X-Plane is a well-known flight simulator by Laminar Research. It includes a first-principles physics engine, realistic aircraft systems, and a diverse range of aircraft.
To explore the engineering behind flight simulators, we invited Ben Supnik to the show. Ben, a software engineer at Laminar, has contributed to X-Plane for 20 years. He appears with Kevin Ball to discuss X-Plane and his experience with the simulator.
Kevin Ball, also known as KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent engineer coach. He co-founded and was CTO for two companies, started the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.
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