RealFlight G3 Manual - Great Planes Software Support

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RUN REALFLIGHT To start running RealFlight, press the RealFlight G3 Launcher located on your desktop. Next, click the Run RealFlight button. The simulation will begin loading the terrain, airport objects, textures, etc. Your simulation experience will begin as soon as the loading process completes. ADDITIONAL OPTIONS Click on the Additional Options button to access a variety of useful information pertaining to RealFlight G3. RESTORE DEFAULTS- Use this button to restore RealFlight G3’s default settings. It will NOT remove custom aircraft, flying sites, etc. It is designed to simply restore the factory default values and settings. REGISTRATION/UPDATES- Use this button to register and update the software. ONLINE REGISTRATION This button allows you to register your copy of RealFlight G3. The registration information entitles you to complimentary technical support and free online updates. 352 • Appendix B. RealFlight G3 Launcher R/C Simulator RealFlight
Please enter in all the correct registration. If you forget your password, contact Great Planes Support. To do so, email them at rfsupport@greatplanes.com or telephone them at 217-398-8970 (option #1). They will confirm your identity, and issue you a new password. HARDWARE INFORMATION RealFlight G3 offers the option of automatically sending us information pertaining to your system hardware and settings when you register. If you leave the Send Hardware Information box checked when you register, RealFlight G3 will send us this information. This hardware information will assist us in diagnosing any problems you may encounter later, should you need to contact Technical Support. Consequently, we suggest that you leave this box checked when registering. This feature is optional. If you uncheck the box, RealFlight G3 will not send us any information about your system. Alternatively, you can view exactly what information RealFlight will send us before you decide. To view the information, click the Technical Support button. When the Technical Support page appears, click Assemble System Information. UPDATE TO LATEST VERSION After registering (you only need to register once), you can update to the latest version. This will download all necessary files and correctly install the upgrade. Click this button to Update to Latest Version. CHECK FOR UPDATES BEFORE STARTING REALFLIGHT If you check this box, every time you run the RealFlight G3 software it will check to determine whether or not there is a newer version of RealFlight G3 available to you. If a new version exists, RealFlight G3 will ask if you wish to download and install the newer build. Please note: your PC must be connected to the Internet in order to check for updates. ADVANCED OPTIONS UPDATE TO SPECIFIC VERSION If you are having problems with a version you just downloaded, you can actually go backwards and retrieve a previous version. If the previous version fixes your problem, please contact our technical support team at rfsupport@greatplanes.com and let them know about the problem encountered. R/C Simulator RealFlight Appendix B. RealFlight G3 Launcher • 353
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Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1
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Edit Current Aircraft… Helicopter
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Credits............................
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTIO
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five wind fields to ensure that the
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CHAPTER 2. BEFORE YOU BEGIN SYSTEM
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CHAPTER 3. GETTING STARTED OVERVIEW
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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE After you h
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Locate the cable input port on the
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Navigating the Menus To access the
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CHANGING AIRPORTS Changing flying s
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SOME COMMON TASKS • The easiest m
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When you select NavGuides, you shou
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AIRPORT EDITING RealFlight G3 offer
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CHAPTER 4. USING REALFLIGHT GENERAT
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allows you to: pause, speed up, slo
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PHYSICS • RealFlight G3 offers th
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In order for the simulator to work
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The InterLink Plus Controller Featu
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• Wind • Settings… • Import
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this feature and its related functi
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Alternatively, with the respective
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PAN CAMERA- The Pan Camera option a
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OPTIONS MENU- SELECTABLE ITEMS- The
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ROTATION SNAP- When rotating an obj
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To determine what items are contain
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To reduce the magnification, or zoo
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DESCRIPTION- This is a description
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To select the location, click the v
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DETAIL TEXTURE OUTER RADIUS- This v
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To modify this setting, follow the
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Additionally, RealFlight will highl
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CAST SHADOW- This value determines
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OBJECT LOCATION- (READ ONLY) This v
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To modify the cloud density, click
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mouse button. Next, move the mouse
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FLIGHT FAILURES RealFlight G3 offer
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WIND RealFlight G3’s TruFlo Wind
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Alternatively, you may increase the
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At very high values, the camera har
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Before Flight - RealFlight will tel
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PARTICLES- This option determines w
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HARDWARE- The Hardware settings are
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PILOT NAME- This setting allows you
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REMOTE MESSAGE TEXT COLOR- This set
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UNLIMITED FUEL- This option determi
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SOUND EFFECT VOLUME (%)- The adjust
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ADJUSTING THE SHOW AT MOST AND THE
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To select a color, click the desire
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• Message Duration (sec) • Enab
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Thermals are rising air currents us
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To adjust the Micro-Turbulence Stre
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AIRPORT MRU If you have previously
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CHAPTER 7. THE AIRCRAFT MENU AIRCRA
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Click the [+] (plus) symbol to reve
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AIRCRAFT EDITOR MENUS Selecting the
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Click Yes if you wish to return to
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OPTIONS MENU- This menu provides yo
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To alter the Description, click the
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To change the Radio Type, click on
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column moves the CG towards the fro
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ADD SYMMETRICAL ITEM SELECTIONS- Ad
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FRONTAL DRAG (%) - This value repre
