PicaSim - Free flight simulator for Android

11 things about PicaSim - Free flight simulator

1. You can read a detailed review of PicaSim in the February 2013 edition of Radio Controlled Soaring Digest at - "PicaSim is a fantastic flight simulator ... after a short time it’s like having a real transmitter in your hands".

2. The full version includes lots more planes (powered, including a quadcopter, as well as gliders), sceneries and races.

3. Learn to fly radio controlled gliders and powered planes in this highly realistic flight simulator.

4. This free version has all the simulation features of the full version, but just has a handful of planes and sceneries for you to try.

5. You can create your own planes and sceneries on your desktop computer and import them into the app (see the support website).

6. It focuses particularly on simulating soaring flight - with realistic models of wind flow, turbulence and thermals.

7. It is highly configurable, so you can create and explore new terrains from inside the app, as well as adjust settings such as the wind modelling, aeroplane settings (including size and ballast) etc.

8. You can fly with AI/computer controlled planes too, keeping you company in the air.

9. The sceneries include a variety of slope and flat field sites.

10. You can use it to practise aerobatics, have a lazy fly on a rainy day, or challenge yourself with tasks such as races.

11. If you've never flown a radio-controlled plane before, you'll probably find it hard to fly at first.