User Manual

PleasenotethatthisisonlyvalidwhenFreelookisnotselectedfromthecameramodesabove,andifthecurrently
viewedpilotleavesthesession,thecamerawillreturntoviewyourownmodel.
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Displays
Thismenucontains alloftheHeads‐Up‐Display(HUD)elementsthat canbeselectedto be displayedontop ofthe
simulationview.Clickinganyoftheitemsinthislistwilltogglethedisplayonoroff.
Widgets
Many of the displays are in the form of Widgets, which are controllable and configurable items on the over the
display. Each widget has the same controls to let you configure its size and shape on the main view, as well as
buttonstohideit.Somewidgetsalsohaveanadditionalsettingsbuttonwhereappropriate.
Toreposition awidget,moveyourmouseoverthewidgetcontroltoshowitsframe,thenleft‐dragitstitle‐barwith
yourmouseuntilitliesinthecorrectpositionontheview.Ifyoudragawidgettooneofthesidesorcornersofthe
mainview,thewidgetwill“dock”tothatposition.Whendocked,thewidgetwillautomaticallymoveifyouchange
thesizeofthePhoenixwindow.
To resize a widget, move your mouse over thewidgetcontroltoshowits resizehandles. Place your mouse cursor
overtheresizehandleyouwishtochange,thenleft‐dragwithyourmousetochangethewidget’ssize.
Simulationspeed
Thiswidgetletsyoucontrolthespeedofthesimulationeasilyandquicklywithoutusingthesystem>programsetup
>physics menu.Thecentralreadoutonthewidget showsthecurrentlysetsimulationspeed,with 100%being the
normalsimulationrate.Formoreinformationonsimulationspeed,seethesystem>programsetup>physicsmenu.
To change the simulation speed using this widget, place your mouse cursor over the wheel, and left‐drag to move
thesmallchevronandchangethesimulationrate.Thecentralrea doutwillchangetoreflectthenewspeed.
Controller
Thiswidgetgivesyouanonscreentransmitter/controllerthatwillshowthecontrolmovementsofwhichevermodel
iscurrentlybeinglookedatbythecamera.Indefaultmode,thisisadisplayofyourowntransmittermovements,but
if you go online and spectate another pilot, this will show you their control movements instead, making this a
valuabletrainingandlearningaid.Similarly,ifyouhaveabuddyactive,andusetheView>Camera>Lookatmenu
tolookatabuddyinsteadofyourownmodel,youwillbeshownthatbuddy’scontrolmotions.
To the top of the onscreen controller you can see any software‐controller functions such as Gear, Flaps or 
Stunt/Throttle‐hold(ifthesearebeingcontrolledbythesoftwareandnotusingthebuilt‐inswitchesonyourradio–
ifyourradiohasthesefeatures).
At the bottom of the onscreen controller is the Mode Selector. By default, this is set to “Mode 2”, but if you are
using your radio in a different mode, click the “Mode 2” readout to cycle through the available modes until it
matchesyourreal‐liferadiomovements.
Flightinfo
This widget displays a range of vital information on the model and environment, and can be configured to show
more or less data as you wish. As you resize the Flight Info widget using the resize handles, the data display will
changetodifferentorientations,lettingyouhavetheinformationinaverticalorhorizontallist.