RealFlight G3 Manual - Great Planes Software Support

You may add a variety of items to your airframe. Item availability is based upon a
number of factors such as aircraft design, power plant options, and directory
selected. If you right click on fuselage, for example, the options available to you
will be different than if you had right clicked on the heli mechanics.
You may use either of two methods to add items to the airframe: Add Single Item
or Add Symmetrical Item. The Add Symmetrical items selection will add two
items to your aircraft. These selections are useful when you want to add twin
engines or similar objects. Rather than having to add and modify each one
individually, RealFlight adds both engines at the same time. You are only required
to modify one of them. The other engine will mirror the modifications.
ADD SINGLE ITEM SELECTIONS-
Add Single Wing - Adds one additional wing to the aircraft.
Add Single Fuselage - Adds one single fuselage to the aircraft.
Add Single Engine - Adds another engine to the aircraft.
Add Single Thruster - Adds one turbine unit to the fuselage.
Add Single Movable Pod - Adds a movable object to the aircraft. You can slave a
servo to this object so that you can rotate a particular component. As an example,
you could add a movable pod between the fuselage and an engine, which would
allow you to rotate the engine in flight.
Add Single Gear - Adds one landing gear to your aircraft. This allows you to turn a
bicycle-geared craft into a tricycle-geared airplane, for example.
Add Lift Component - Adds one item that serves to lift the airframe.
Add Mass Component - Adds one object that serves to add mass to your aircraft.
This replicates the effect of adding ballast to the model.
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