User Guide

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Simulation
Icing
Cold weather and high moisture levels can cause ice to form
on your wings, a runway, and aircraft parts, reducing airplane per-
formance. Turning off this feature eliminates the possibility of ice
forming. When active, you will experience the effects of icing
when conditions are present, but there is no visual indication of
ice on the aircraft or outside surfaces.
Accurate Ground Traction
Rain or ice can cause runways to become slick, making take-
offs and landings difficult. Turning this feature off eliminates this
hazard and preserves dry-weather conditions regardless of actual
weather.
Gyro Drift
Gyroscopic instruments have a tendency to lose accuracy
after extended use. Experienced pilots know how to adjust for this
“drift,” but it can be confusing to novices. You can disable this if
desired.
Accurate Engine Start
The procedure to set-up and start engines is a lengthy and
complicated one. When this option is enabled, pressing the Easy
Engine Start key will allow the plane to methodically turn on and
activate each aircraft system in order. This can be helpful when
learning the startup sequences for each aircraft. When disabled,
pressing the Easy Engine Start key will immediately start the air-
craft with minimal delay.
Manual Propeller
Pilots often need to adjust propeller RPM, but you can let the
computer make these changes if you deselect this feature.
Simulation
Airplane
These options encompass the fine tun-
ing necessary to ready a plane for flight. Be
sure to adjust these before flight, or leave
them at their default settings if you are unsure
how to adjust them. Note that these changes
only affect the currently selected aircraft, and
do not affect all other aircraft. This allows for
distinct input tuning for each aircraft individually.
Trim Sensitivity
Moving this slider makes any adjustments to trim (in other
words, each press of the key controlling that adjustment) less sig-
nificant. As a result, pressing the Elevator Trim Up key would have
less effect if Trim Sensitivity is adjusted to the left. If you wish your
adjustments to have a more dramatic effect, move this slider to the
right. To tie Elevator, Aileron and Rudder Trims together, click the
Lock Settings checkbox.
Control Exponential
This factor dictates how much effect holding the following
controls will have. In other words, the longer you hold the adjust-
ment, the faster it adjusts. Moving the slider to the left causes con-
trols to accelerate at a slower rate, moving it to the right causes
acceleration to increase. To tie all three settings together, click the
Lock Settings checkbox.
Mute
Mutes all sound. This can also be activated by pressing
Control-M in Windows or Command-M in MacOS. Selecting
Mute again restores volume to previous levels.
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