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Choose an available server from the list and join, then choose a airplane and confirm.<br/><br/>
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Choose an available server from the list and JOIN, then choose a airplane and CONFIRM.<br/><br/>
  
 
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<div id="5_Other_Options" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
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[[File:Other Options.png|700px|none|middle|thumb]]
  
 
<div id="5.1_Resume_Last_Activity" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
<div id="5.1_Resume_Last_Activity" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
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===5.1 RESUME LAST ACTIVITY=== <!--T:75-->
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You can use this button to quickly resume your last flight where you left it.
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You can use this button to quickly resume your flight where you last left it.
 
  
 
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; SYSTEM
 
; SYSTEM
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:* QUALITY: 3D world detail quality, lower it if you have frame rate or stability problems.
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:* QUALITY: 3D world detail quality, lower it if you have frame rate or stability problems
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:* NATIVE RESOLUTION: Activates device native resolution. May decrease frame rate performance.
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:* NATIVE RESOLUTION: Activates device native resolution (Only Android devices). May decrease frame rate performance
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:* IN FLIGHT UI: Sets the appearance of the in game UI.
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:* IN FLIGHT UI: ON=in game UI always displayed; OFF=in game UI appears only when touching the screen
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:* CLEAR CACHE: Resets the cache of already downloaded data, clear only when you are having problems with excessive app size or corrupted textures.
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:* CLEAR CACHE: Resets the cache of already downloaded data, clear only when you are having problems with excessive app size or corrupted textures
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:* SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide satellite terrains. (Satellite data requires online connection to stream data)
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:* SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide satellite terrains
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:* SATELLITE TERRAINS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide heightmaps. (Satellite data requires online connection to stream data)
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:* SATELLITE TERRAINS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide heightmaps
 
:* REAL TIME AIR TRAFFIC: Turn on/off real air traffic presence during activities
 
:* 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
 
:* LOCAL AIR TRAFFIC: Turn on/off local air traffic presence during activities
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; SOUND
 
; SOUND
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:* MASTER SOUND: Set global sound volume.
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:* MASTER SOUND: Set global sound volume
 
:* AIRCRAFT: Set Aircraft Volume
 
:* AIRCRAFT: Set Aircraft Volume
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:* GPWS WARNING: Set GPWS warnings volume
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:* EGPWS WARNING: Set EGPWS warnings volume
 
:* PILOT MONITORING VOICE: Select pilot monitoring voice
 
:* PILOT MONITORING VOICE: Select pilot monitoring voice
 
:* ATC COMMS: Set voice volume of pilot monitoring and ATC Radio comms
 
:* ATC COMMS: Set voice volume of pilot monitoring and ATC Radio comms
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; ACCOUNT
 
; ACCOUNT
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:* SUPPORT: Opens your mail client ready to send a support email.
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:* SUPPORT: Opens your mail client ready to send a support email
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:* PRIVACY: Check our privacy policy.
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:* PRIVACY POLICY: Check our privacy policy
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:* GOOGLE: Login using your Google account.
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:* GOOGLE: Login using your Google account
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:* FACEBOOK: Login using your Facebook account.
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:* FACEBOOK: Login using your Facebook account
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:* ID: Your account ID.
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:* ID: Your account ID
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:* PLAYER'S NAME: The name will be visible to other players. Choose carefully your name, you will be able to change it only once.
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:* PLAYER'S NAME: The name will be visible to other players. Choose carefully your name, you will be able to change it only once
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:* PLAYER'S CALLSIGN: Callsign is used for ATC COMMS. Callsign must be 4-6 alphanumeric characters.
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:* PLAYER'S CALLSIGN: Callsign is used for ATC COMMS and to identify your airplane in multiplayer. Callsign must be 4-6 alphanumeric characters
  
 
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; FAILURES: All failures are global and apply to all airplanes.
 
