User Manual

NexttothisistheShow/hideonscreencontrollerbutton.Clickingthiswilltoggletheonscreencontrollerdisplayon
oroffwhileviewingthetutorialvideo.Thisisavaluabletrainingtoolwhichletsyouseewhatcontrolinputsareused
toperformthevariousmanoeuvresandtricks.
Thenextbuttonisthemute/unmuteaudiocommentarybutton.Thisletsyoutogglethevoice‐overcommentaryon 
oroff.Pleasenotethatthevoicecommentaryisonlyplayedwhenthevideoisplayingatnormal(100%)speed.
The next controls on this panel are the Rewind, Play/Pause, Stop and Fast‐forward buttons. Please see the Flight
Recordertopicformoreinformationonthesecontrol sandwhattheydo.
The last button toggles the playback speed bar. Whenenabled, you can slow down or speed up the tutorial video
playbackbyadjustingthisslider.Pleasenotethatthevoicecommentaryisonlyplayedwhenthevideoisplayingat
normal(100%)speed.
Atthebottomofthepanelisthestatusbarwhichshowsthecurrentstateandtimeoftherecording.Youcanalso
“scrub”backandforththroughthevideoquicklybyleft‐draggingyourmouseacrossthisbar.
Whenyouhavefinishedviewingavideo,clicktheStopbuttonorsmallround“X”buttonothetop‐rightofthepanel
toreturntotheTutorialVideoBrowserwindow.
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Hovertraining
TheHoverTraineris aspecialsimulationmodewhichis designedtoteachyouthebasicsofhoveringyourhelicopter
modelasquicklyaspossible.Inthismode,yourmodelisplacedontheflyingfieldatanappropriateheight,andnot
allowedtofallorrise–preventingyoufromcrashing.
Youcanthentakecontrolofasmanyorfewcontrolsasyouwish‐withthesimulatorcontrollingtheothers‐until
you are confident at hovering the model with all controls enabled. You can therefore gradually build up from one
simplecontroltoallcontrolsatyourownpace,decreasingthelearningcurvedramatically.
Ifyoulosecontrolofthemodel,anditmovesacertaindistanceawayfromyourposition,orrotatestoo farover,the
Hover Trainer will automatically restart without you needing to go through the usual take‐off routine – thereby
speedingupthetimetakentomasterthis technique.
Please note that the Hover Trainer is only available to heli copter models. If you attempt to start the trainer with
anothertypeofmodelselected,orchangetoanothertypeofmodelafterstartingthetrainer,youwillbetakenback
tothemainviewandstandardfreeflightmode.
WhentheHoverTrainerisactive,theHoverTrainingToolbarwillappearatthebottomofthescreen.Thiscontains
settingsforconfiguringtheHoverTrainertoyourpreferences:
Setup
The left‐hand drop‐down box lets you change the model functions that you have control over. For instance, the
default, easiest setting is “Elevator only” which only gives you control over the elevator, and only lets the model
rotateforwardsandbackwards.Themodelwillstillmoveforwardsandbackwardsinthedirectionoftravelhowever,
soyouwillstillneedtokeeptheelevatorundercontrolandthemodelinastablehover.Asyouprogressdownthis 
list,youwilltakecontroloftheotherfunctionsuntilyouarehoveringwithallcontrolsactive.
Restart
The next button in the panel is the Restart button. Clicking this will restart the model at the initial position and
orientation.