Flight Tracker for X-Plane – Markus Griesslehner

A flight tracker developed natively for macOS for submitting simulated X-Plane flights to a smartCARS based virtual airline. You can find detailed information about the functionality in the manual.

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Main features

Freely configurable.
X-Plane native UDP communication, no additional plugin is required.
Can be used for any virtual airline supporting smartCARS.
Plays passenger announcements during the flight if you assign audio files to the corresponding flight phases.

Supported Messages

(Sim unpaused|Sim unpaused, simulation rate: ([0-9]+)X)
Sim unpaused, groundSpeed rate: ([0-9]+)X)
(Taking off|Aircraft airborne)
Aircraft bounced, touched back down at (-?[0-9]+) fpm
Approaching- Approaching early- Arrived, flight duration: (.+)
Climbing, pitch: (level|[0-9]+), roll: (level|-?[0-9]+.*?), ([0-9]+) kts
Cruising altitude changed to ([0-9]+) ft
Cruising at ([0-9]+)(ft|m), pitch: (-?[0-9]+), ([0-9]+) kts
Descending
Descending early, distance: ([0-9]+) nm
Early final approach, ([0-9]+) kts
Engine ([0-9+]) is (.+)
Exceeded ([0-9]+) KIAS below ([0-9,]+) feet MSL
Final approach, ([0-9]+) kts
Flaps set to position ([0-9]+)
Flaps set to position ([0-9]+) at ([0-9]+) (ft|m) at ([0-9]+) kts
Flying (.+)
Fuel quantity increased to ([0-9]+) (.+) from ([0-9]+) (.+)
Gear lever (.+) at ([0-9]+) (.+) at ([0-9]+) (.+)
Go around conditions met
Landed in ([0-9]+) (.+), fuel: ([0-9]+) (.+), weight: ([0-9]+) (.+)
On the ground ([0-9]+) nm from the planned arrival airfield
Overspeed entered
Overspeed left after a max speed of (\d+) kts
Preflight started, flying (on )?(.+)
Pushing back with ([0-9]+) (lb|kg) of fuel
Rejected takeoff conditions met, returning to taxiing phase
Sim paused
Simulation rate set to ([0-9A-Z,]+)
GroundSpeed rate set to ([0-9A-Z,]+)
Speed corrected at ([0-9]+) ft after a max speed of ([0-9]+) kts
Stall recovered after a minimum speed of ([0-9]+) kts
Stalling
Standard approach conditions met
Standard final approach conditions met
Taxi time was less than ([0-9]+) seconds
Taxiing to (runway|gate)
The flight may now be ended
Touched down at (-?[0-9]+) fpm, gear lever: (up|down), pitch: (level|-?[0-9]+), roll: (level|-?[0-9]+.*?), ([0-9]+) kts
Touched down early at (-?[0-9]+) fpm, gear level: (up|down), flaps: ([0-9]+)

Description

This project originated from my hobby of flight simulation. Two things were important for me during the development.
Firstly, the communication with XPlane is done with the native UDP interface and therefore no additional plugins are required. Secondly, that the client remains freely configurable by pilots. So it is possible to configure several virtual airlines that are using smartCARS.

A subscription is required to use this app. By doing so you support me as a hobby developer and allow me to keep the app up to date and add improvements and new features in the future.

During the one-month trial period, for both the monthly and annual subscription, you can try Flight Tracker for X-Plane for free. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at least 24-hours before the end of the current period for the same price. You can disable auto-renew at any time up to 24 hours before the end of the subscription period in your account settings. If you disable auto-renewal, you will still have unlimited use of Flight Tracker for X-Plane until the end of the current payment period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.

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