; FAILURES: All failures are global and apply to all airplanes.
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:* CUSTOM/RANDOM/OFF: Choose your failures, get surprised by random failures or switch them off.
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:* CUSTOM/RANDOM/OFF: Choose your failures, get surprised by random failures or switch them off
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:* Move the failure list up/down to scroll it and see all available failures.
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:* Move the failure list up/down to scroll it and see all available failures
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:* 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.
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:* 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
  
 
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; CONTROLS
 
; CONTROLS
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:* SENSITIVITY: Set your control sensitivity, the lower the sensitivity, the smoother the response of the airplane to your movements.
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:* SENSITIVITY: Set your control sensitivity, the lower the sensitivity, the smoother the response of the airplane to your movements
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:* INPUT TYPE: Choose your device accelerometer or a virtual joystick.
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:* 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
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:* INVERT VERTICAL AXIS: Switch to normal or inverted virtual joystick vertical axis
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:* INVERT VERTICAL AXIS: Switch to normal or inverted virtual joystick's vertical axis
  
 
<div id="6_Log_Book" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
<div id="6_Log_Book" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
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===5.3 LOGBOOK=== <!--T:81-->
 
; For each activity
 
; For each activity
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:* REAL DATE: the real calendar date in which the activity has been performedActivity
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:* REAL DATE: the real calendar date in which the activity has been performed
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:* DATE: the activity date as set by the flight plan
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:* ACTIVITY DATE: the activity date as set by the flight plan
 
:* AIRCRAFT: the airplane used to fly
 
:* AIRCRAFT: the airplane used to fly
 
:* FROM: Departure airport
 
:* FROM: Departure airport
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<div id="5.4_Game_Manual" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
===5.4 GAME MANUAL=== <!--T:82-->
 
===5.4 GAME MANUAL=== <!--T:82-->
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Press this button to access this manual.
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Press this button to access to explanation of the current options
 
  
 
<div id="5.5_Release_Note" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
<div id="5.5_Release_Note" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
===5.5 RELEASE NOTE=== <!--T:83-->
 
===5.5 RELEASE NOTE=== <!--T:83-->
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Press this button to read the latest news on the game. Read [[RFS Release Note]]
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Press this button to read the latest news on the game. Read [[RFS Release Note]].
  
 
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===5.6 ONLINE STATUS=== <!--T:84-->
 
<div id="5.6_Online_Status" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
<div id="5.6_Online_Status" style="display:inline;"></div>
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Check this option to see your online status
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View your online status.
  
 
<div id="10_Subscription" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
<div id="10_Subscription" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
==6 SUBSCRIPTION== <!--T:85-->
 
==6 SUBSCRIPTION== <!--T:85-->
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Real Flight Simulator offers a subscription model to unlock all game features.<br/>
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Real Flight Simulator offers different subscriptions to access all game features.<br/>
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Please see the comparison table for all game features:
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Please see the comparison table below:
  
 
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||No
 
||No
 
||Advanced Flight Plan with<br/>multiple options to<br/>create / edit / duplicate<br/>complex flight plans
 
||Advanced Flight Plan with<br/>multiple options to<br/>create / edit / duplicate<br/>complex flight plans
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|-
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||SATELLITE TERRAINS
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||No
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||High definition worldwide<br/>satellite terrains (requires<br/>online connection to stream<br/>data)
 
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|-
 
||SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS
 
||SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS
 
||No
 
||No
 
||High definition worldwide<br/>heightmaps (requires online<br/>connection to stream data)
 
||High definition worldwide<br/>heightmaps (requires online<br/>connection to stream data)
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||SATELLITE TERRAINS
 
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||No
 
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||High definition worldwide<br/> satellite terrains (requires<br/>online connection to stream<br/>data)
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
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<div id="7_Chat" style="display:inline;"></div>
 
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Talk to other pilots to improve your flight experience or exchange information about the sim and any other related questions.
 
