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Training Aids
RealFlight Term
RealFlight 6.5 offers a variety of features to learn
new maneuvers. These consist of training aids that
take you through step-by-step basic flight lessons,
such as takeoffs and landings for airplanes, and
Hovering practice for helicopters. Prerecorded
lessons are also available from professional pilots.
TruFlo Wind Dynamics
RealFlight Term
RealFlight 6.5’s TruFlo Wind Dynamics is the most
accurate wind model ever released in an R/C
simulator. It combines five different wind models
to recreate the ever-changing wind fields found at a
real flying site.
Turbulence System
RealFlight Term
This is the ability of RealFlight to induce turbulent,
rough air, as would be experienced at the flying site.
USB
Computer Term
USB, or Universal Serial Bus, is a connection
protocol for computer peripheral devices (like Great
Planes’ USB InterLink Elite Controller by Futaba).
USB te
chnology allows you to connect multiple
devices to your computer, and supports high data
transfer rates and is hot swappable. USB devices
have a special connector that only fits into a USB
port. Most modern personal computers have USB
ports, which are us
ually clearly labeled. Some
computers have one or more USB ports on the
front of the computer housing, although the USB
ports are usually on the back of the computer.
Variometer
R/C Term
An instrument designed to indicate the rate of climb
or descent of an aircraft.
Video Card
Computer Term
A card inside your computer that produces the
images on your video monitor. Most modern 3D
video cards have accelerated 3D operations—that
is, they perform numerical calculations for rendering
a 3D scene, to free up your computer’s CPU to
perform other tasks. The video card plugs into your
computer’s motherboard. You can upgrade your
video card (or the software driver that controls it)
without replacing your computer.