Training Aids - GREAT PLANES RealFlight 7 User Manual

Training Aids

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TruFlo Wind Dynamics
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Turbulence System
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USB
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Variometer
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Video Card
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RealFlight 7 offers a variety of features to learn new
maneuvers. These consist of training aids that take
you through step-by-step basic flight lessons, such
as takeoffs and landings for airplanes, and Hovering
practice for helicopters. Prerecorded lessons are
also available from professional pilots.
RealFlight 7's TruFlo Wind Dynamics is the most
accurate wind model ever released in an R/C
simulator. It combines five different wind models
to recreate the ever-changing wind fields found at a
real flying site.
This is the ability of RealFlight to induce turbulent,
rough air, as would be experienced at the flying site.
USB, or Universal Serial Bus, is a connection
protocol for computer peripheral devices (like Great
Planes' USB InterLink Elite Controller by Futaba).
USB technology allows you to connect multiple
devices to your computer, and supports high data
transfer rates and is hot swappable. USB devices
have a special connector that only fits into a USB
port. Most modern personal computers have USB
ports, which are usually clearly labeled.
computers have one or more USB ports on the
front of the computer housing, although the USB
ports are usually on the back of the computer.
An instrument designed to indicate the rate of climb
or descent of an aircraft.
A card inside your computer that produces the
images on your video monitor. Most modern 3D
video cards have accelerated 3D operations—that
is, they perform numerical calculations for rendering
a 3D scene, to free up your computer's CPU to
perform other tasks. The video card plugs into your
computer's motherboard. You can upgrade your
video card (or the software driver that controls it)
without replacing your computer.
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