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FEATURE |
RC
v2.2 |
RC
v 3 |
RC
v 4 |
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Flight Simulators
Supported |
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FS98 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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FS2000 |
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Yes |
No |
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FS2002 |
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Yes |
No |
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FS2004 |
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Yes |
Yes |
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FS X |
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Yes |
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Flight Planning |
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Supports multiple
flight planners |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ability to specify up
to 2 alternate airports for your flight plan |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Terrain NOTAM
advisories for departure and arrival in mountainous area |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Airport and
navigation data from AIRAC cycles by Richard Stefan |
|
Yes |
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Support for use of
real world communications frequencies |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Departure Airport |
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Option to specify
departure gate |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Different transition
levels for departure |
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Yes |
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Transition Altitudes
for non FAA airports |
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Yes |
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Calculate Transition
Levels based on local pressure |
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Yes |
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Both altimeter and
QNH calls |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Departure vectors |
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Yes |
Yes |
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S-Turn vectors at
larger airports during peak departure demand |
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Yes |
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Request departure
runway |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Active runway based
on winds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request departure
runway |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Active runway based
on winds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Active runway based
on AI |
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Yes |
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Ability to fly
published departure procedures |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Flexible departure
procedures |
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Yes |
Yes |
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New Departure
Procedure options with altitude restrictions or no altitude restrictions |
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Yes |
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Ability to choose
Departure Procedure handling after launch, though a DP wasn’t filed in
flight plan |
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|
Yes |
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Support for
controlled and uncontrolled airport ATC services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Uses UNICOM to
broadcast intentions at non-terminal fields |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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More realistic ground
operations, including “follow the” and “give way to the”, “monitor
tower” |
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|
Yes |
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MSA for departure,
allows for editing of MSA/MVA per your charts |
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Yes |
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Enroute |
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Realistic center
boundaries and center names spoken by controller and pilot |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Centers are
classified as FAA or non FAA centers |
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Yes |
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Change of destination
while enroute |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Option to set VFR
squawk code to something other than 1200 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Crossing restrictions
for arrivals - last checkpoint near the field |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Crossing restrictions
for arrivals - last checkpoint not near the field |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Near side crossing
restriction when runway in use doesn’t require full vectors |
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Yes |
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Far side crossing
restrictions when runway in use requires full vectors |
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Yes |
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Request crossing
restriction relief |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Request 250 knot
speed restriction relief |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Step climbs and step
descents |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Less predictable step
climbs and step descents |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Enroute holding
patterns or delay vectors |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ability to declare
minimum fuel during enroute holds and delay vectors |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request higher and
lower altitudes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request initial
descent be a pilot’s discretion clearance |
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Yes |
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Pilot’s discretion
descents |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request deviations
left and right of course for weather |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request altitude
deviations due to turbulence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request direct
routing to down-line waypoints in the flight plan |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Leave frequency to
get weather update |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Random vectors for
traffic |
Yes |
Yes |
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Reduced Vertical
Separation Minimum (RVSM) |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Real traffic calls
based on active AI traffic in the area |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Arrival Airport |
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Different transition
levels for arrival |
|
Yes |
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Transition Altitude
specified when you load a flight plan |
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|
Yes |
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Transition Level
calculated based on arrival airport’s pressure |
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|
Yes |
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Option to specify
arrival gate |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Both altimeter and
QNH calls |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Request precision
instrument approach |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request non-precision
instrument approach |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Request visual
approach |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Request arrival
runway |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Active runway based
on winds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Active runway based
on AI usage |
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|
Yes |
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Additional arrival
considerations given to runway length and ILS Equipment |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Random ATC issued
go-arounds |
Yes |
Yes |
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Missed approaches |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Option for vectors
back into the pattern after missed approaches |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Option for hold as
published after missed approaches |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Option for delay
vectors after missed approaches |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Option for vectors to
one of two alternate airports after missed approach |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Support for
controlled, uncontrolled & partially controlled fields |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Uses UNICOM to
broadcast intentions at non-terminal fields |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Final approach
controller at larger airports |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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S-Turn vectors at
larger airports during peak arrival demand |
|
Yes |
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MSA for arrival,
allows for editing of MSA/MVA per your charts |
|
|
Yes |
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Cleaner, more
consistent downwind/base/final vectors |
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|
Yes |
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Emergencies |
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Ability to abort a
takeoff |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Ability to declare
specific types of emergencies – mechanical, medical, etc |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Proper handling of
emergencies |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Other Features |
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Ability to go to 1 of
2 alternate airports, or return to the departure airport, or any other
suitable airport you wish |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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New user interface
utilizing ADVDISP.DLL |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Text display for
hearing impaired |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Ability to save a
Radar Contact session with flight simulator's state |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Ability to load a
saved Radar Contact session with flight simulator's state |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Expanded end of
flight critiques |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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User definable RC key
assignments |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Aircraft now
identified by type in traffic calls and ground operations |
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|
Yes |
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International
phraseology and procedures |
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|
Yes |
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Recorded center
names, and 109 of our favorite airports, and hundreds of
airline/aircraft names |
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|
Yes |
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Centers divided into
sectors, resulting in more enroute frequency changes |
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|
Yes |
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Build RC airport and
runway database based on local scenery files |
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Yes |
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Customize the voices
to be used for pilot, co-pilot and controllers |
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Yes |
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Capable of 15
different voices for pilots and co-pilots |
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|
Yes |
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Capable of 30
different voices for controllers |
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Yes |
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Optional Debug log
for troubleshooting |
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|
Yes |
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Check for Updates via
the Internet |
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|
Yes |
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Hear Other Traffic |
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Dynamic chatter
generated when local chatter not available |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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Hours and hours of
pre-recorded local chatter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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AI |
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Prevent runway
incursions when on final |
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|
Yes |
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On final, Speed
adjustment of faster/slower AI |
|
|
Yes |
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Co-pilot
functionality |
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Co-Pilot capable of
flying the aircraft |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Co-Pilot capable of
handling communications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
