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______________ USER'S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________
User's Manual
Rev 1.2
July 2020

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  • Page 1 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ User’s Manual Rev 1.2 July 2020...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    IDENTIFICATION OF ELEMENTS INSTALLATION START-UP SELECTION OF PANEL TYPE (according to plane) ENGINE STARTING SIMULATING THE BOEING 737 RADIOSTACK PANEL MULTIPLE SOLO AIRLINER OR MULTIPLE MFS COMPUTER ON THE SAME NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING WHAT IS NEW ON THIS VERSION REMOTE SESSION TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...
  • Page 3: Identification Of Elements

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 1. IDENTIFICATION OF ELEMENTS Packaging contents: SOLO Airliner (SOLO) (1 unit). Multiple power socket (1 unit). Network cable (1 unit). 3 Magnetic labels Turboprop pack (1 unit). 4 Magnetic labels Boeing 737 pack (1unit) Memory Stick (1unit). Content: User's manual, VFConnect3.exe pluggin, FSUIPC and Remote session software.
  • Page 4: Installation

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 2. INSTALLATION The SOLO Airliner, hereinafter referred to as “SOLO”, has been technologically developed to be fully plug&Fly. It connects easily to any computer running the FSX hereinafter referred to as “MFS” or Prepar3D hereinafter referred to as “P3D” or X-Plane. Even so, we’ll give you a series of steps to follow to install your panel.
  • Page 5 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ MFS / P3D: • Copy the "VFConnect3.exe" file from the Memory Stick in the MFS / P3D desktop computer. • If you already have the FSUIPC in computer MFS / P3D skip this step. Otherwise, you must have al least the free version installed.
  • Page 6 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ • Press the push-button of the mini-computer to stop the "Windows", wait for Windows to stop totally. • Once "Window" has totally stopped, you can unplug the SOLO...
  • Page 7: Start-Up

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 3. START UP The SOLO incorporates a mini-computer at the back that is to be connected to the MFS / P3D / X-Plane computer using the previously mentioned LAN cable 3. It is important to note that in no case should you access or manage the SOLO mini-computer. •...
  • Page 8 There is a communication failure between the MFS / P3D and the SOLO, look at chapter 8 "troubleshooting". If not get the connection after review chapter 8, please contact the VirtualFly Technical support: "support@virtual-fly.com". In this case the MFS and SFP are connected...
  • Page 9: Selection Of Panel Type (According To Plane)

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 4. SELECTION OF PANEL TYPE ( ACCORDING TO PLANE This instrument panel is designed to operate and display instruments for both single-engine and twin- engine planes, and for the three engine types: PISTON, TURBOFAN and TURBOPROP. In the next picture you can see that some aircraft already have their own custom panel as C-172, Mooney, B-58, etc ...
  • Page 10 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ To select the panel according the plane you want to fly, you have to do two tasks: • Select the indicators panel. • Select the labels for the switches and rotaries of the panel. Select the indicators panel: The panel incorporates a 24”...
  • Page 11 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ Select the labels for the switches and rotaries of the panel: According the SOLO is a multifunction panel, a lot of switches change its function depending if the gauges&indicators panel selected is for piston, turbo-prop, or turbo-fan. The panel incorporates some magnetic labels that you must to place in the suitable zone to change the designation of each switch and rotary.
  • Page 12: Engine Starting

