Real Flight Simulator

Welcome to the official user manual for Real Flight Simulator.

Tutorial videos: www.youtube.com/RORTOS

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  Main menu

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  In flight user interface

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  Aircraft and liveries

1 FLY NOW

Quickly enter the flight simulator

1.1 Plane selection

Choose an airplane from the list on the left.

Change livery (REAL or VIRTUAL) by tapping on the arrows at the sides of the livery name or tap on the livery name to open the complete list.

• CONFIRM: Proceed to route selection
• BACK: Back to main menu
• CREATE LIVERY: Proceed to web page RFS Liveries to download livery templates (needs graphical package supporting .psd file format). Tutorial video instructions: https://youtu.be/FmwjD-TCS4E

1.2 Route Selection

Zoom in or out by pinching the map, smaller airports appear by zooming in more.

Select an airport on the map by tapping on its ICAO code or search it using the ICAO Search button.

Choose takeoff or landing by tapping on the icon to the right of the airport name, tap again to cancel it.

Airports types:

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  HD Airport

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  SD Airport

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  LD Airport

HD Airport - Selection

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  No selection

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  Start from RUNWAY

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  Start from GATE

SD/LD Airport - Selection

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  Start from runway

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  Land on runway (Taxi to gate if HD Airport)

• START FLIGHT: Take control of the airplane
• RESET: Clear airport selection
• BACK: Back to airplane selection

2 REAL TIME FLIGHTS

Search for real flights and fly them.

Zoom in or out by pinching the map.

Search for a flight on the map by tapping on an airplane.

Check the flight details in the info box in the bottom right corner.

• CONFIRM: Go to the aircraft page and select the aircraft livery, then proceed to START FLIGHT
• BACK: Back to main menu

3 ADVANCED FLIGHT PLANNER

Plan carefully your flight plan and execute it.

3.1 File selection

Choose an existing plan from the list on the left or choose an option from the top bar.

• NEW: Create a new flight plan
• DUPLICATE: Create a copy of the selected flight plan
• EDIT: Edit selected flight plan
• DELETE: Delete selected flight plan
• START FLIGHT: Start the selected flight plan
• BACK: Back to main menu

3.2 Edit/New

: GENERAL

• TITLE: Insert the title of your flight plan
• DESCRIPTION: Insert the description of your flight plan
• TAGS: insert any tags of your flight plan separated by a space (example: “Asia Rain Singapore”): DATE/TIME
• CUSTOM/REAL: Choose real time or customize any setting
• DATE: Tap on the date to change it
• TIME: Move the slider to change it: FLIGHT PLAN
• See your planned route. Tap on EDIT to create/change your route
  
• Select departure and arrival airports
• Choose DEPARTURE to set the SID procedure (HD airports includes Transitions)
• Choose ARRIVAL to set the STAR procedure (only HD airports)
• Choose APPROACH to set the landing runway
• Choose ADD LEG to add a new leg up to a maximum of 5
• Choose REMOVE LEG to remove a leg
• Tap on any leg to edit the flight plan for that leg
• BACK: to ignore changes
• CONFIRM: to set your flight plan: AIRCRAFT: View the airplane you have selected
• CHANGE: change your airplane
• FUEL: Move the slider to change quantity
• PASSENGERS: Move the slider to change quantity
• CARGO: Move the slider to change quantity: METAR - DEPARTURE: Sets your departure weather
• CUSTOM: move sliders to change weather settings
• REAL: real weather conditions
• RANDOM: random weather conditions: METAR - ARRIVAL: Sets your arrival weather
• CUSTOM: move sliders to change weather settings
• REAL: real weather conditions
• RANDOM: random weather conditions

4 MULTIPLAYER

Real time Multiplayer

Choose an available server from the list.

Join ATC (Beta) for playing as ATC or Pilot.

Follow this link Basic functions of human-controlled ATC for watching the tutorial.

Zoom in/out to see where other pilots are flying, tap on any airplane to see pilot details. Set your flight plan and START FLIGHT.

Tap on any airplane to see pilot details.

5 OTHER OPTIONS

5.1 RESUME LAST ACTIVITY

You can use this button to quickly resume your last flight where you left it.

