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Released in 2011 by Laminar Research, X-Plane 10 is a consumer flight simulator available for PC, Mac, and Linux. It is notable for its use of blade element theory to calculate aerodynamic forces in real-time, resulting in highly realistic flight dynamics. The platform features a detailed 64-bit arc...
X-Plane 9 is a civilian flight simulator released by Laminar Research in 2008 for desktop computers. Like other versions of X-Plane, it calculates aircraft behavior using a system called blade element theory, which models aerodynamic forces across sections of an aircraft rather than relying only on...
X-Plane Mobile is a mobile flight-simulation application developed by Laminar Research for iPhone, iPad, and compatible Android devices. It extends the X-Plane series to touchscreen platforms and uses the series' flight-model approach, including blade element theory, which calculates aerodynamic for...
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