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===== Welcome to Aerofly FS! ===== | ===== Welcome to Aerofly FS! ===== | ||
- | Fasten your seat belts, let's jump right into our Flight Simulator. | + | Fasten your seat belts, let's jump right into your new Flight Simulator. |
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From the main menu press the " | From the main menu press the " | ||
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You have full control over your time, wind, cloud coverage, and turbulence by navigating through the three easy to use options. Make your selections and simply back out of this menu. | You have full control over your time, wind, cloud coverage, and turbulence by navigating through the three easy to use options. Make your selections and simply back out of this menu. | ||
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+ | More on the conditions option can be found in our [[manual: | ||
==== Choose a Location ==== | ==== Choose a Location ==== | ||
From the main menu screen click the " | From the main menu screen click the " | ||
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- | You will see a map with nearby airports. You can zoom in and out with the mouse wheel or by using two fingers on the touch screen. In Virtual Reality you can use your VR hand controllers and pretend like the menu in front of you is a touch screen. Touch the menu screen with both hand controllers at the same time and move them apart of closer to each other to zoom in and out. | + | You will see a map with nearby airports. You can __zoom |
- | You can drag the map by holding down the left mouse button | + | You can __drag |
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- | Whenever you click on an airport and then select the runway as a start location your aircraft will be teleported there and will be set up ready for departure. Flaps will be set, all systems are up and running and all you need to do is advance throttle for takeoff and pull up at the right time. | + | Whenever you click on an airport and then select the runway as a start location your aircraft will be teleported there and will be set up __ready |
- | Similarly you can select the approach | + | Similarly you can select the __approach__ |
- | You can also start in the air with gear and flaps retracted and the aircraft trimmed out for cruise flight. Just click on a location on the map that is not an airport and then use the slider on the right to select the desired altitude. | + | You can also __start |
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In this navigation menu you see a map of the nearby airports and VOR stations. When you are already positioned on your desired departure airport you just have to click on the airport that you want to land at and then select a runway for landing. When you are already in the air you create a flight to that airport that way as well. | In this navigation menu you see a map of the nearby airports and VOR stations. When you are already positioned on your desired departure airport you just have to click on the airport that you want to land at and then select a runway for landing. When you are already in the air you create a flight to that airport that way as well. | ||
Once you have selected your destination you can optionally also change your origin. Simply click on your desired origin airport and select a runway for departure. | Once you have selected your destination you can optionally also change your origin. Simply click on your desired origin airport and select a runway for departure. | ||
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- | **Once all settings are configured to your liking, from the main menu press start to begin your flight** | + | ==== Fly ==== |
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+ | ===== Flight School ===== | ||
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+ | Aerofly FS has a great step by step flight school that teaches you the basics of flying an airplane. You will be introduced to the basic flight controls like elevator, aileron, rudder and throttle and will be tasked with lessons from flying straight and level to attempting | ||
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+ | The lessons can also be demonstrated by the instructor first before you try them on yourself. | ||
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+ | Read more about the flight school on our [[manual: | ||
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+ | ===== Assistance in Flight ===== | ||
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+ | In the simulation you have the option to display a flight information at the top of the screen, a moving map and other helpful overlays for additional information and navigation. | ||
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+ | Check out our wiki page for the [[manual: | ||
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