X-Plane Plugin Introduction

What is the FSCharter plugin for X-Plane?

The FSCharter plugin connects your X-Plane simulator to the FSCharter platform. Select matching aircraft in X-Plane and on the FSCharter platform, board passengers, perform flights, and log your achievements on the FSCharter platform.

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Features

• Connects to the FSCharter platform

  • Also supports connecting to the beta environment for beta testers

• Select Aircraft

  • Shows a list of you FSC aircraft you have access to, so you can select one

  • Verifies that your X-Plane aircraft type matches the FSCharter aircraft type

  • Positions your simulator aircraft at the exact location as recorded for your FSC aircraft and fills fuel as per FSCharter records

  • Resume an interrupted flight
• Boarding:

  • Board your passengers as per your agreed job on the current airport

  • Sets the payload of your X-Plane aircraft accordingly

• Flight Tracking:

  • Identifies the start of flight at lift-off
  • Periodically sends position information ("sitrep") to FSCharter.

  • The plugin's Status window has a direct link to FSCharter's "Flight Overview" page, where you can follow your flight live.
  • Identifies the end of flight after touch-down and decelerating below 40kn.
  • Continues to follow your plane through taxi until parking and periodically updates the last known position at FSCharter.

  • Disembarks your passengers when parked.
  • Buffers position updates while network is unavailable - so you can still complete your flight on FSCharter if you reestablish a network connection before exiting X-Plane.

Requirements

• X-Plane 11

  • Tested with 11.35 upward

  • Should work starting with 11.20

• Windows

  • Tested with Windows 10, latest release

• macOS

  • Tested with macOS 10.15 Cataline and 10.14 Mojave

  • Should work starting with macOS 10.12 Sierra

• Linux

  • untested

  • Should work with Ubuntu 18.x-based distros

  • Requires: curl, zlib, opengl