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 5. ENGINE STARTING The following procedures are indicated by VirtualFly to start the plane as simply as possible, never take these procedures for training or for real aviation. Starting piston engines (using MFS / P3D) 1.
  • Page 13 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ Stop piston engines (using MFS / P3D) 1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE 2. Move the MIXTURE handle to CUTOFF 3. Switch off the M. AVIONICS 4. Switch off the alternator/s ALT 5. Switch off the MAGNETO/S 6.
  • Page 14 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ Start turbo-prop engines (using MFS / P3D) 1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE 2. Move the MIXTURE handle to RICH 3. Move the PROP RPM handle to HIGH 4. Move the POWER handle to DEC 5.
  • Page 15 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ Start & stop turboprop engines (using X-Plane) Refer to the aircraft manual found in: <X-Plane Installation Folder>/Aircraft/<The Aircraft Folder>. In the aircraft manual search for the “Checklists” section. The switch INVERTER cannot be found in SOLO. You will find detailed instructions for starting and stopping the engines.
  • Page 16 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ ¡IMPORTANT! Before activating GEN do not forget to disable START, if don’t do that the generator will not charge the batteries.
  • Page 17 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ Stop turbo-fan engines (only MFS / P3D) 1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE 2. Switch off the FUEL VALVES 3. Switch off the M. AVIONICS 4. Switch off the GEN 5. Switch off the HYD PUMP 6.
  • Page 18: Simulating The Boeing 737

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 6. SIMULATING THE B 737 (ONLY MFS / P3D) OEING First of all, tell that to run the panel Boeing 737 you must to install the server B-737 "aeroServer737" in the MFS / P3D computer. To buy that server license, enter in the following link and follow the steps for the installation.
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  • Page 20 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ Example introducing a flight plan Here we show a simple example of how to enter a flight plan from "Los Angeles, runway 25L" to "San Francisco": Before beginning, place the plane in the 25L runway of the KLAX “Los Angeles” Airport. •...
  • Page 21: Radiostack Panel

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 7. RADIOSTACK PANEL This radiostack Panel is developed by a developer specialized in flight simulator software called http://www.peixsoft.com/. All the buttons of this Radisotack are tactile, so you have to push on the screen to activate them, just the numerical values have to be changed with the real rotary knobs located at right side.
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  • Page 31: Troubleshooting

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 8. MULTIPLE SOLO AIRLINER OR MULTIPLE MFS / P3D / X-PLANE COMPUTER IN THE SAME NETWORK If you connect more than one SOLO to the same network, you should be aware that to use them simultaneously you should have more than one computers using MFS / P3D / X-Plane connected to the same network and indicate the right MFS / P3D / X-Plane computer to each SOLO, as detailed below.
  • Page 32 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ POSSIBLE CAUSE 6: Windows firewall does not allow communication with SOLO. SOLUTION: You will have to add an exception manually to allow communication. For that, follow the steps below: 1. Press combo key Windows + R 2.
  • Page 33 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ POSSIBLE CAUSE 8: Network problems. SOLUTION: If you have connected your PC and SOLO directly (without router), at the beginning you will have to wait some time, even more than a minute, because Windows set IP addresses automatically. If after a few minutes’...
  • Page 34 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 3. Search on the list “Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”, select it and press on “properties”. A window like this will appear. 4. Make sure that the options “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”...
  • Page 35 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ POSSIBLE CAUSE 10: Antivirus software is blocking the connection. SOLUTION: If you have an antivirus software installed on your MFS / P3D / X-Plane Computer, it could be blocking the connection between SOLO and MFS / P3D / X-Plane Computer. Each Antivirus software has their own options and menus, in order to see if the problem comes from the antivirus, you can deactivate it completely just for the test.
  • Page 36: What Is New On This Version

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 10. WHAT IS NEW ON THIS VERSION...
  • Page 37 ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 11. REMOTE ASSISTANCE In case you need help from VirtualFly technical service, there is the possibility to make a remote connection to your SOLO. For that, you should do the next: 1. Connect an internet cable to the Mini-computer LAN connector.
  • Page 38: Technical Specifications

    ______________ USER’S MANUAL SOLO Airliner_____________ 12. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply: 110-220 VAC, mono, 50-60 Hz Nominal intensity: 0,75 A Weight: 20 kg Height: 46,5 cm Depth: 25 cm Width: 77,5 cm Compatibility: FSX or Prepar3d and X-Plane...

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