Talk to other pilots to improve your flight experience or exchange information about the sim and any other related questions.
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Choose desired language from the list on the left.
  
 
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'''A/P''' - Tap once to activate the autopilot panel, tap again to close it.<br/>
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'''A/P''' - AUTO PILOT: Tap to open/close the autopilot panel.<br/>
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'''NAV''' - Activates auto pilot. The aircraft follows the flight plan. When autopilot is active Speed, Heading and Altitude can’t be manually changed.<br/>
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'''NAV''' - NAVIGATION: Activates auto pilot navigation. The aircraft follows the flight plan. When NAVIGATION is active Speed, Heading and Altitude can’t be manually changed.<br/>
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'''APP''' - Activates auto approach. Available only when airplane is within ILS range.<br/>
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'''APP''' - APPROACH: Activates auto approach. Available only when airplane is within ILS range.<br/>
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'''SPD''' - Keep the button pressed and move up/down to change the speed, release to set the desired setting.<br/>
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'''SPD''' - SPEED: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the speed.<br/>
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'''HDG''' - Keep the button pressed and move up/down to change the heading, release to set the desired setting.<br/>
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'''HDG''' - HEADING: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the heading.<br/>
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'''ALT''' - Keep the button pressed and move up/down to change the altitude, release to set the desired setting.<br/>
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'''ALT''' - ALTITUDE: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the altitude.<br/>
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'''VS''' - Keep the button pressed and move up/down to change the vertical speed, release to set the desired setting.
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'''VS''' - VERTICAL SPEED: Keep the button pressed and move up/down to set the vertical speed.
 
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<div id="anchor2">'''2. THROTTLE''': Move up/down to set desired power.</div><br/>
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<div id="anchor2">'''2. THROTTLE''': Move up/down to set desired engine thrust.</div><br/>
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<div id="anchor3">'''3. MASTER CAUTION''': Tap to reset alarms.</div><br/>
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<div id="anchor3">'''3. MASTER CAUTION''': Shows any active alarm. Tap to reset alarms.</div><br/>
  
 
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:'''GROUND POWER UNIT''' - External power supply. Available only when properly positioned at the gate.
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:'''GROUND POWER UNIT''' - External power supply. Available only when connected to the passenger boarding bridge.
 
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:
 
:'''PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE''' - Available only when properly positioned at the gate. Activate it to board/disembark passengers.
 
:'''PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE''' - Available only when properly positioned at the gate. Activate it to board/disembark passengers.
 
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:'''PUSHBACK''' - Available only when stationary, activate it to be pushed back
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:'''PUSHBACK''' - Available only when stationary, activate it to be pushed back.
 
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'''5. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS'''
 
'''5. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS'''
 
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;
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:Tap once to activate the currently selected sub-menu, tap again to close it.
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:Tap to open/close the currently selected systems sub-menu.
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:Keep the button pressed and move up/down to move between the different options, release to choose the desired sub-menu.<br/>
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:Keep the button pressed and move up/down to select different systems sub-menu.<br/>
 
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:<div id="anchor5">'''5.1 SYSTEMS'''</div>
 
:<div id="anchor5">'''5.1 SYSTEMS'''</div>

Revision as of 07:53, 12 July 2019

Welcome to the official user manual for Real Flight Simulator.

Tutorial videos: www.youtube.com/RORTOS

  • Main menu

  • In flight user interface

  • Aircraft and liveries

1 FLY NOW

Quickly enter the flight simulator

1.1 Plane selection

SelectPlane.png

Choose a airplane from the list on the left.
Change livery 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

FlightPlan.png

Zoom in or out by pinching the map, smaller airports appear by zooming more in.
Select an airport on the map by tapping on its ICAO code or search it using the ICAO Search button.
Choose take off or landing by tapping on the icon to the right of the airport name, tap again to cancel it.

