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This is a project I started using my 3D engine. I wanted to make a simple flight sim and model the Airbus A320. It is a work in progress, there is much left to do.

Building

Please see the Building page for instructions and comments.

Things it does

• Basic flight dynamics (not real aerodynamics but something that looks like it)
• Load procedural terrain (and possibly real world terrain if the tiles are present)
• Load a navaid database (only US navaids for now)
• Load an A320 with 3D cockpit
  • Electrical system
  • FMGC (Flight Management and Guidance Computer)
  • PFD (Primary Flight Display)
  • ND (Navigation Display)
  • SD (System Display)
  • MCDU (Multifunction Control and Display Unit)
  • Basic flight plan (some hard-coded test waypoints)
  • Fly-by-wire

Things to work on

• Feature fixes in Quick3D (see its own repository for details)
• Airport generation => work in progress
• Navaid database => work in progress
  • Usage of a binary format, plain text XML is way too slow on load
• Concerning the A320
  • Finish the 3D cockpit (and eventually the whole aircraft for outside views)
  • Finish the FMGC and MCDU
  • Create all SD pages
  • Load a flight plan file (why not .fms, the X-Plane format)
  • Finish the ELAC (Elevator and Aileron Computer)
  • Finish the FAC (Flight Augmentation Computer)
  • Finish the normal flight law
  • Create the alternate flight laws
  • Create the hydraulic system
  • Create the pneumatic system
  • Create the CFIDU (Centralized Fault Display Interface Unit)
  • The list never ends...

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