RealFlight G5 Manual (21MB) - Great Planes Software Support

Interface Mode
RealFlight Term
InterLink Elite Controller
RealFlight Term
Joystick
Computer Term
Joystick Emulation Interface
RealFlight Term
Joystick Mode
RealFlight Term
Knife Edge
R/C Term
LAN
Computer Term
Lateral Balance
R/C Term
With RealFlight G5.5 set to Interface Mode, you are
using the InterLink Elite Controller as an interface
to your own R/C radio. In Interface Mode, your
own radio controls RealFlight G5.5. Conversely, in
Joystick Mode the InterLink Elite Controller (used
as a mockup of an R/C transmitter) controls the
RealFlight G5.5 aircraft.
Great Planes’ USB InterLink Elite Controller by
Futaba is a USB device shipped with RealFlight
G5.5. The InterLink Elite Controller can be used as
a standalone “mockup” R/C controller, as an
interface for using your own R/C transmitter to
control RealFlight, or both simultaneously!
A device that connects to your computer to provide
control input for the simulated aircraft. The
InterLink Elite controller that comes with
RealFlight G5.5 is considered a Joystick.
A term used to describe using your own radio to
emulate the Interlink Joystick. This allows you to
use your own radio to fly any of the stock aircraft in
RealFlight G5.5. Actual radio functions such as
mixing and ATVs are performed in the RealFlight
software, not on your radio. This is in contrast to
the Direct Control Interface.
With RealFlight G5.5 set to this mode, RealFlight
G5.5 is controlled by the InterLink Elite controller
used as a mockup of an R/C transmitter.
This maneuver requires the pilot to roll the aircraft
90 degrees so that the wings are perpendicular to
the ground, with one wing down and the other up
then, holding this position while maintaining the
same altitude above ground.
Local Area Network. This is usually a network
where the computers are connected with high speed
network cards.
The right-to-left or side-to-side balance of an
airplane.
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