Airports type:

  • HD Airport

  • SD Airport

  • LD Airport

HD Airport - Selection

  • No selection

  • Start from RUNWAY

  • Start from GATE

SD/LD Airport - Selection

  • Start from runway

  • Land to 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 on the info box in the bottom right corner.

RealTimeFlight.png
  • 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.

AdvancedFlightPlanner.png

1.1 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 currently selected flight plan
  • EDIT: Edit currently selected flight plan
  • DELETE: Delete currently selected flight plan
  • START FLIGHT: Start the currently selected flight plan
  • BACK: Back to main menu

1.2 Edit/New

EditNew.png
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 space (example: “Asia Rain Singapore”)
DATE/TIME
  • CUSTOM/REAL: Choose real time or customize with 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
RFS FlightPlan2.png
  • Select departure and arrival airport
  • 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
  • BACK: to ignore changes
  • CONFIRM: to set your flight plan
AIRCRAFT: View your currently selected airplane
  • 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

RFS Manual Multiplayer Server.png

Choose an available server from the list and JOIN, then choose a airplane and CONFIRM.

RFS Manual Multiplayer Map.png

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.

5 OTHER OPTIONS

Other Options.png

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 already downloaded data, clear only when you are having problems with excessive app size or corrupted textures
  • SATELLITE HEIGHTMAPS: Turn on/off high definition worldwide satellite terrains
  • SATELLITE TERRAINS: 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 global sound volume
  • AIRCRAFT: Set Aircraft Volume
  • EGPWS WARNING: Set EGPWS warnings volume
  • PILOT MONITORING VOICE: Select pilot monitoring voice
  • ATC COMMS: Set voice volume of pilot monitoring and ATC Radio comms
  • ATC OTHER COMMS: Set voice 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 RFS Release Note.

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 +
Embraer E190
Cessna 172
BAE Systems 146
Airbus A330-300
Airbus A340-200
Airbus A350-900
Airbus A380-800
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 747-200B
Boeing 767-300
Boeing 777-300
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
… 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

Talk to other pilots to improve your flight experience or exchange information about the sim and any other related questions. Choose desired language from the list on the left.

8 IN FLIGHT USER INTERFACE

RFS UI.png
  1. AUTOPILOT
  2. THROTTLE
  3. MASTER CAUTION
  4. GROUND SYSTEMS
  5. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
  6. FLAPS
  7. LANDING GEAR
  8. SPOILER
  9. GROUND BRAKE
  10. RUDDER
  11. Change PANEL INSTRUMENTS
  12. Change CAMERA
  13. Custom PANEL INDICATORS
  14. Planner MAP/FMC
  15. PAUSE
  16. COMMS
  17. VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM (VDGS)


1. AUTOPILOT
AP.png

A/P - AUTO PILOT: Tap to open/close the autopilot panel.
NAV - NAVIGATION: Activates auto pilot navigation. The aircraft follows the flight plan. When NAVIGATION is active Speed, Heading and Altitude can’t be manually changed.
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. 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.
RFS Manual Ground Systems.png
GROUND POWER UNIT - External power supply. Available only when connected to the passenger boarding bridge.
PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE - Available only when properly positioned at the gate. Activate it to board/disembark passengers.
PUSHBACK - Available only when stationary, activate it to be pushed back.


5. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

Tap to open/close the currently selected systems sub-menu.
Keep the button pressed and move up/down to select different systems sub-menu.


5.1 SYSTEMS
SYSTEM01.png
HUD - switch hud on/off
WP HUD - switch waypoints display on/off
AC HUD - switch other airplane marker display on/off
COMMS HUD - switch COMMS text display on/off
APU - 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
ENGINES01.png
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 - Tap once to start up the engine, when green is ready; tap again to switch it off. Shows throttle power for selected engine.
THR xx% - Move up/down to adjust engines separately.