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Once you have added a component, yo
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If it is a ducted fan unit, select
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To select a sound profile, click th
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Fuel Consumption- This value repres
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Graphical Adjustment- Rather than e
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Rename- This option is utilized to
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LOCATION IN PARENT- This value repr
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To select the servo, click the valu
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To select the type of landing gear
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To adjust the rotational degree abo
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The various modifications made to t
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wheel. Larger positive values will
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RETRACT SERVO- This drop down list
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STEERING WHEEL- To add a smoke comp
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It is not possible to manually adju
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To select an airfoil, click the val
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To adjust the dihedral, click the e
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To modify the length of the wing pa
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To modify the percentage of chord t
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AIRFOIL AT TIP- This setting determ
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WASHOUT AT TIP (DEG)- This value di
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To modify the percentage of chord t
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To adjust the dihedral, click the e
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LENGTH- This value represents the l
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With the aircraft name highlighted,
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• Unpowered - utilized for sailpl
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You may add a variety of items to y
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Clicking on the respective value co
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ADD OR REMOVE HELI MECHANICS ITEMS-
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The value of the Y-axis represents
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MAIN ROTOR COMPONENT These are the
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Note: if the airfoil at the root is
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6. Enter the mass used in the weigh
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esistance from the hubs. For exampl
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To make your selection, click the r
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CYCLIC PITCH (LEFT/RIGHT) (DEG) (RE
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five degrees. Please note: helicopt
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EXHAUST- If you wish to make modifi
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To select a servo, click the existi
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Clicking on the respective value co
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COMPONENT FRAME- This value represe
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AIRFOIL- This setting determines wh
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The X-axis value represents a movem
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AIRFOIL AT ROOT- This setting deter
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LEADING EDGE SWEEP (DEG)- This sett
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To select an airfoil, click the val
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WEIGHT- This indicates the weight o
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CURRENT MASS OF SELF (READ ONLY) -
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You may not manually adjust this va
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INPUT FOR THIS SERVO- This option d
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INPUT 1- This value determines the
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HEADING HOLD MIX- This value contro
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To adjust the gain, click on the ex
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CURRENT OUTPUT (%) (READ ONLY)- The
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Click on the Radio Display to exami
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EXPO DURING HIGH RATES (%)- This va
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To determine which stick, switch or
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To make your selection, click the r
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The servo curve is used to alter th
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To adjust the Min Resonation Speed,
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Alternatively, access the Aircraft
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KILL ENGINE Click on this item to i
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CHAPTER 8. THE CONTROLLER MENU CONT
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With the InterLink Joystick mode se
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It is important to have a basic und
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wish to utilize for your flight --
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Puts “wear and tear” on your ow
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MAPPING CHANNELS TO SERVOS If any c
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CHAPTER 9. THE EVENTS MENU EVENTS M
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The goal of this event is to land t
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Note: the countdown or timer is ini
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The event continues until the playe
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MINIMUM BAR HEIGHT- This setting de
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The object of limbo is to fly an ai
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SELECTING YOUR NAME FOR THE EVENT I
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PYLON RACING In Pylon Racing, pilot
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To adjust the penalty seconds per c
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EVENTS VIEWPORT DISPLAY BOX During
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TIME TO COMPLETE TURN (SEC)- This i
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OPTIONS The Options… menu item al
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• You are the only participant in
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• Host… • Join… • Disconn
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Clicking on the ‘X’ in the view
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JOIN This option allows you to part
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LATENCY- Latency is the amount of t
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To access the MultiMode menu item,
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not you have attached an actual R/C
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Alternatively, after you have activ
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Page 350 and 351: ideal for practicing new maneuvers
Page 352 and 353: HELICOPTER BASICS A model helicopte
Page 354 and 355: CYCLIC STICK (RIGHT STICK) The cycl
Page 356 and 357: IDLE-UP A switch on the controller
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Page 363 and 364: UNINSTALL DATA FILES Choose this op
Page 365 and 366: ENTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT CODE Choose
Page 367 and 368: EXPLORER This button launches Windo
Page 369 and 370: APPENDIX C. IF YOU EXPERIENCE DIFFI
Page 371 and 372: A driver is a software program that
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Page 375 and 376: GLOSSARY OF TERMS 3D Acceleration 3
Page 377 and 378: Chord The chord of a wing or surfac
Page 379 and 380: Event An organized flying contest w
Page 381 and 382: HAL Device A hardware-accelerated 3
Page 383 and 384: Multiplayer Session A network conne
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Page 387: VirtualRevolution This is the exclu
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