 points by PotatoNinja 285 days ago | 6 comments