Where is the lift? Enjoy the - in the true sense of the word - uplifting feeling like being carried up by magic!

A simulation game to learn and train thermal flying. With an RC glider or a man-carrying aircraft. From the perspective of the RC pilot on the ground or with the FPV camera.

You can make the thermals visible or invisible.

Your flight is recorded (in volatile memory only) so you can replay it. In slow motion or fast motion. During playback, you can switch the camera position and the visibility of the thermals, just like when recording.Fly with invisible thermals and replay it with visible thermals to see how good you were in finding them.

In race mode you fly to marked targets and close the task. High scores are saved in non-volatile memory.

To control the glider, you can swipe (tap-hold-drag) or use the gyro (to activate in the settings).
If your mobile device has a USB / OTG connection, you can connect a gamepad, a suitable RC transmitter or a USB keyboard.

Features:

- Flight simulator with ailerons, elevator and rudder
• - Analogue and digital variometer
• - Wind and thermals, both randomly generated
• - Visibility of thermals can be turned on and off
• - Birds and balloons show thermals
• - 4 different camera positions
• - Record and playback of a flight
• - Race mode
• - Control by swiping, gyro, game console or USB keyboard
• - Linux and Windows versions available for the PC
• - Languages German and English, can be selected at runtime
• - Website with description and online-Demo (currently only in German)
• - (currently) free of charge, free of advertising

Bugs and limitations

• - Thermals are randomly generated and not related to the landscape.
• - For reasons of visibility, the aircraft is not to scale but larger.
• - No collision detection, you can fly through trees and structures.
• - extreme flight conditions (aerobatics) not recommended
• - "New thermals" must be selected to activate the wind.
• - Race mode does not reflect a real competition.

It is an early version and it is my hobby. I am grateful for suggestions for improvement.

Have fun and - stay up there!
Martin

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