X-Plane 10 Mobile Is Out!

We finally shipped X-Plane 10 Mobile!  Here’s the official press release:

Laminar Research, creators of the X-Plane flight simulator franchise, has announced the release of X-Plane 10 Mobile, the premiere flight simulation product for the iPad and iPhone.X-Plane 10 Mobile was built using the same concepts in Laminar’s showcase desktop product, X- Plane 10. As with the desktop version of X-Plane, the mobile version utilizes real physics to model the aerodynamic forces found in flying an actual aircraft. The result is a product that is not just another game, but rather a highly sophisticated simulation of how aircraft actually behave in a variety of environments and weather conditions.Version 10 contains numerous features and enhancements not found in the previous mobile version of X-Plane, including:

• 2-person multiplayer over the Internet
• Many additional aircraft – – from a Piper Cub to the Airbus, and it even includes combat aircraft and a helicopter… all with 3D cockpits and available as in-app purchases
• Challenges – – over 20 scenarios including engine failures, mountain top landings, birdstrikes, and even airstrikes, where you dodge incoming anti-aircraft guns missiles
• Flight School tutorials – – including the basics of takeoffs & landings, flying traffic patterns, and how to bomb ground targets
• Brand new, modern user interface – – designed just for mobile devices
• Improved combat system- – – with better missile guidance, more accurate weapon simulation and more realistic explosions
• Realistic airport environments – – including airport buildings

X-Plane 10 Mobile is available as a free App on the Apple iTunes Store and includes a free Cessna 172 starter aircraft. Additional aircraft may be purchased using the in-App purchase feature. An Android version is also scheduled for future development.

We also managed to DDOS ourselves by creating so much traffic back to the company website with the initial announcement, but the site’s back up and stable now.  (The developer blog is on the same server as the main website, so if the server’s getting killed again, you’re not reading this. 🙂

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Ben is a software engineer who works on X-Plane; he spends most of his days drinking coffee and swearing at the computer -- sometimes at the same time.

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