Real Flight Simulator Wiki

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

Aircraft tab
Livery tab

Choose an airplane from the list on the left. You can mark planes and liveries as favorite by tapping either on the star close to their names
Change livery by tapping on the arrows at the sides of the livery name or tap on the "Liveries" tab 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:

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 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 an aircraft using the search bar by entering the aircraft type or flight ID.
Click on any aircraft on the map to display the flight information.

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: Sets your weather

CUSTOM: move sliders to change weather settings
REAL: real weather conditions
RANDOM: random weather conditions

4 MULTIPLAYER

Real time Multiplayer

Choose MY PROFILE to manage your stats and rank. Each complete flight with take off and landing will earn you Flight Points (FP).
Choose VIRTUAL AIRLINE to manage your Virtual Airline.
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

PILOTS

Scroll the first option to choose the gender of your pilot and co-pilot. Scroll the second option to choose the face.

CUSTOMIZE: Allows you to apply a customized face to your pilot by uploading a .png or .jpg image.
VOICE: Allows you to change the voice of your copilot.

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

A/P - AUTO PILOT
THR - THROTTLE
MASTER CAUTION
GROUND SYSTEMS
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
FLAPS
GEAR - LANDING GEAR
SPOILER
BRAKE - GROUND BRAKE
RUD - RUDDER
Change PANEL INSTRUMENTS
Change CAMERA
Custom PANEL INDICATORS
Planner MAP/FMC
PAUSE
COMMS - COMMUNICATIONS
VDGS - VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM
CAMERA SETTINGS

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, EMERGENCY, EXTERIOR INSPECTION).

4.1 SYSTEMS

GROUND POWER UNIT - External power supply. Tap once to activate/deactivate external power supply service.

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.

4.3 EMERGENCY

EVACUATION SLIDE - Tap once to activate evacuation slide.

AMBULANCE - Tap once to activate/deactivate medical emergency.

FIREFIGHTING VEHICLE - Tap once to activate/deactivate fire emergency. Tap on EXTINGUISHER to deliver extinguishing agents.

4.4 EXTERIOR INSPECTION

Tap on EXTERIOR INSPECTION to open ground check inspection view.

Use virtual joysticks to inspect aircraft. Tap on EXTERIOR INSPECT. to open/close the checklist panel. Tap on EXIT to return to the aircraft.

Tap to open/close the checklist panel

CHECKLIST panel:

PREV - Go to previous checklist

CLEAR - Delete current list

NEXT - Go to next checklist

CLOSE - Close the checklist

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, LIGHTS, FUEL, CHECKLIST).

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

SEAT BELTS - switch seat belts advise on/off

NO SMOKING - switch no smoking advise on/off

WIPERS - switch wipers 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 LIGHTS

COCKPIT LIGHTS - keep the button pressed and move up/down to set cockpit lights

NAV LIGHTS - switch navigation lights on/off

LANDING LIGHTS - switch landing lights on/off

TAXI LIGHTS - switch taxi lights on/off

CABIN LIGHTS - keep the button pressed and move up/down to set cabin lights

BEACON LIGHTS - switch beacon lights on/off

STROBE LIGHTS - switch strobe lights on/off

LOGO LIGHTS - switch logo lights on/off

5.4 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 other

5.5 CHECKLIST

Tap to open/close the checklist panel

CHECKLIST panel:

PREV - Go to previous checklist

CLEAR - Delete current list

NEXT - Go to next checklist

CLOSE - Close the checklist

6. FLAPS

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

7. GEAR - LANDING GEAR

Press 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 BRAKE

Tap to switch on/off the ground brake.

10. RUD - RUDDER

Move left/right to operate the rudder.

11. Change PANEL INSTRUMENTS

Tap 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 CAMERA

Tap 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

FMC- Flight Management Computer: Open/close FMC panel.
CENTER- Center the map view on your airplane.

Once a waypoint has been selected, press:
"+" to add a new waypoint to your flight plan. It will be automatically added below the selected waypoint on the flight plan. If you have not selected anything from the flight plan, this waypoint will be added to the bottom of the list.
"Đ" (Direct to) icon to delete the entire flight plan and go directly to the selected waypoint.

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 SYSTEM

Available 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.

Aircraft not aligned, move to the left
Aircraft correctly aligned, distance in feet to target area
Target area reached, stop aircraft here
Target area overpassed, move back

18. CAMERA SETTINGS

If enabled, tap to open camera settings For cockpit cameras:

Press and drag on the buttons:
VERT. To adjust camera position
ANGLE To adjust the camera angle
Press RESET to reset the position
Press on monitor name to cycle between monitors
Press and hold on individual monitor name for one second and move up/down/right/left to select monitor.
If the monitor supports it, you can access its custom settings.
NAV and WEATHER have RANGE functionality to change zoom level

9 AIRCRAFT AND LIVERIES

Aircraft tab
Livery tab