![]() ![]() ![]() Gliders can be tossed off a hilltop into slope lift and hi-started, and Discus Launch Gliders (DLGs) can be tip-launched. There are a few powered airplanes, a quadcopter, and a jet. Version 11074 (January 2016), as downloaded from the Rowlhouse website, contains 37 model airplanes, 27 of which are sailplanes. For smartphones, it is available from the Apple Store or Google Play. ![]() For Windows PCs, it can be downloaded from the Rowlhouse website. I have also seen it used on an iPhone and an iPad. I have run it on a Windows 7 desktop computer, a Windows 10 laptop computer, and an Android smart-phone. The program, formerly called Slope Soaring Simulator, has been under development for more than a decade.ĭanny Chapman, the PicaSim’s author and developer, provides versions of the program for a range of platforms and devices. I am partial to this one because it concentrates so fully and successfully on Slope Soaring. PicaSim is an excellent program and the equal to all five of the commercial RC flight simulator programs that I have used throughout the last 20 years. By Dave Garwood | THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK-those who are ready to throw a sailplane off a hillside for the first time and feel that some practice beforehand might improve their chances of success-let me suggest spending some time on the PicaSim Slope Soaring simulator program. ![]()
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