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Flight Gear model for the 1903 plane of the Wright brothers?

Postby simplex1 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:47 am

I wonder whether there exists a Flight Gear model for the 1903 (or 1904) plane of the Wright brothers?

After reading the book: The Wrights and their impossible 1904 flights, I started to ask myself whether Flight Gear has working models of the 1903 or/and 1904 planes made by Wilbur and Orville Wright and whether these machines are flyable by an ordinary pilot (or gamer) with some 1000 hours of experience on light planes.

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Source: The Wrights and their impossible 1904 flights
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Re: Flight Gear model for the 1903 plane of the Wright broth

Postby wkitty42 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 11:45 am

do you mean the wrightFlyer1903 in FGAddon? there are both, UIUC and JSBSim, flavors...
there is also the 1905 WrightFlyer III in the same directory with a JSBSim FDM...

the headers in the -set.xml files say they were last updated in 2002...
the header in the wrightFlyer1903.xml and wrightFlyer1905.xml JSBSim FDM files say they were created in 2015...

in the launcher, go to the Aircraft tab and in the search box to the upper right, type in "wright" (without the quotes) and you should see the UIUC flavor of the 1903 craft listed... use the drop box beside that craft's title to see the other two craft and select one of them... you might need to click on the "Browse" button left of the search box and click on the "Adjust minimum ratings" option at the very top to be able to see all available craft... or you can turn off the ratings filter via the switch on the top left of the "Browse" page...

NOTE (if nosing about in the raw directories):
  • the paths given in the README.wrightFlyer1903.html file are incorrect now...
    • there is no "wrightFlyer1903-v1-nl-uiuc-set.xml" file (any more?)...
    • instead "wrightFlyer1903-set.xml" loads the UIUC flavor of the craft using the UIUC FDM...
    • "wrightFlyer1903-jsbsim-set.xml" loads the JSBSim flavor...
    • and "wrightFlyer1905-set.xml" loads the JSBSim flavor of that model...
  • the *.dat files referenced now reside in the wrightFlyer1903 directory with the rest of the crafts' files...
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Re: Flight Gear model for the 1903 plane of the Wright broth

Postby simplex1 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:55 pm

Thank you. I will follow your instructions and come back later if I have other questions.
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Re: Flight Gear model for the 1903 plane of the Wright broth

Postby Gijs » Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:59 pm

Also see our wiki for some hints on how to fly it: https://wiki.flightgear.org/Wright_Flyer
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Re: Flight Gear model for the 1903 plane of the Wright broth

Postby MasterGamer » Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:30 pm

that is in the default hangar.
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