User Guide

Simulation
Simulation
NDB-Concentric circles
NDB with DME-Circles with blue square center
VOR-Hexagon with blue center
VOR with DME-Hexagon with square center
VOR with Vortac-Hexagon with bold edges
Detail Options
Allows you to filter out many of the details brought up by
activating the overlays. The number of airports, navaids, etc. can
be a bit overwhelming, so this feature can help clear up the clut-
ter of the map view.
______ Detail
This button changes depending on what kind of symbol is
most recently clicked upon in the map window. Airports, Navaids,
Waypoints, and flight segments can contain details of each specif-
ic item which are accessed via this button.
Edit Route
Pressing this button brings up a box listing all airports and
waypoints on your route from point A to point B. From here you
can select each point individually to change them as you deem fit.
Generate Route
Automatically generate routes by simply specifying the
Departure and Arrival Airports. Using this tool, however, overrides
any other flight plan information.
Setup Aircraft and Environment
Links to appropriate section (p.36 and 38).
FLY
Initiates the flight plan you have prepared and transports you
to the cockpit of your plane to begin startup procedures. Be sure
that all of your flight plan settings, including Environment and
Setup Aircraft settings are established before pressing this button.
Magnifying Glass Allows you to magnify an area of the map by
clicking on it. To zoom out, Control+Click with the mouse. The
behavior of this tool depends on whether you are looking at a vector
display or a map: in map mode, zooming will select the next most
detailed map (i.e. clicking on North America on the world map will
jump to the map of North America). Note that the “next most detailed
map” may not necessarily be a higher scale than the previous map,
it may simply cover a smaller area. Use the Detail Map Overlay to
see where maps intersect.
Map Icons
The two icons in the lower left corner of the screen indicates
which maps you will see in the map window.
Map Overlay: Pressing this button toggles the topographical map on
and off.
Detail Map Overlay: Pressing this button toggles a map overlay
that indicates the location of detail maps. If an area is shaded in
blue, there is a map available for that region.
Current Map: Indicates which map is currently open.
Detail Map: Pop-up menu to choose a different map.
Overlays
These map overlays provide useful navigational information by
plotting various elements onto the map window. Click on each
overlay button to toggle the switch on (illuminated) or
off (shaded).
Latitude Longitude Guide: Overlays longitude and lati-
tude lines on topographical maps only.
Weather: Displays temperature, wind speed, and wind direction.
Only functions if METAR data has been imported from the
Environment screen.
Route Chosen: Overlays your flight route.
Waypoints: Overlays all available waypoints as locations on the
map. Represented as triangles.
Airports: Overlays all available airports as locations on the map.
Represented as crossed runways or as FAA-defined representation of
the runway layout.
Navaids: Overlays all available Navigation Aids (or “NAVAIDS”) as
locations on the map. Navaids come in five varieties. The symbol in
the left column represents the symbols as they are shown on standard
aviation maps and the symbols in the right column are their interface
equivalents. The latter are designed to be as similar as possible to
their actual counterparts, but there are some small differences:
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