- RF-X, THE REALFLIGHT EXPERIENCE ....................................................................................................................... 1 INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 UPDATE DRIVERS ........................................................................................................................................................... 2 CONNECT THE INTERLINK CONTROLLER OR INTERFACE ........................................................................................................... 2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE .............................................................................................................................................. 2 INSTALLING OR UPDATING DIRECTX ................................................................................................................................... 3 STARTING RF-X ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 USING YOUR OWN R/C RADIO ......................................................................................................................................... 4 CONNECTING YOUR TRANSMITTER TO THE INTERLINK ............................................................................................................ 4 CONNECTING YOUR TRANSMITTER TO THE REALFLIGHT WIRED INTERFACE ................................................................................. 4 BINDING YOUR SLT TRANSMITTER TO THE REALFLIGHT WIRELESS INTERFACE ............................................................................. 5 MAIN MENU .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 PRACTICE ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 SELECT AIRCRAFT ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 SELECT AIRPORT........................................................................................................................................................... 10 READY? – FLY! ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 SCENARIOS .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 RACING ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 FLYING A RACE............................................................................................................................................................. 15 FLIGHT LOG .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................................. 19 VIDEO ........................................................................................................................................................................ 20 AUDIO ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22 CONTROLLER ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 PHYSICS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 29 GAMEPLAY .................................................................................................................................................................. 31 ABOUT ................................................................................................................................................................. 33 QUIT .................................................................................................................................................................... 33 PAUSE MENU ....................................................................................................................................................... 34 ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................................................... 34 CAMERA .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 KEYBOARD ........................................................................................................................................................... 40 RF-X LAUNCHER ................................................................................................................................................... 44 RUN RF-X .................................................................................................................................................................. 44 RESTORE DEFAULTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 REGISTRATION/UPDATES ............................................................................................................................................... 45 UNINSTALLING REALFLIGHT ............................................................................................................................................ 46 VIEW WEB SITE ........................................................................................................................................................... 47 READ HELP FILE ........................................................................................................................................................... 47 TECHNICAL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................... 47 i | P a g e BASICS OF FLYING ................................................................................................................................................ 50 AIRPLANE BASICS ................................................................................................................................................. 50 CRASHING ................................................................................................................................................................... 50 AIRPLANE FLIGHT ......................................................................................................................................................... 50 TAKEOFFS ................................................................................................................................................................... 51 LANDINGS ................................................................................................................................................................... 51 AEROBATICS ................................................................................................................................................................ 52 THROTTLE MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................................. 52 RUDDER MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 52 HELICOPTER BASICS ............................................................................................................................................. 52 COLLECTIVE (LEFT STICK – VERTICAL MOVEMENT) .............................................................................................................. 53 RUDDER (LEFT STICK – HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT) ............................................................................................................. 53 CYCLIC STICK (RIGHT STICK) ........................................................................................................................................... 54 IDLE-UP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55 THROTTLE HOLD .......................................................................................................................................................... 55 GYRO ......................................................................................................................................................................... 55 HELICOPTER FLIGHT ............................................................................................................................................