5.2 SETTINGS

SYSTEM

QUALITY

• 3D world detail quality, lower it if you have frame rate or stability problems
• NATIVE RESOLUTION: Activates device native resolution (Only Android devices). May decrease frame rate performance
• IN FLIGHT UI: ON=in game UI always displayed; OFF=in game UI appears only when touching the screen
• CLEAR CACHE: Resets the cache of downloaded data, clear it only when you are having problems with excessive app size or corrupted textures
• SATELLITE TERRAINS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide satellite terrains
• SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide heightmaps
• REAL TIME AIR TRAFFIC: Turn on/off real air traffic presence during activities
• LOCAL AIR TRAFFIC: Turn on/off local air traffic presence during activities

SOUND

MASTER SOUND

• Set overall sound volume
• AIRCRAFT: Set Aircraft Volume
• EGPWS WARNING: Set volume of EGPWS warnings
• PILOT MONITORING VOICE: Select pilot monitoring voice
• ATC COMMS: Set volume of pilot monitoring voice and ATC Radio comms
• ATC OTHER COMMS: Set volume of other pilots and ATC Radio comms

ACCOUNT

SUPPORT

• Opens your mail client ready to send a support email
• PRIVACY POLICY: Check our privacy policy
• GOOGLE: Login using your Google account
• FACEBOOK: Login using your Facebook account
• ID: Your account ID
• PLAYER'S NAME: The name will be visible to other players. Choose carefully your name, you will be able to change it only once
• PLAYER'S CALLSIGN: Callsign is used for ATC COMMS and to identify your airplane in multiplayer. Callsign must be 4-6 alphanumeric characters

FAILURES

All failures are global and apply to all airplanes.

CUSTOM/RANDOM/OFF

• Choose your failures, get surprised by random failures or switch them off
• Move the failure list up/down to scroll it and see all available failures
• Move the slider of each failure to set it at the desired frequency or move it all the way to the left to switch it off

CONTROLS

SENSITIVITY

• Set your control sensitivity, the lower the sensitivity, the smoother the response of the airplane to your movements
• INPUT TYPE: Choose your device accelerometer or a virtual joystick. Virtual joystick can be activated in any free part of the screen excluding the HUD area
• INVERT VERTICAL AXIS: Switch to normal or inverted virtual joystick's vertical axis

5.3 LOGBOOK

For each activity

REAL DATE

• the real calendar date in which the activity has been performed
• ACTIVITY DATE: the activity date as set by the flight plan
• AIRCRAFT: the airplane used to fly
• FROM: Departure airport
• TO: Arrival airport
• DURATION: Flight time
• TOTAL TIME: Total duration of all flights

5.4 GAME MANUAL

Press this button to access this manual.

5.5 RELEASE NOTE

Press this button to read the latest news on the game. Read Release Note Android, iOS.

===5.6 ONLINE STATUS=== View your online status.

6 SUBSCRIPTION

Real Flight Simulator offers different subscriptions to access all game features.

Please see the comparison table below:

	RFS	RFS PRO
AIRCRAFT HD, Custom liveries, 3D cockpit, working parts, lights	Saab 340 Bombardier CRJ900 Airbus A320-200	All RFS airplanes + AIRBUS A321neo AIRBUS A330-300 AIRBUS A340-200 AIRBUS A350-900 AIRBUS A380-800 ATR 72-600 BAE SYSTEMS 146 BOEING 737-800 BOEING 737-800BCF BOEING 747-200B BOEING 747-400 BOEING 767-300 BOEING 767-300F BOEING 777-200 BOEING 787-8 Dreamliner CESSNA 172 CONCORDE EMBRAER E190 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11F TUPOLEV TU-154M … more coming soon
HD AIRPORTS	35 Airports with High res satellite imagery, lifelike 3D buildings, taxiways and detailed procedures (departure, arrival, approach)	All RFS HD AIRPORTS + Ground and Air traffic
SD AIRPORTS	500 Airports with Runways, 3D buildings and procedures (departure and approach)	All RFS SD AIRPORTS + Local Air traffic
LD AIRPORTS	No	14000 Airports with Runways and procedures (departure and approach) + Local Air traffic
MULTIPLAYER	No	Realtime multiplayer, fly together with pilots from all over the world.
ATC - Air Traffic Control	No	Interactive multi voice ATC procedures and communications
REAL TIME TRAFFIC	No	Real time traffic for the 35 largest airports in the world and their connected destinations
FLY REAL TIME FLIGHTS	No	Jump on any available real time flight and bring it to destination (or wherever you want…)
ADVANCED FLIGHT PLANNER	No	Advanced Flight Plan with multiple options to create / edit / duplicate complex flight plans
SATELLITE TERRAINS	No	High definition worldwide satellite terrains (requires online connection to stream data)
SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS	No	High definition worldwide heightmaps (requires online connection to stream data)

7 CHAT

Keep the chat list pressed to activate abuse reporting, scroll on the desired highlighted player/phrase, then release to report the user. Press on a single player name to address him directly and keep track of your conversation (tap outside to deselect it).

