You get a clearance and an instrument panel — no outside view, like real IFR.
Work out the entry, fly it on the dials, then fly the racetrack. One lap by default.
The two dials
- Spin
- Drag around the knob like a real bezel, or scroll the wheel over it. Flick it to move fast.
- Type a value
- Double-click the number in the middle.
- Long-press CRS
- Hold it for half a second and the course snaps to your bearing to the fix — the needle centres and you're pointed direct. The quickest way to get established when you've drifted.
- Long-press HDG
- Syncs the bug to the heading you're already flying, so switching to HDG mode doesn't start a turn.
Modes
- HDG
- Flies the heading bug. Use it for the entry turns and the outbound leg.
- CRS
- Intercepts and tracks the course you've dialled, correcting for wind. Use it for the inbound leg — it will cut across at up to 45° and roll out on the centreline.
- AP ON / OFF
- Off is wings level. The aeroplane keeps flying; it just stops turning.
Timing
- STOPWATCH
- Click to start, again to stop, again to reset. Start it wings-level outbound — that's where the one minute is measured from, not from over the fix.
- T+
- Time since the scenario started.
- REMAIN
- Hard stop for the scenario. It's four minutes until you reach the fix, then opens up to fit the entry and the laps your clearance calls for.
- 1× / 2× / 4×
- Time multiplier. Worth using on a five-mile leg.
- ⏩
- Hold for 8×. Let go and you're back to normal.
Reading the HSI
- Needle & CDI
- Deviation from the dialled course, in degrees like a real VOR. It swings hard and reverses as you pass overhead — that's the cone of confusion, not a glitch.
- Magenta diamond
- Your ground track. With wind, that's where you're actually going, as opposed to where the nose points.
- DIST & pointer
- Distance and bearing to the fix. Both the diamond and this can be switched off in settings if you want it harder.
How it's scored
- Entry flown
- The tool works out which entry you actually flew from your track, and marks it against the one the clearance called for.
- Course tracking
- Only on the inbound leg. The outbound leg is offset by design, so flying it properly costs nothing.
- Leg timing
- Against the legs in your clearance — one minute, or four or five miles. Timed from the start of the racetrack, so the entry itself isn't held against you.
- Completion
- Ending early, or running out of time, costs you. The verdict tells you which.
Worth knowing
- Fly the entry in HDG, then switch to CRS once you're turning back toward the inbound course.
- The map is hidden on purpose — instruments only is the realistic mode. It's there when you need it, and your results note whether you used it.
- Wind is off by default. Turn it up once the geometry is automatic; that's when the outbound timing and drift get interesting.
- Found something wrong? The 🐛 button attaches the scenario, your flight path and a debug log, so it can be replayed exactly.