FlightGear is a free flight simulator developed collectively over the Internet under the GPL.
Main Web site: http://www.flightgear.org/
| Program Start: | Linux/UNIX via the script runfgfs under /FlightGear, |
| Windows via the Batch file runfgfs.bat under /FlightGear |
Keyboard controls:
Tab. 1: Main keyboard controls on the numeric keypad with activated NumLock key.
| Key | Action |
| Pg Up/Pg Dn | Throttle |
| Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Aileron |
| Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Elevator |
| Ins/Enter | Rudder |
| 5 | Center aileron/ |
| elevator/rudder | |
| Home/End | Elevator trim |
Tab. 2: View directions accessible after de-activating NumLock on the numeric keypad.
| Numeric Key | View direction |
| Shift-8 | Forward |
| Shift-7 | Left/forward |
| Shift-4 | Left |
| Shift-1 | Left/back |
| Shift-2 | Back |
| Shift-3 | Right/back |
| Shift-6 | Right |
| Shift-9 | Right/forward |
Tab. 3: Autopilot and related controls.
Tab. 4: Special action of keys, if autopilot is enabled.
| Key | Action |
| Up/Down Arrow | Altitude adjust |
| Ins/Enter | Heading adjust |
| Pg Up/Pg Dn | Auto Throttle adjust |
Tab. 5: Special keyboard controls.
Tab. 6: Alternative function key commands accessible via Shift + key.
| Key | Action |
| Shift-F1 | Restore flight from fgfs.sav |
| Shift-F2 | Save current flight to fgfs.sav |
| Shift-F3 | Read a panel from a property list |
| Shift-F4 | Re-read global preferences from preferences.xml |
| Shift-F5/F6 | Shift the panel in y direction |
| Shift-F7/F8 | Shift the panel in x direction |
| Shift-F10 | Toggle data logging of FDM on/off |
Mouse controlled functions: There are three mouse modi. In the usual mode (pointer cursor) panel's controls can be operated with the mouse. To change a control, click with the left/middle mouse button on the corresponding knob/lever. While the left mouse button leads to small increments/decrements, the middle one makes greater ones. Clicking on the left hand site of the knob/lever decreases the value, while clicking on the right hand side increases it.
Right clicking the mouse activates the simulator control mode (cross hair cursor). This allows control of aileron/elevator via the mouse in absence of a joystick (enable --enable-auto-coordination in this case).
Right clicking the mouse another time activates the view control mode (arrow cursor). This allows changing direction of view via the mouse.
Right clicking the mouse once more resets it into the initial state.
Short Reference by M. Basler (pmb@epost.de) for FlightGear version 0.7.7.
Published under the GPL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)