User Guide

Flight Simulator
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In many ways, Microsoft
®
Flight Simulator 2000 is
even better than reality—with just a few clicks of
the mouse, you can instantly change your aircraft,
location, and the weather. In this chapter, we’ll
take a look at these options and many other
features you should know about.
To learn more about all these features, see the
Simulator Help section of the onscreen Help. For
an overview of any dialog box, click the ? button
at the bottom of the dialog box. For an explana-
tion of a specific item, right-click it and choose
What’s This? from the pop-up menu that
appears.
Aircraft
When you start Flight Simulator, by default you’ll
be flying the Cessna Skylane 182S. Whether
you’re on the ground or in the air, you can easily
switch to another aircraft or change options that
affect the aircraft you’re flying.
Feature
Select Aircraft
Fuel
Realism Settings
System Failures
Description
See pictures, descriptions, and specifications for each
aircraft in the Flight Simulator 2000 fleet, and select
the one you want to fly.
Change the amount of fuel in each tank to change
your aircraft’s weight, performance, and range.
Quickly set the realism of your Flight Simulator 2000
experience using sliders, or manually select specific
realism options that affect:
· the aircraft’s flight characteristics
· the instruments and lights
· the engines and propeller
· crashes and damage
· the flight controls
Set failures for instruments, systems, and radios
(either randomly or for a specific instrument) to make
your Flight Simulator 2000 flights more realistic and
challenging.
Command
On the Aircraft menu, click Select
Aircraft.
On the Aircraft menu, click Fuel.
On the Aircraft menu, click
Realism Settings.
On the Aircraft menu, click System
Failures.