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Group |
Arguments |
Description |
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' |
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This starts a comment line in your flightplan |
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// |
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This starts a comment line in your flightplan |
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again |
play last selected mp3 title again |
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autoruddder |
[on/off] |
set autorudder on or off |
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aileron [ail] |
left <num> |
set aileron rudder left <num> % |
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aileron [ail] |
Neutral |
explains itself |
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aileron [ail] |
right <num> |
set aileron rudder right <num> % |
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bank |
- or + <num> |
bank vessel to <num> positive or negative degrees. Once started, this function will bank until the stop apa command is used. |
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block |
timeacceleration [timeacc] |
with this command you can block other spacecraft in the sim to accelerate time. Use deblock to reverse. |
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burn |
main <num> |
burn main engines at level <num> % ; use wait function and then 'stop engines' to finish the burn. You can wait for a time (s), an altitude (m), a climb or a sink rate (m/s). Still included for Orbiter compatibility. For the FS, use 'set speed xxx' and 'maintain speed' instead. |
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cameffects [ce] |
on |
switch camera effects on (experimental) |
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cameffects [ce] |
off |
switch camera effects off (experimental) |
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cls |
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Erase all text (and select console mode on the EFIS) on the EFIS |
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deblock |
timeacceleration [timeacc] |
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dir |
ap <string> -d -r=xxx |
local airport directory on EFIS. Options: -d for detailed, -r=xxx for range in nm, -h for help |
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dir |
nav -r=xxx |
local navtarget directory, options see above |
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echo |
<expr> |
Echo the text <expr> on the text display window of the EFIS. Efismode will be automatically switched. Use the 'cls' command to erase any text on the EFIS. |
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efismode |
<expr> |
Switch the four EFIS modes to <expr>: |
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elevator[elv] |
down <num> |
set elevator rudder down <num> % |
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elevator[elv] |
Neutral |
explains itself |
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elevator[elv] |
up <num> |
set elevator rudder up <num> % |
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end |
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always the last line of flightplan |
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engine |
start |
start all available engines |
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engine |
stop |
stop all available engines |
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farselect |
<expr> |
Fly directly to the target defined in <expr>. <expr> should be an airport namer (ICAO). Try using this for a very long distance flight (EGLL to KSFO). Entering 'farselect KSFO' just after London takeoff will bring you to California direct GPS. No need to define waypoints in between. |
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find |
<string> |
search the ICAO database for a string / substring |
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find |
bestrunway <expr> |
Find the best ILS runway at an airport according to rw length and wind, where <expr> is the ICAO code of the airport. Approach and ILS entry points will be generated and the runway will be preselected. ALWAYS use this command first before using 'select approachentry', 'select ilsentry','select bestrunway' |
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flaps |
down <num> |
set flaps down by <num> % |
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flaps |
neutral |
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flaps |
up <num> |
set flaps up by <num> % |
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flaps [flp] |
down <num> |
set flaps down (in) <num> % |
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flaps [flp] |
up <num> |
set flaps up (out) <num> % |
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flaps [rud] |
neutral |
explains itself |
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fly <ultrashort/short/normal/straight> autolanding [al] |
<icao> or home_airport or runway |
Performs a ultrashort/short/normal/straight autoland procedure at ANY given (ICAO-Code) airport. The airport must NOT have ILS landing facilities! The best runway and runway direction will be selected by FSXPilot according the the local wind. |
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fly <ultrashort/short/normal/straight> touchandgo [tg] |
<icao> or home_airport or runway |
This command performs a complete ultrashort/short/normal/straight touch-and-go at ANY given (ICAO-Code) airport. The airport must NOT have ILS landing facilities. |
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fly <left/right> holding [hl] |
fly a holding at the current aircraft position. The size of the holding depends on the type of aircraft you choose. You can wait in a holding for an event, e.g. the descent to a certain altitude. See wait commands below. Note: Any new heading or nav flightplan command exists the holding. |
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fly sid |
<expr> |
flies a SID, expr is SID name . Either use SID name only or SID longname. Example: in sid.txt we have a Munich SID GIVM5S RW26L.Either use ‘GIVM5S’ or ‘GIVM5S RW26L’ |
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fly star |
<expr> |
flies a STAR, expr is STAR name. Either use STAR name alone or STAR name + runway + first waypointname. Example: EDDF has, in star.txt, two stars named PSA07S. One of them is named [EDDF/PSA07S/RW07R /PSA]. Either use ‘PSA07S’ (will fly the first one of the two) or, more specifically, use ‘PSA07S RW07R PSA’ |
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follow |
glideslope |
instructs the ILS landing routine to make use of the vertical glideslope. You can disable the vertical glideslope for difficult ILS approaches by 'ignore glideslope' |
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ge |
<expr> |
Google earth airport; <expre> = ICAO (not to be used from flightplan) |
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gear |
