X-Plane Operation Manual

1: About X-Plane
About X-Plane
What X-Plane Includes
History
2: Installing X-Plane
System Requirements
Display Requirements and System Architecture
Installing X-Plane
Windows PC
Macintosh
Linux
Installing X-Plane - Considerations for Windows Users
Uninstalling X-Plane
Launching X-Plane
Upgrading to a later version of X-Plane
Version Compatibility
Flight Control Requirements
Joystick Configuration and Calibration
Getting help
3: Initial Flight Setup
General Access
Joystick Setup
Axis Assignment
Calibrating Joystick Hardware
Button Assignment
Setting Null Zones

Controlling Joystick Sensitivity and Aircraft Stability

Rendering Options Window Setup
Setting up Your Monitor
Setting up the X-Plane World
Setting up Clouds
Special Viewing Controls - i.e.: multiple monitors installations
Setting Up X-Plane to Achieve the Best Results
4: First-Flight
Opening Aircraft
Position Aircraft
Airport IDs explained
Set Weather/Real Time Weather
Using the Keyboard / Keyboard Shortcuts
Using the Mouse instead of a Joystick
Controlling Instruments and Avionics with the mouse
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Demo Flight
Flying Yourself, with the mouse or a Joystick / Yoke
5: X-Plane Menus
About
File
Location
Settings
Output
View
Special
6: Navigation and Autopilots
Navigation

Autopilots
7: Expanding X-Plane
Adding Third-Party Airplanes
Adding Third-Party Scenery
Installing Plug-Ins

8: Expert Essays
Tuning the Handling in X-Plane
Tuning the Frame-Rate in X-Plane
How to Set Up Advanced Displays (Multi-Monitor, Projectors, etc)
Flying Helicopters
Flying in Space
Flying the Space Shuttle
Flying on Mars
Supplements
Airfoil-Maker
Plane-Maker
World-Editor
Appendices
A: How X-Plane Works
B: Terminology
C: Trouble shooting
D: Making Scenery and Aircraft Objects For XPlane
E: Custom Aircraft for Hire
F: Log File Explained