#X plane freeware project android#
#X plane freeware project software#

These displays can also be quite small and hard to read, and it is ideal to have them viewable directly from their own display. Most X-Plane 11 aircraft only allow you to view these displays within the virtual cockpit. There is also a java-client included in the download archive, which can run on most Windows, Linux, OSX, and Raspberry Pi hardware.

#X plane freeware project android#

The Android app allows you to view the panels on multiple phones or tablets, in either landscape or portait mode, and you can cycle through the available panels by tapping on them. XTextureExtractor extracts the textures for the HSI, ND, EICAS, and CDU displays, and renders them in separate windows that you can place anywhere within X-Plane, on external unused monitors, and on separate computers via a network protocol. There is also a 'first officer' variant of XPlaneCDU, so you can control the FO CDU on a separate Android tablet: Currently it works with the Zibo Boeing 737-800 and SSG 747-800 aircraft.

This app does not provide an FMS, but simply a way to control the existing CDU from an Android tablet or phone. XPlaneCDU is an Android-based remote control interface for the Control Display Unit (CDU) present in supported X-Plane 11 aircraft. I have a blog post I wrote about the initial design back in 2017, and then another about adding FS4 support. I also gave a presentation about all my projects at Flight Sim Expo 2019. Note that the top-right display is a 4th output from the X-Plane machine, while the other tablets and phones are all Android devices. Here are some examples showing my set up with a variety of different aircraft. If you would like to use the source-code under a license that is non-GPLv3, please contact me to negotiate an appropriate license.

#X plane freeware project software#

All of this software is open source and licensed under GPLv3. This page describes XPlaneCDU, XTextureExtractor, XPlane748EFB, and XPlaneMonitor, which I developed to add more realism to my set up, and allows you to use extra monitors, extra computers, and Android tablets.

However, a modern aircraft has many switch panels and displays that are not within the view of the monitors, and it is also nice to have haptic feedback when you interact with physical controls. The simulator is configured to render the displays assuming the viewer is in the exact center of the cube, so these images from outside show a distorted view. It uses three 42' LCD displays arranged around the pilot to cover a 270 degree field of view, with proper yoke, pedals, and throttles. Since 2016, I have been building a simple home cockpit for flight simulation based on X-Plane 11. Wayne Piekarski - X-Plane plugins and applications wayne piekarski