down |
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gear |
up |
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gpswaypoint |
<alt> <spd> <lat> <lon> |
similar to the waypoint command. lat and lon must be given |
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gt |
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Google earth the complete flight track fown so far in the session (not to be used from flightplan) |
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head |
<num> |
Define a permanent aircraft heading in a flightplan. Use “stop apa” to discontinue. |
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headtarget |
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Defines that use a permanent target heading. Use stop apa to discontinue ... |
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ignore |
glideslope |
Instructs the ILS landing routine to ignore the vertical glideslope. This can be useful in a difficult ILS landing approach (see Zurich-Lugano flightplan) |
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inverse |
Controls |
Inverse autopilot controls (for inverted flight), swich back with 'normal controls' |
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joystick |
[on/off] |
set joystick on or off |
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landinglights |
off |
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landinglights |
on |
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load |
flightplan <fp> <name> |
load flightplan <name>. A file <name>.txt (your flightplan) must exist in the subdirectory "flightplans" in the orbiter main directory. |
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loop |
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restart the flightplan at item 1 |
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loop |
<num> |
restart the flightplan at item <num> |
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loop |
<num1> <num2> |
restart the flightplan at item <num1> for <num2> times |
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maintain |
speed |
will control speed as defined by a 'set speed' command throughout the flightplan. |
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metar |
use this command to receive the local weather information as a METAR string, displayed in a messagebox. |
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metar |
[string] |
use this command to receive the weather information of an airport in range [string = ICAO code] as a METAR string, displayed in a messagebox. Use 'GLOB' as the [string] parameter to get the global weather METAR. |
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navlights |
off |
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navlights |
on |
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normal |
controls |
Switch back autopilot controls from inverted flight to normal |
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operate |
brakes |
operate brakes with standard brakepower |
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operate |
brakes <num> |
operate brakes <num> percent |
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operate |
gear |
gear up or down |
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operate |
parkingbrakes |
….. |
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operate |
wheelbrake |
.... |
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pause |
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pause flightsim |
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pitch |
- or + <num> |
pitch up and down <num> degrees |
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play[loop] |
fssound <expr> |
Play a wav sound file from the FS2004 sound directory, <expr> = file name (without the *.wav extension). Your sound file name may not contain spaces. Use 'playloop' optionally to play the sound forever. Use 'stop sound' to finish the sound. |
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play[loop] |
sound <expr> |
Play a wav sound file from the FSP sound directory, <expr> = file name (without the *.wav extension). Your sound file name may not contain spaces. Use 'playloop' optionally to play the sound forever. Use 'stop sound' to finish the sound. |
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play |
mp3 <expr> |
Play a mp3 sound file from your mp3 music directory. Use 'again' later to play the last title again. Use 'stop sound' to finish the track. |
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release |
brakes |
….. |
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release |
parkingbrakes |
…. |
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release |
wheelbrake |
.... |
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resume |
flightplan |
restart the flightplan at the current item position |
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rudder [rud] |
left <num> |
set rudder left <num> % |
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rudder [rud] |
neutral |
explains itself |
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rudder [rud] |
right <num> |
set rudder right <num> % |
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run |
altprofile |
enter ground profile mode |
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run |
aph |
run the horizontal autopilot. |
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run |
apv |
start the vertical autopilot. Set the target altitude and the climb/descend rate before. |
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run |
flightplan <fp> |
run the current flightplan from item 1. ONLY to be used from autopilot's command line, not within a flightplan. |
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run |
hold |
bring the vessel to a near complete stop over ground. Hoverprogram. |
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run |
land |
Automatically vertically land a helicopter. |
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run |
speed <num> |
Accelerate /decelerate vessel to <num> m/s. |
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run |
takeoff |
automatic takeoff |
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run |
takeoff <num> |
takeoff and climb to <num> meters |
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run |
takeoff straight |
Performs a takeoff exactly into the aircraft’s current heading |
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run |
takeoff vertical |
Performs a vertical takeoff (helicopter), 50 m above ground accelerates to 60 knts |
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run |
target [tgt] vectorland |
autopilot will compute the descend rate to a given target (select before, i.e. heliport) and set speed and sink rate to exactly hit the pad. Finally: flare and hover, land. Helicopter command. |
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say |
<what> |
let Anna say one of the standard informations. All possible commands of <what> are in the speech output support file or in the quickselect menu. |
