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  • LiveTraffic
  • Introduction
    • Features
      • Flight Data Channels
      • Display of Aircraft
      • Snapping to Taxiways
      • TCAS
      • Accessing LiveTraffic's Aircraft Data
      • Feeding Data to LiveTraffic
    • Requirements
    • Limitations
  • Setup
    • Installation
      • Step-by-Step
      • adsb.fi
      • OpenSky Network
      • Open Glider Network
      • ADSBHub
      • ADS-B Exchange
      • RealTraffic
      • FSCharter
      • SayIntentions
      • ForeFlight
      • XPMP2 Remote Client
    • First Steps
    • LiveTraffic and other multiplayer Clients in parallel
    • Configuration
      • Settings - Basics
      • Settings - Weather
      • Settings - A/C Labels
      • Settings - Advanced
      • Settings - CSL
      • Settings - Debug
  • Using LT
    • Message Area
    • Menu Items
      • Keyboard and Button Commands
    • Status Information Window
      • Aircraft List
      • Messages
      • Status / About
      • UI Settings
    • Aircraft Information Window
      • External Camera View
      • Hide and Impersonate Aircraft
  • Reference
    • Help, Support, Bugs, Issue
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  1. Introduction

Features

What LiveTraffic can do

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Last updated 7 months ago

Feature overview, with links to more information and to configuration guidelines:

  • Flight tracking data Channels

    • Input: Processes data from 8 tracking data providers, three of them for free (, )

    • Output traffic and user's plane data to ForeFlight (, )

  • Visual aspects

    • Displays aircraft based on tracking data, using matching CSL models ()

    • Keep parked aircraft at docking location, load parked aircraft from RealTraffic ()

    • List of aircraft including details and actions ()

    • External camera view starting out on any plane's tail, moveable ()

    • Labels on aircraft show aircraft and flight data (, )

    • Map Layer in X-Plane's internal map showing all LiveTraffic aircraft ()

  • Sound

    • Engine, Reversers, Gear, Flaps, Taxiing ()

    • Audio Engine: FMOD Core API by Firelight Technologies Pty Ltd.

  • Weather

    • Define X-Plane's weather based on local METAR and RealTraffic's weather data ()

  • User Interface

    • hide and impersonate planes so you find your gap in a full queue ()

    • bind keyboard/buttons to most important menu commands ()

  • Flight modelling

    • basic, parameterized flight modelling for rotate, roll, pitch, flare; acceleration, deceleration; gear, flaps; lights

    • landing and take-off prediciton to calculate point of rotate, lift off, and touch down ()

    • auto-land in case of live tracking data interruption on approach ()

    • Ground traffic follows taxiways ()

  • Integration with others

    • TCAS, map and other tool support based on TCAS targets ()

    • Supports XPMP2 Remote Client for distributing traffic across a local network, e.g. to support multiple External Visuals ()

    • Support for other plugins/tools to integrate with LiveTraffic's data ().

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