IYP - ProFlight Emulator (PFE) Manual
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1. IYP ProFlight Emulator Weather File The Weather file has the file extension WX typically described in Explorer under the column Type as WX file This file contains all of the weather information about the flight and is automatically created when you create your Flight file described above Creating your PFE Adventure file Please refer to the ProFlight Emulator User Manual for detailed instructions on setting up an Adventure After properly setting up ProFlight Emulator as detailed in the PFE manual there are some additional adjustments that need to be made in order to operate with IYP IYP ProFlight Emulator PFE Set Up Procedures In the PFE documentation it states that the default HOT KEY settings require that you use the Ctrl Shift combination together with one of the keys in their list of commands EXCEPT for keys 0 thru 9 the ROGER key and the H and L keys which only require a single keypress EXTREMELY IMPORTANT In fact the foregoing set up will invoke serious conflicts with the default FSX settings For example in order to synchronize the engine throttles on a Boeing 747 requires the depression of the letter E followed immediately by the depression of the numbers 1 2 3 and 4 All of the aforementioned numeric keys will collide with PFE Similarly opening and closing the aircraft doors invoking push back tail directions etc will also be problematic Therefore it is IMPERATIVE that you use the PFE Hotkey Opt2. NOTE This is an open question I have placed on the ProFlight Emulator Support Forum but I have not as yet received a response Acknowledged Instructions Incorrectly On approach to ENRO Ronos Norway ATC gave me the instruction to Turn RIGHT to 065 After I had Michelle acknowledge the instruction the PFE co pilot acknowledged the instructions by saying Roger Turn LEFT to 065 Landing at a Towered Airport with ONLY a Tower Controller 1 When landing at a Towered airport where the only Controller on duty is in the Tower i e no Ground no Unicom no Multicom saying the phrase Announce clear of the runway sends command 5 to Ground even though Ground is non existent HandOff to Same Frequency While flying VFR from ENHA to ENRO and tuned to Centre at 125 70 the ATC Controller handed me off to Centre 125 70
3. IYP ProFlight Emulator IYP ProFlight Emulator PFE Manual This document is to assist you in working with your IYP co pilot Michelle or Mike to access and use PFE If you have any questions relating to the operation of PFE please contact the PFE Forum which is located Here If you have any questions relating to the way your IYP co pilot interacts with PFE please contact usat Contents e Creating Saving and Loading a Flight Plan and a Flight e PFE Set Up Procedures e Virtual Co Pilot Mode e Final Approach Speed e Select ProFlight Emulator ATC e ProFlight Emulator ATC Command Set e Tid Bits e Oddities IYP ProFlight Emulator Creating Saving and Loading a Flight Plan and a Flight The following is COMPLEX Please read everything thoroughly I believe it is safe to say that a great percentage of simmers do NOT fully understand the complexities involved in properly setting up a flight in their Microsoft Flight Simulator s And frankly it s no wonder Microsoft employed an extremely complex methodology in their design Flight Plan vs Flight You ll note that the caption of this section contains a Flight Plan and a Flight I made this distinction because there are two completely different principal components that comprise a flight The two principal FS9 FSX files are 1 The Flight Plan File PLN 2 The Flight File FLT It s Your Plane IYP needs BOTH of these files correctly set up in order to operat
4. e properly Please refer to the IYP Flight Deck Doc for a comprehensive explanation on setting up these files Creating Your Flight Plan File The Flight Plan file has the file extension PLN typically described in Explorer under the column Type as PLN file This file basically holds all of the information required by the simulator s ATC system and the Garmin GPS It contains all of the flight s waypoints altitudes and Top Of Climb TOC also referred to as the Cruising Altitude You can use the simulator s built in Flight Planner or any number of other 3 party applications like Plan G to create your Flight Plan Airways Lower ATS Routes are generally referred to as Class A airspace Upper ATS Routes are generally referred to as Class B airspace Basically in simple terms it is like looking at a road atlas and choosing which highway or combination of highways that you wish to take to your destination Each Airway has a designation like a highway number and the charts will show the appropriate VOR radials and distances for the Airways Please refer to VATUSA for a detailed explanation about airways Creating Your Flight File The Flight file has the file extension FLT typically described in Explorer under the column Type as FLT file This file is created when you SAVE your flight in the simulator This file references the Flight Plan file described above and contains all of the information about the aircraft being flown