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select |
<name> |
select target object; either NAV target, airport or runway. 'select EDDM 08l' would select runways 08l at Munich airport.Refer to the lessons for an automated ILS approach. |
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select |
approachentry |
Selects the FSP-calculated approach entry point as the current NAV target. Sets the target altitude to the value (ft) above ground defined in fspilot.ini. Assumes that you have used 'find bestrunway <ICAO>' first. |
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select |
bestrunway |
Selects the calculated ILS runway as the current NAV target. Assumes that you have used 'find bestrunway <ICAO>' first. |
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select |
home_airport |
selects a predefined (see set home airport) airport as the current NAV target |
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select |
ilsentry |
Selects the FSP-calculated ils entry point as the current NAV target. Sets the target altitude to the value (ft) above ground defined in fspilot.ini. Assumes that you have used 'find bestrunway <ICAO>' first. |
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set |
afcontrol <plane><helicopter> |
atmospheric rudder control by user on or off. Set off if your flightplan wants to take the stick. |
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set |
altitude [alt] <num> |
preselect target altitude (m) |
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set |
apcontrol <plane> or <helicopter> |
Toggle autopilot modes between plane and helicopter |
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set |
apmode airfoil |
set autopilot control to rudder |
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set |
approachentryaltitude <num> |
Define the altitude above ground (ground is provided by FSP) to be automatically entered as target altitude when switching to the approach entry point |
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set |
approachentrydistance <num> |
Define the distance, at which the approach entry point is generated from runway start of selected runway. <num> is distance in nm |
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set |
approachentryoffset <num> |
Define the angle from runway inbound heading, at which the approach entry point is generated. <num> is offset in deg |
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set |
brakepower <num> |
sets brakepower to <num> percent (0-100) .Value only valid for this session. |
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set |
climb [desc] <num> |
preselect climb / sink rate (m/s) |
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set |
climb [desc] autoclimb [ac] |
preselect autoclimb; set climb rates automatically |
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set |
climb [desc] autodescend [ad] |
preselect autodescend; set descent rates automatically |
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set |
climb wp |
set the climb rate to a value that the predefined altitude is hit at the next waypoint |
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set |
cmdonly on |
if used in the beginning of the flightplan, all actual flying has to be done by the pilot itself |
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set |
cmdonly off |
switch cmdonly mode off in a flightplan |
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set |
current utc |
set current utc time |
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set |
destination <ICAO> |
set destination airport |
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set |
distanceunits <miles><meters> |
define units for distances in your flightplan |
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set |
fuelpercent <num> |
sets fuel level in all tanks to <num> percent |
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set |
gear |
gear down during autolandings. Disables “set nogear”. Use “set nogear” to perform autolandings without gear down (waterlandings) |
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set |
home airport |
Looks up nearest airport and sets it as the home airport for later use. Usually defined on ground at the beginning of a flightplan. |
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set |
ils |
Set vertical autopilot into the approach mode - equivalent to pressing the ALT and the APR button on the EFIS |
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set |
ilsentrydistance <num> |
Define the distance, at which the ils entry entry point is generated from runway start of selected runway. <num> is distance in nm |
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set |
maxbank <num> |
Set maximum bank angle that FSP uses to turn into a target. 50 would be fighter style (small radius), 25 would be passenger jet style (big radius) |
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set |
maxpitch <num> |
Set maximum pitch angle that FSP uses to archieve a climb / sink rate |
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set |
nav1 <num> |
Set nav1 to <num> frequency in a flightplan, f.e. 118.70 |
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set |
nogear |
In planes with floats and wheels, wheels will not be lowered during autolandings. Use “set gear” to switch off. |
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set |
origin <ICAO> |
set origin airport |
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set |
payload <num> |
set payload to <num> pounds evenly distributed between all payloadstations of the aircraft |
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set |
payloadstation <which> <what> |
set payloadstation <which> of current plane with <what> pounds of payload |
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set |
radarrange <num> |
define the radarrange in the efis to <num> miles |
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set |
speed <num> |
Set speed value to konts or mach, as required |
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set |
speed minimumspeed |
as defined in fspilot.ini |
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set |
speed approachspeed |
as defined in fspilot.ini |
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set |
speed cruisingspeed |
as defined in fspilot.ini |
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set |
speed takeoffspeed |
as defined in fspilot.ini |
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set |
speed safespeed |
Sets an effective cruising speed depending on altitude and aircraft. < FL100: 250 knt; between FL 100 and 180:barberpolespeed* 0.88; > FL 180: barberpolemach * 0.88 |
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set |
speedunits <knots><meters> |
define the units for speed in your flightplan |
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set |
timeacceleration [timeacc] <num> |
speed up or reduce time acceleration within a flightplan |
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set |
userinput <on><off> |
