

To use this manual, you can jump to a section by clicking its title in the table of contents on the side. Manuals for specific aircraft, and the GPS or FMS are also available in the in the simulator install, or on the X-Plane website. The latest version will always be available online on the X‑Plane website. This is version 12.0 of the manual to the home and professional versions of X‑Plane (X-Plane 12 and X‑Plane 12 for Professional Use, respectively).

A Digital Copy of X-Plane Is Not A Backup.The Digital Download Version of X-Plane Requires an Internet Connection to Run.A Digital Download Product Key Is Like a Credit Card Number.My PC Freezes after Running X-Plane a While.The Simulator's Measurement of Time is Slow.Airplanes Flutter and Crash in the Simulator.X-Plane Gives Errors about Missing DLLs, or There Are Strange Graphical Anomalies.The X-Plane Installer Fails to Extract a File.Water World, or "Help, there's water everywhere!".Projector Setup for X-Plane Professional.Lining Up the Horizon (Without Vertical Offsets).Networking Multiple Computers for Multiple Displays.Driving Multiple Displays from One Computer.Tuning the Handling of Aircraft in X-Plane.Expert Essays: Unleashing the Full Potential of the Simulator.Using an Instructor Operator Station (IOS) for Flight Training.Heading, Altitude, Vertical Speed, Speed Hold, Flight Level Change, and Auto-Throttle.Flying an Instrument Approach in X-Plane.Gyroscopes and Their Application in Flight.Navigation, Autopilots, and Flying on Instruments.Changing How Damage Affects the Aircraft.Replaying a Flight from a Flight Data Recorder (FDR).Viewing the Behind-the-Scenes Flight Model.Viewing the Path Taken by Your Aircraft.Downloading Current Real-World Weather from the Internet.Setting the Rendering Options for Best Performance.Controlling Joystick Sensitivity and Aircraft Stability.