5. harlie Mike request IFR for flight level 40 This is accomplished in a two step process 1 Contact FSS to change the flight plan 2 Contact ATC First say to Michelle Switch to IFR Flight Plan IMPORTANT Michelle will COPY the current ATC Comi frequency to Comi Standby then change the Com1 frequency to that of the Flight Service Station FSS and activate the correct key presses to send the change in flight plan request to FSS They will respond with a confirmation that your VFR flight plan has been upgraded to IFR Once the FSS has completed the dialogue you ask Michelle to acknowledge the information by asking her to Acknowledge Michelle will read back the confirmation To go back to the original ATC Com1 frequency you can simply Say Exchange Com1 Michelle will SWAP Com1 with Com1 Standby thereby changing the Com1 frequency back to the original ATC frequency and moving the FSS frequency into Comi Standby At this point you simply ask Michelle to contact the original ATC controller IYP ProFlight Emulator Oddities Changing Altitudes Under certain circumstances after contacting ATC if you subsequently seek an increase in altitude by asking Michelle to e g Request higher altitude due to clouds or Request higher altitude due to turbulence ATC will instruct you to actually DESCEND The only recourse I have found thus far is to acknowledge the instruction and then repeat the request
6. ick HERE for details Select ProFlight Emulator ATC After launching IYP if you are not already in the ProFlight Emulator ATC mode minimize your simulator and select ProFlight Emulator ATC from the ATC drop down list on the lower left of the IYP Control Panel SimpleATC Radar Contact 4 ATC SuperATC Live ATC Your co pilot will re initialize your IYP session During re initialization your co pilot will state that ProFlight Emulator is active and report the local Transition Altitude After re initialization your co pilot will state Please connect ProFlight Emulator to the simulator at this time Go to your PFE control panel and click on Select New ADV Select the ADV that MATCHES the IYP flight you have loaded then press Connect to FS NOTE Failure to load the correct PFE flight will cause the IYP system to automatically switch you to the SimpleATC mode ProFlight Emulator ATC Command Set GENERAL Speed restriction has been lifted CLEARANCE Request IFR clearance Request VFR clearance GROUND BEFORE TAKEOFF Request taxi clearance Request altimeter setting Request radio check GROUND AFTER LANDING Request taxi to parking FSS Request VFR clearance after take off VFR Request Centre frequency Switch to IFR flight plan Switch to VFR flight plan Request airport advisories Report position MULTICOM Request VFR clearance after take off VFR Announce entering downwind Report entering downwind Announce turning base Re
7. ion area and ensure that you re assign ALL HOTKEYS to be a combination of Ctrl Shift key NOTE There are three 3 exceptions to the foregoing Key 0 Zero must be simply 0 Key Roger must be simply Key Esc Escape must be simply Esc Virtual Co Pilot Mode Under the Options 1 PFE panel ensure that you have the following selected CP Mode 0 Virtual CP is OFF NOTE Failure to do so will cause the IYP system to automatically switch you to the SimpleATC mode Push and Start Push amp Start feature OFF Ensure that you have the above mode selected Final Approach Speed Open the PF_Emulator ini file under the ROOT PFE folder with Notepad Search for the section entitled Tweaks Scroll down to the entry entitled FinalApproachSpeed and change the default value of O zero to 200 Save and Close the file IYP ProFlight Emulator IMPORTANT PFE File Sharing and Security IYP ProFlight Emulator PFE Interface When using ProFlight Emulator for ATC communications the IYP application needs to access the PFE root folder By employing the default installation process the folder is located here C Program Files x86 Aerosoft PFE PFE documentation recommends that the system be installed here C PFE Irrespective of where you elect to install the PFE programme the root PFE folder needs to be shared with the group called Everyone and the share needs to be assigned Full Control Cl
8. port turning base Announce turning final Report turning final Execute Going Around UNICOM Request VFR clearance after take off VFR Announce entering downwind Report entering downwind Announce turning base Report turning base Announce turning final Report turning final Request field advisories Execute Going Around DEPARTING TOWER Request take off clearance DESTINATION TOWER Request landing clearance Contact Tower Contact Controller Announce entering downwind Report entering downwind Announce turning base Report turning base Announce turning final Report turning final Execute Going Around DEPARTURE CENTRE APPROACH Going to lt FREQUENCY gt Contact Controller Contact Next Controller Contact lt TRACON NAME gt Request clearance to final at our discretion Request current position Request higher altitude due to clouds Request higher altitude due to turbulence Request lower altitude due to clouds Request lower altitude due to turbulence Request field advisories Request vectors IYP ProFlight Emulator IYP ProFlight Emulator Tid Bits Switch to IFR Flight Plan In certain cases when you ask for an increase in altitude it will result in you climbing above the Transition Altitude For example let us assume that the local Transition Altitude is FLO40 4 000 feet and you had requested an increase in altitude that yielded an ATC directive to climb to FLO65 6 500 feet You may hear ATC say for example Cessna November 176 C
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