8 IN FLIGHT USER INTERFACE

1. A/P - AUTO PILOT
2. THR - THROTTLE
3. MASTER CAUTION
4. GROUND SYSTEMS
5. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
6. FLAPS
7. GEAR - LANDING GEAR
8. SPOILER
9. BRAKE - GROUND BRAKE
10. RUD - RUDDER
11. Change PANEL INSTRUMENTS
12. Change CAMERA
13. Custom PANEL INDICATORS
14. Planner MAP/FMC
15. PAUSE
16. COMMS - COMMUNICATIONS
17. VDGS - VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM

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'1. A/P - AUTO PILOT'

A/P - AUTO PILOT: Tap to open/close the auto pilot panel.

NAV - NAVIGATION: Activates auto pilot navigation. The aircraft follows the flight plan. When NAVIGATION is active, Speed, Heading and Altitude cannot be changed manually..

APP - APPROACH: Activates auto approach. Available only when airplane is within ILS range.

SPD - SPEED: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the speed.

HDG - HEADING: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the heading.

ALT - ALTITUDE: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the altitude.

VS - VERTICAL SPEED: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the vertical speed.

2. THR - THROTTLE: Move up/down to set desired engine thrust. 3. MASTER CAUTION: Shows any active alarm. Tap to reset alarms.

4. GROUND SYSTEMS

 

Available only when on ground.: Tap to open/close the currently selected sub-menu.: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to select a different sub-menu (SYSTEMS, LOAD).

4.1 SYSTEMS:

: : GROUND POWER UNIT - External power supply.: : ACU - External Air Conditioning Unit: : PUSHBACK - Available only when stationary, activate it to be pushed back.: : 4.2 LOAD:

: : PAX DOOR - Tap once to activate/deactivate passenger service. Tap on PAX and select desired quantity, release to start board/disembark.: : CARGO DOOR - Tap once to activate/deactivate cargo service. Tap on CARGO and select desired quantity, release to start load/unload.: : FUEL TRUCK - Tap once to activate/deactivate fuel service. Tap on FUEL and select desired quantity, release to start load/unload.: : All ground services are always available but passenger boarding bridge and vehicles are only available when your aircraft is properly positioned at the gate in HD airports.: 5. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

 

Tap to open/close the currently selected sub-menu.: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to select a different sub-menu (SYSTEMS, ENGINES, FUEL).

5.1 SYSTEMS:

: : HUD - switch HUD on/off: : WP HUD - switch WayPoints labels on/off: : AC HUD - switch other AirCraft labels on/off: : COMMS HUD - switch COMMS text on/off: : APU - AUXILIARY POWER UNIT: switch APU on/off: : ICE - switch deicing on/off: : NAV LIGHTS - switch navigation lights on/off: : BEACON LIGHTS - switch beacon lights on/off: : LANDING LIGHTS - switch landing lights on/off: : STROBE LIGHTS - switch strobe lights on/off: : 5.2 ENGINES:

: : For each engine:: : FIRE- Tap once to activate, tap again when ready to use extinguisher, will deactivate automatically after a few seconds if not used.: : ENG x N1 xx% - Tap once to start up the engine, ready when green; tap again to switch it off. Displays N1 (Low pressure compressor rotational speed) for each engine.: : THR xx% - Move up/down to adjust engines thrust separately.: : 5.3 FUEL:

: : LEFT TANK - Tap to release fuel: : RIGHT TANK - Tap to release fuel: : FUEL - Move left/right to move fuel from one tank to the other6. FLAPS

Keep the button pressed and move up/down to change flaps settings.

7. GEAR - LANDING GEARPress to extend/retract the landing gear. Make sure to have an IAS (Indicated Airspeed) below "VLO" (Maximum landing gear operating speed) in order to extend it.

8. SPOILER

Keep the button pressed and move up/down to change spoilers settings.

9. BRAKE - GROUND BRAKETap to switch on/off the ground brake.

10. RUD - RUDDERMove left/right to operate the rudder.

11. Change PANEL INSTRUMENTSTap to switch multiple panel configuration.

Keep the button pressed and move up/down to quickly change the panel.

Press and hold on a single instrument for 1 second and move up/down/left/right to customize it.

12. Change CAMERATap to switch multiple camera views.

Keep the button pressed and move up/down/left/right to quickly choose the desired camera view.

13. Custom PANEL INDICATORS

Keep the indicator pressed and move up/down/left/right to change the indicator type.

14. Flight Plan MAP/FMC

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FMC- Flight Management Computer: Open/close FMC panel.

CENTER- Center the map view on your airplane.

FMC panel:

RMV - REMOVE: Select a waypoint from the list and press RMV to remove it.

