X plane controls full#

The demo works fairly well as it gives you a limited (and free) experience without giving away too much.

X plane controls full#

It is this demo that I currently have installed on my system although I am considering checking out the full installation at some point. X-Plane is available as a demo first letting you experience about 15-minutes of flight in the Seattle area with several aircraft from the base product. The sheer volume is overwhelming but I’m hoping to cut through the volume and learn more about the essentials. X-Plane has a complex flight model system similar to DCS World’s PFM (and probably not that different from IL-2’s flight model a well) and an extensible plugin interface that allows for countless third party additions that enhance or outright replace elements within X-Plane. Produced by Laminar Research, X-Plane is a long running flight simulator series that stretches back a couple of decades and has a history almost as long as Microsoft’s Flight Simulator series (itself stretching back before its purchase by Microsoft). Still, here I am and here’s what I intend to be a very short first impressions of what X-Plane is all about.

The last four months have been particularly busy for me and adding an additional simulation to the mix isn’t really what I needed to put on my already full plate. With my upcoming trip to Flight Sim-Expo and the heavy focus of that expo on civil aviation simulation, I thought it would only be fitting for me to dip my toes into this world and see what sticks. While the content of the Stormbirds blog will always be focused on some of the combat flight sim experiences out there such as DCS World and IL-2: Great Battles Series, many of you know that I like to check out other experiences from time to time as well.