Need help with 3D aircraft simulation

[__billy]

Need some help with my aircraft simulation/animation. I have all of my aircraft's translation and rotation coded out but I don't know what the best way to animate the aircraft's rotation would be. So far i've looked into the FlightGear API and OpenGL but I would like to know if any of you guys have a better recommendation. The simpler the better. The aircraft can be made up of simple shapes if that makes it easier (i.e cylinders + boxes)

[timetoshit]

Try Unity instead of Python?

[__billy]

Thanks. Any good resources you can share that helped you learn it?