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About This Manual This is version 10.161 of the manual to the home and professional versions of X-Plane (X-Plane 10 Global and X-Plane 10 for Professional Use, respectively), last updated October 30, 2012. The latest version of the manual will always be available for download from the X-Plane.com web site. Throughout the text, there will be cross-references to other parts of the manual, as well as hyperlinks to web pages. These will be formatted as gray text. For instance, clicking the following reference to this section will bring you to the top of the current page: About This Manual The Table of Contents is also cross-referenced; click on the section you’re looking for to travel there instantly. Alternatively, the PDF’s bookmarks can be used to navigate quickly through the manual. If you are using the Adobe Acrobat or Apple Preview PDF viewers, you can display these bookmarks by clicking the buttons shown in Figure 1, respectively. Figure 1: Buttons to show bookmarks in Acrobat (left) and Preview (right) PDF viewers [Full size →] iii
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Page 5 and 6: Contents About This Manual iii 1 Ab
Page 7 and 8: CONTENTS vii 5 Flight in X-Plane 45
Page 9 and 10: CONTENTS ix 9.3.2.3 Using Other Spe
Page 11 and 12: Chapter 1 About X-Plane 1.1 Overvie
Page 13 and 14: 1.3. ABOUT THE VERSIONS OF THE X-PL
Page 15 and 16: 1.4. HISTORY 5 Note that the Profes
Page 17 and 18: 1.5. X-PLANE TODAY 7 1.5 X-Plane To
Page 19 and 20: Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide This ch
Page 21 and 22: 2.2. LAUNCHING X-PLANE 11 Figure 2.
Page 23 and 24: 2.4. SETTING UP A FLIGHT 13 5. Twis
Page 25 and 26: 2.7. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS 15 1. I
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 3 Preparation and Installat
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Page 31 and 32: 3.3. INSTALLING X-PLANE 21 Note tha
Page 33 and 34: 3.3. INSTALLING X-PLANE 23 3.3.1.1
Page 35 and 36: 3.4. LAUNCHING X-PLANE 25 Additiona
Page 37 and 38: Chapter 4 Configuring and Tuning Yo
Page 39 and 40: 4.4. USING THE X-PLANE BETAS 29 5.
Page 41 and 42: 4.6. CONFIGURING FLIGHT CONTROLS 31
Page 43 and 44: 4.7. CONFIGURING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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4.11. EXPANDING X-PLANE 43 • mult
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Chapter 5 Flight in X-Plane X-Plane
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5.3. CHOOSING AN AIRPORT OR LOCATIO
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5.4. CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT 49 Fi
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5.4. CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT 51 To
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5.6. USING THE INSTRUMENTS AND AVIO
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5.8. LETTING X-PLANE FLY YOUR AIRCR
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5.10. SAVING AND SHARING YOUR FLIGH
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5.11. VISUALIZING AND REPLAYING YOU
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5.12. VIEWING THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES
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Chapter 6 Advanced Simulation in X-
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6.3. USING FOREFLIGHT FOR REAL-TIME
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6.4. CHANGING HOW AND WHERE THE AIR
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6.9. ENABLING A SMOKE TRAIL 69 With
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Chapter 7 Navigation, Autopilots, a
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7.1. NAVIGATING 73 • Textured—a
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7.2. USING X-PLANE’S NAVIGATION M
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7.3. USING THE AUTOPILOT 77 1. The
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7.3. USING THE AUTOPILOT 79 With th
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7.3. USING THE AUTOPILOT 81 Instruc
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7.3. USING THE AUTOPILOT 83 Just as
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7.4. FLYING ON INSTRUMENTS 85 well
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Chapter 8 Special Situations in X-P
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8.3. FLYING HELICOPTERS 89 no way o
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8.4. FLYING THE SPACE SHUTTLE 91 Th
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8.4. FLYING THE SPACE SHUTTLE 93 th
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8.6. SIMULATING COMBAT IN X-PLANE 9
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8.6. SIMULATING COMBAT IN X-PLANE 9
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8.7. PERFORMING CARRIER OPERATIONS
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8.8. FLYING A BOEING 747 WITH THE P
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8.9. FIGHTING FOREST FIRES 103 inni
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Chapter 9 Expert Essays—Unleashin
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9.2. SETTING UP A COPILOT’S STATI
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9.3. CONFIGURING A MULTI-MONITOR SI
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Appendix A Airfoil Maker Supplement
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A.2. DESIGNING AN AIRFOIL 113 Figur
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A.2. DESIGNING AN AIRFOIL 115 A.2.3
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A.2. DESIGNING AN AIRFOIL 117 Figur
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A.2. DESIGNING AN AIRFOIL 119 A.2.5
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A.3. OTHER AIRFOIL MAKER SCREENS 12
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A.3. OTHER AIRFOIL MAKER SCREENS 12
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Appendix B Troubleshooting X-Plane
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B.5. MY FRAME RATE IS LOW 127 3. Se
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B.8. THE SIMULATOR’S MEASUREMENT
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Appendix C Tech Support Before call
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Appendix D How to File a Bug Report
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So, be sure to include proof that a
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Appendix E Commissioning Custom Air
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Appendix F Water World, or “Help,
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Appendix G Data Output from X-Plane
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Index of Menu Items The following i
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Special View is Chase, View is Circ
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Glossary G.1 Working with the Progr
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G.4. OTHER AVIATION TERMS 171 G.4 O
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G.4. OTHER AVIATION TERMS 173 Instr
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G.4. OTHER AVIATION TERMS 175 Veloc
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