User Manual

• Noauto‐restart–Whenanyimpactordamageoccurs,donotresetthemodel.Whenthissettingisselected,
youwillneedtousetheResetModelHotkey(default=“B”)toresetthemodel,orassignachannelonyour
radiototheResetModelControlandactivatethis.
• Atidlethrottle – When anyimpact or damage occurs, do not reset the model until the user has put their
throttlebacktotheidleposition(minimumstick).Thisisusefultolearntodowhenflyingareal‐lifemodelto
avoidaccidentscausedbystartingthemodelwiththrottle.
Startengine/rotorsatthrot tlespeed
ThisoptiontellsPhoenixtostarttherotorsofahelicopter,orthepropelleronafixed‐wingmodelinstantlyspinning
atthecorrectspeedforyourthrottlestickpositionafteramodelreset,savingtimewaitingforthemtospoolup.
Display
Thissectioncontainsallofthesettingsandoptionsrelatedtothegraphicalpresentationofthesoftware.Hereyou
canadjustoptionstoimprovegraphicalqualityattheexpenseofperformance.
GraphicsQuality
Thisslider isanoverallcontrolforchangingmanyotherparametersatthesametimeeasilyandquickly.Unlessyou
arean advanceduser, weusuallyrecommendchangingthis sliderinsteadof themore advancedindividualoptions
below.
Settingthisslidertothe“Low”(left‐han d)settingwillsetallgraphicalqualityoptionstotheirlowestsetting. Thiswill
mean that there is less demand placed on the graphics‐card and CPU, therefore improving the smoothness of the
simulationonlower‐specificationgraphicshardware.
Asyouincreasetheslideruptothe“Highest”setting,thegraphicalqualitywillincreasegradually,butmoredemand
willbeplacedonthegraphics‐cardandCPU.
Highergraphical qualitysettingsshouldonlybeusedwhenmoremodern/expensivegraphicshardwareisinstalledin
yourcomputer,oryoumayfindthesimulationbecomeslesssmooth.Wewouldusuallyrecommendstartingatthe
“Medium”setting,testingthesimulationforsmoothness,andthenincreasingordecreasingthegraphicsqualityby
onestepuntilyouarehappywithboththequalityandsmoothness.
Fullscreenmode
ThesesettingscontrolthefullscreenmodeofPhoenix.
Phoenix can be run in the default nor mal Windowed mode where the Windows Title Bar and Start Menu can be
seen.Thismodeisuseful ifyouswitchwindowsonaregularbasiswhilePhoenixisstillrunning(i.e.tocheckemails
orrunamusicplayerinthebackground).
However,youcanalso choosetorunPhoenixinFullscreenmode,wherethesimulatorwilltakeuptheentirescreen.
Thisimprovesthegeneralimmersivenessofthesimulation,andalsoprovidesperformancebenefits,allowingyouto 
run the program with higher graphics quality settings than you would be able to in Windowed mode,  while still
maintainingprogramsmoothness.
If you do not regularly switch to other Windows while using  Phoenix, we  would recommend running in Fullscreen
mode.TheHotkeyforchangingbetweenWindowedandFullscreenmode is ALT+ENTER.
Thefirstdrop ‐downboxunderthissectionistheFullscreenResolution.Thisletsyouselectthegraphical“clarity”of
the display mode used when in Fullscreen mode. A higher setting means that more pixels will be used, giving the
modelasharperlook.Thisisgenerallysettothehighestavailablesetting, oralternativelytothesamesettingasyou
haveyourWindowsDesktopsetto.