Enable userinput during a flightplan. Otherwise, pressing buttons on the EFIS will be disabled except the screenshot button. |
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set |
wphitprecision <num1> <num2> |
Define the distance at which FSP switches to the next target (waypoint) in flightplans. <num1> distance below FL 100 in meters, <num2> sistance above FL100 in meters. Both arguments mandatory. |
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smoke |
<on><off> |
Explains itself. Operate the smoke display system during aerobatic flights. |
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speak |
<what> |
let Anna read out <what>. <what> is a text string. |
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speakf |
<file> |
let Anna read out the file <file> from the folder “Books” in FSXPilot home directory. File is the filename without the “*.txt” extenstion |
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spell |
<what> |
let Anna spell <what> |
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spoilers |
off |
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spoilers |
on |
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stop |
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stop all autopilot functions |
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stop |
all |
stop all autopilot functions and the flightplan |
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stop |
apa |
stops the aircraft angle related (pitch / bank / heading) autopilot. |
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stop |
aph |
stops the horizontal (helicopter hover and autolanding) autopilot |
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stop |
apv |
stop the vertical autopilot |
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stop |
sound |
Interrupt any playing FSP sound. |
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strobelights |
off |
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strobelights |
on |
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switch |
apbuttons off |
switch all AP buttons off on one go |
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taxi holdingpoint |
<rnw> or bestrunway |
a very basic taxi to a holding point at the specified runway (f.e. eddm 26l) of bestrunway.You must use 'find bestrunway <icao>' prior to taxi to bestrunway. |
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ta |
<num> |
settimeacc to num |
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throttle |
zero |
Engine throttle to zero |
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timeacc |
plus |
increase simulation speed |
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timeacc |
minus |
Decrease simulation speed |
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toggle |
afterburner |
Switch afterburner on/off (Concorde) |
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toggle |
pushback |
toggle pushback state |
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toggle |
view |
Toggle through avaiilable views |
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unpause |
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unpause flightsim |
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update |
airac |
updates the current airac (see support section for a complete description. Only to be used as a live command, not to be used from a flightplan) |
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view |
<expr> |
Set the view direction of the current simulation window according to <expr>: rearright |
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wait |
<num> |
wait for <num>seconds, then resume flightplan |
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wait |
abs <num> |
wait until second<num> |
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wait |
altclimb <num> |
wait until vessel is climbing above <num> meters |
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wait |
altdesc <num> |
wait until vessel is descending to less than <num> meters |
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wait |
anterograde |
wait in flightplan until vessel is anterograde |
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wait |
bankless <num> |
<num> in deg. Only useful in a flightplan. |
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wait |
bankmore <num> |
<num> in deg. Only useful in a flightplan. |
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wait |
climbrate <num> |
wait in flightplan until vessels climbrate is <num> m/s or more. |
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wait |
distin <num> |
wait in flightplan until the vessel is less than <num> meters inbound the target |
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wait |
distout <num> |
wait (stop flightplan processing) until the vessel is distant <num> m outbound the current target |
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wait |
groundcontact |
explains itself |
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wait |
inrange <name> |
waits until <name> target (VOR, GPS, Airport) is in range |
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wait |
intersection <num> |
wait until we have an intersection <num> degrees with the currently defined target |
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wait |
pitchless <num> |
<num> in deg. Only useful in a flightplan. |
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wait |
pitchmore <num> |
<num> in deg. Only useful in a flightplan. |
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wait |
retrograde |
wait in flightplan until vessel is retrograde |
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wait |
sinkrate <num> |
wait in flightplan until sinkrate is <num> m/s or less. |
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wait |
trackingcounter <num> |
wait until a tracking procedure such as a holding or a touchandgo has been performed <num> times |
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wait |
speedless <num> |
wait in flightplan until speed is less than <num> m/s |
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wait |
speedmore <num> |
wait in flightplan until speed is more than <num> m/s. Use this in combination with burn main command |
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wait |
yawless <num> |
<num> in deg. Only useful in a flightplan. |
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wait |
yawmore <num> |
<num> in deg. Only useful in a flightplan. |
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wait |
zulutime <HH><MM> |
wait until we have this UTC time at a given day |
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waypoint |
<alt> <spd> <name> <lat> <lon> |
simply define VOR, GPS, airport waypoints. 'waypoint 1500. 220. DME001' will make the airctraft: (1) adjust climbrate to hit 1500 m altitude at 'DME001' (a GPS fix). will set speed to 220. Will wait in flightplan until: (air) 1000 m inbound the target or (ground) 30 m inbound the target. This is all in one command. latitude and longtitude are optional. |