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Jenn, in regards to your X-Plane work, who would you
consider to be your mentors or inspiration?
My good friend Alex helped me get into developing. He
did his first plane, a Lockheed AL-60, and showed me
how to do it. Then, we started working together on
planes, sending stuff to each other and making mistakes
together until we got fairly good at it. It was really great
to have a friend to work with while learning how to
develop. He's no longer developing (he's pursuing new
things in life now), so I'm taking over our old projects
from here and working on my own. I really owe it to him
for helping me get comfortable developing!
A Small Beginners Guide to Flight
Simulation By Paul Mort
With a new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator just
around the corner, I thought now would be a good
time to write a short 'Paul Mort' guide to flight
Do you develop payware/freeware or both and why? simulation.
Many of us here are long term flight simmers, and so
Currently, I only develop freeware, because I took
developing up strictly for fun, but I'm open to the idea of we are used to the jargon which surrounds the
releasing a nice payware model some time in the future. hobby. However, for those just venturing into the
magical world of flight simulation, it can be quite
Even if I move into developing payware, I'll still release
freeware once in a while, because I feel that the X-Plane daunting, so hopefully this little guide will go a small
community benefits big time from having a large pool of way in alleviating some of that fear.
quality content available for free, as well as payware. Aces Game Studio
When people purchase a simulator, a lot of the times
Aces Game Studio (stylized ACES) was an American
the first thing they'll ask is, "how many add-ons are
video game developer based in Redmond,
available, and are there free ones?" So having a nice Washington, acting as the developer of the
collection of free add-ons helps draw a lot of people to
Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Combat
the simulator.
……To be continued Flight Simulator series for Microsoft. As part of a
move that cut 5,000 jobs at Microsoft, Aces Game
Studio was closed on January 22, 2009.
Altimeter
The altimeter shows the aircraft's altitude above
sea-level by measuring the difference between the
pressure in a stack of aneroid capsules inside the
altimeter and the atmospheric pressure obtained
through the static system. It is adjustable for local
barometric pressure which must be set correctly to
obtain accurate altitude readings. As the aircraft
ascends, the capsules expand and the static pressure
drops, causing the altimeter to indicate a higher
altitude.
The opposite effect occurs when descending.