NXT - NEXT: Select a waypoint from the list and press NXT to make it the next active waypoint.

UP - UP: Select a waypoint from the list and press UP to move it to the up in the list.

DWN - DOWN: Select a waypoint from the list and press DOWN to move it to down in the list.

CLR - CLEAR: Clear all waypoints.

DEP - DEPARTURE: Only departure on HD airport. Press DEP to open the SID list, then choose a SID and press SELECT to activate it.

ARR - ARRIVAL: Only arrival on HD airport. Press ARR to open the STAR list, then choose a STAR and press SELECT to activate it.

APP - APPROACH: Active only if an arrival airport exists in your flight plan. Press APP to open the APPROACH list, then choose an APPROACH and press SELECT, then choose the TRANSITION (only HD airport) and press SELECT to activate it.

15. PAUSE: :

TAKEOFF / LANDING

Choose any of the options available to quickly perform an activity

DATE / TIME

CUSTOM/REAL: Choose real time or customize any setting
DATE: Tap on the date to change it
TIME: Move the slider to change it

AIRCRAFT

• FUEL: Move the slider to change quantity
• PASSENGERS: Move the slider to change quantity
• CARGO: Move the slider to change quantity

WEATHER

Sets your current weather

• CUSTOM: move sliders to change weather settings
• REAL: real weather conditions

FAILURES

All failures are global and apply to all airplanes.

• CUSTOM/RANDOM/OFF: Choose your failures, get surprised by random failures or switch them off
• Move the failure list up/down to scroll it and see all available failures
• Move the slider of each failure to set it at the desired frequency or move it all the way to the left to switch it off

CONTROLS

• SENSITIVITY: Set your control sensitivity, the lower the sensitivity, the smoother the response of the airplane to your movements
• INPUT TYPE: Choose your device accelerometer or a virtual joystick. Virtual joystick can be activated in any free part of the screen excluding the HUD area
• INVERT VERTICAL AXIS: Switch to normal or inverted virtual joystick's vertical axis

CALIBRATE

Tap to calibrate and return to your flight

CONTINUE

Return to your flight

EXIT- Leave the flight

If you Exit you will have access to:

EXIT

• Back to main menu
• TRY AGAIN: Restart your flight
• REWIND: Return to your flight as it was one minute before exiting/crashing
• REPORT: End of flight report. Will also appear when switching engines off or after connecting PBB (Passenger Boarding Bridge) and switching engines off
• REPLAY: Look at your replay

16. COMMS - COMMUNICATIONS

16.1 ATC - Air Traffic Control:

: ATC will allow you to manage communications between your aircraft and different air traffic controllers.: Start by choosing the correct frequencies according to where you are located, then choose actions according to flight procedures. You will also listen to any communication between ATC and other aircraft tuned on the same frequency.: : ATIS - Automatic terminal information service. Reports a continuous broadcast of recorded aeronautical information.: : GROUND - Used while on the ground.: : TOWER - Used while on the runway, takeoff and final landing.: : APPROACH - Used after takeoff and during initial landing.: : EN ROUTE - Used during flight.: : EMERGENCY - Used to manage any aircraft emergency procedure.: - REQUEST NEAREST AIRPORT: make a request for the nearest airport.: - SET PLAN TO NEAREST: set your flight plan to the nearest airport.: - EMERGENCY/URGENCY: to report current situation.: : 16.2 PASSENGERS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

: PAX ANNOUNC. will allow you to manage communications of the pilot and crew to your passengers.: : PILOT – All pilot related communications.: CREW - All crew related communications.:

16.3 IN FLIGHT CHAT:

MAIN CHAT the same chat as the one in the main menu available to all players. Tap on the top left button to change language.

MULTIPLAYER CHAT named after the server you have chosen in multiplayer. Tap on the top right button to filter pilots by distance.

17. VDGS - VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEMAvailable on any HD Airport. Follow map instructions to reach your assigned gate, then reach the parking area following instructions provided by the VDGS. When correctly parked (OK), the PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE will become available.

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  Aircraft not aligned, move to the left

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  Aircraft correctly aligned, distance in feet to target area

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  Target area reached, stop aircraft here

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  Target area overpassed, move back

9 AIRCRAFT AND LIVERIES

Choose an airplane from the list on the left.

Change livery (REAL or VIRTUAL) by tapping on the arrows at the sides of the livery name or tap on the livery name to open the complete list.

• CREATE LIVERY: Proceed to web page RFS Liveries to download livery templates (needs graphical package supporting .psd file format). Tutorial video instructions: https://youtu.be/FmwjD-TCS4E