5.3 FUEL
FUEL01.png
LEFT TANK - Tap to release fuel
RIGHT TANK - Tap to release fuel
FUEL - move left/right to move fuel from one tank to the other


6. FLAPS
FLAP.png

Keep the button pressed and move up/down to move between the different flaps settings, release to set the desired setting.

7. LANDING GEAR

Press to extend the landing gear. Make sure to have an Air-Speed below "VLO" in order to extend it.

8. SPOILER
SPOILER01.png

Keep the button pressed and move up/down to move between the different spoiler settings, release to set the desired setting.

9. BRAKE

Switch on/off the Ground Brake.

10. RUDDER

Move left/right to operate the Rudder.

11. Change PANEL INSTRUMENTS

Press to switch multiple panel configuration.
Keep pressed for 1 second to quickly choose the desired panel.
Keep pressed on single instrument for 1 second to customize each one.

12. Change CAMERA

Press to switch multiple camera views.
Keep pressed for 1 second to quickly choose the desired camera view.

13. Custom PANEL INDICATORS
CustomDataLabels.png

Choose any set of data to display for each available data area.
Keep the data area pressed and move up/down or left/right to change the desired display, release to set the desired setting.

14. Planner MAP/FMC
  • Planner.png
  • PlannerFlight.png

FMC- open/close FMC panel.
CENTER- center the map view on your airplane

FMC panel:

RMV - select a waypoint from the list and press RMV to remove it.
NXT - select a waypoint from the list and press NXT to make it the next active waypoint.
UP - select a waypoint from the list and press UP to move it to the upper position.
DWN - select a waypoint from the list and press DOWN to move it to the lover position.
CLR - clear all waypoints.
DEP - active only if a departure airport exists in your flight plan. Press DEP to open the SID list, then choose a SID and press SELECT to activate it.
ARR - active only if an arrival airport exists in your flight plan. Press ARR to open the STAR list, then choose a STAR and press SELECT to activate it.
APP - 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 and press SELECT to activate it.


15. PAUSE
TAKEOFF/LANDING
Choose any of the options available to quickly perform an activity
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DATE/TIME
  • CUSTOM/REAL: Choose real time or customize with any setting
  • DATE: Tap on the date to change it
  • TIME: Move the slider to change it
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AIRCRAFT
  • FUEL: Move the slider to change quantity
  • PASSENGERS: Move the slider to change quantity
  • CARGO: Move the slider to change quantity
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WEAHTER
Sets your current weather
  • CUSTOM: move sliders to change weather settings
  • REAL: real weather conditions
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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
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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 ago
  • REPORT: End of flight report. Will also appear when switching engines off or after connecting PBB (Passenger Boarding Bridge) and engines switch off
  • REPLAY: Look at your replay
CALIBRATE
Tap to calibrate and return to your flight
CONTINUE
Return to your flight
16. COMMS
16.1 ATC - Air Traffic Control
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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 to manage any aircraft procedure while on the ground.
TOWER - Used to manage any aircraft procedure while on the runway, takeoff and final landing.
APPROACH - Used to manage any aircraft procedure after takeoff and initial landing.
EN ROUTE - Used to manage any aircraft procedure 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 situation.

16.2 IN FLIGHT CHAT

  • CHAT MAIN the same chat group as the one in the main menu available to all players.

  • CHAT MULTIPLAYER named after the server you have chosen in multiplayer, available only to PRO players flying on that server.


    • 17. VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM (VDGS)

    Available on any HD Airport. Follow map instructions to reach your assigned gate, then close in to parking area following instructions provided by the VDGS. When correctly parked (OK) the PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE will become available.

    • Aircraft not aligned, move to the right

    • Aircraft correctly aligned, distance in feets to target area

    • Target area reached, stop aircraft here

    • Target area over passed, move back

    9 AIRCRAFT AND LIVERIES

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    Choose a airplane from the list on the left.
    Change livery by tapping on the arrows at the sides of the livery name or tap on the livery name to open the complete list.

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