Set up every lesson.
Watch every manoeuvre.

The Simulator Startup panel brings the essential session-preparation controls into one workspace, helping the instructor choose the aircraft, starting location and engine state before a lesson begins.

Start X-Plane from the Instructor Station when the simulator is configured and stopped. Clear status indications show whether X-Plane is stopped, running, ready for flight setup or processing a request. The instructor can also request a simulator shutdown while keeping the Instructor Station open.

Prepare the flight through three straightforward selections. Find an aircraft installed on the simulator PC, search for an airport by name or ICAO code, then choose an available ramp or parking position, or a departure runway. Starting locations come from the installed simulator scenery.

Choose Cold start to request engines off for startup practice, or Engines running to prepare for taxi or departure. Cold start controls the requested engine state; add-on aircraft may manage batteries, avionics and saved cockpit configurations separately.

Review the aircraft, airport, starting position and engine state in the Ready to load summary before selecting Load selected flight. A confirmation step makes clear that loading replaces the current exercise. Simulator shutdown also requires confirmation.

Use the Before the lesson shortcuts to pause or resume the simulation, open weather controls, adjust fuel and loading, review failures, or move to monitoring and recording. The compact layout keeps the preparation workflow visible without page scrolling on supported desktop layouts.

The main Instructor Station dashboard gives the instructor an immediate view of the aircraft and the training session.

Monitor the familiar six-pack instruments, aircraft position, horizontal track, vertical profile, flight-control inputs, trim, flap position and available engine controls. Pause the simulator when an explanation is needed, and resume when the student is ready.

Forward View can display a local browser capture of the X-Plane window, allowing the instructor to relate the pilot’s visual picture to the aircraft’s instruments, controls and flight path. Forward View and Horizontal Track can also be undocked so they remain visible while the instructor moves between other workspaces.

Arrange the dashboard around the lesson. Move panels, select full- or half-width layouts and save named arrangements for different training activities.

Use Monitor, Sessions and Additional panels to focus on the activity at hand. Custom layouts open in Fit screen mode, with the full saved arrangement available when needed. Take Control is visible in the top header when another browser holds command authority.

The NAV/COM panel brings the aircraft’s communication and navigation radios into one dedicated workspace, helping the instructor prepare frequencies and manage radio changes throughout the lesson.

Monitor active and standby frequencies for COM 1, COM 2, NAV 1 and NAV 2. Select a frequency to edit it directly, move through valid channels with the channel controls or slider, and apply the new setting. Swap active and standby frequencies to practise frequency changes and prepare the next stage of a flight.

Find frequencies using the airport search. Search by airport name or ICAO code, then select from available communication frequencies, airport ILS facilities and nearby VOR or VOR-DME stations. Tune a listed frequency directly into either compatible radio’s active bank. Browsing another airport does not change the exercise runway or reposition the aircraft.

Manage each radio’s listening state using its ACTIVE ON/OFF control, where supported by the aircraft and connected adapter. Clear Live, Stale and Replay indications help distinguish current readings from held or recorded data, while unavailable controls remain disabled.

The compact layout keeps airport lookup, frequency selection and all four radios together without page scrolling on supported desktop layouts. Frequency information comes from installed simulator scenery and navigation data, with the navigation cycle and ATIS availability shown for reference.

Repeat the manoeuvre that matters without flying the entire route again.

Aircraft Repositioning lets the instructor search the installed X-Plane airport database, select a runway and preview the next starting position. Place the aircraft for takeoff, upwind, crosswind, downwind, base or final, or create a custom airborne or ground position.

Ready-made 3 NM and 10 NM final options reduce setup time. For a tailored exercise, adjust distance, circuit offset, heading, height and initial speed using touchscreen-friendly sliders and precise value fields. Save named positions and complete runway setups for consistent lessons across students and sessions.

Airborne placement leaves X-Plane paused so the instructor can verify the setup before handing control back to the student.

The Instrument Approach workspace combines the pilot’s instruments with runway-relative vertical and horizontal flight-path displays.

Follow the six-pack and NAV 1 ILS indications while the Vertical Approach Profile plots the aircraft’s altitude against distance to the runway threshold. A central three-degree reference, supported by one-degree and five-degree guide lines, makes a high, low or unstable descent easier to identify and discuss.

The Horizontal Approach Profile shows the aircraft’s lateral path relative to the extended runway centreline. Select a 5, 10, 15 or 20 nautical-mile scale, follow the aircraft marker and review reported flap-extension points along the approach.

Instead of describing a deviation only after landing, the instructor can show the student where it developed and relate it to the instrument indications and aircraft configuration.

The Horizontal Approach Profile sits above the Vertical Approach Profile, with the title, profile scale and live instruments grouped on the left. Use the Replay button below the instruments to show or hide X-Plane’s replay controls.

Move from a calm VFR exercise to demanding weather without leaving the instructor interface.

Start with a weather preset, use the current simulator weather as a baseline or refine the conditions with direct controls.

Adjust temperature, dew point, pressure, visibility, wind speed and direction, gust increase, directional shear, turbulence, precipitation and the first cloud layer.

Touch-friendly sliders make broad changes quick, while value fields support precise setup. Save useful combinations as favourites so recurring exercises can begin with consistent conditions.

The dashboard also includes a time-of-day control for daylight, dusk and night exercises.

Use the Fuel & Centre of Gravity workspace to explore how aircraft loading affects handling, performance and operating decisions. The graphical Weight & Balance panel brings the active aircraft’s reported loading stations, fuel and mass totals into one view.

Select a supported payload or fuel station and adjust its load with a slider, precise numeric entry or increment buttons. Review the station’s reported arm and limit, and switch between metric and US units. The aircraft-loading view groups stations by area and uses pages to keep the controls within reach.

Open Mass & centre of gravity to compare empty and loaded aircraft mass and CG relative to the aircraft origin. Configure station labels, symbols and layout positions, then save, import or export the aircraft-specific layout.

Available stations, writable controls and reported limits depend on the selected aircraft and X-Plane adapter. The display does not provide a certified CG envelope and complements formal weight-and-balance planning.

Create recognition, diagnosis and recovery exercises from a dedicated Failure Management workspace.

Choose from supported engine, electrical, instrument, radio, fuel, flight-control, hydraulic and landing-gear failures. Trigger a failure immediately or set an individual countdown so the event occurs later, allowing the instructor to observe the student before the scenario changes.

Each system can be restored independently. Pending countdowns can be restarted or cancelled, and Clear All Failures returns the supported controls to their normal state when the lesson is complete. Timers run inside the X-Plane plugin, pause with the simulator and continue even if the instructor changes browser pages.

Category filtering and four-card pages keep the failure controls readable without a long scrolling list. Countdown values stay in place when switching pages.

The Traffic workspace adds purposeful training aircraft to the selected airport and runway, creating a more active environment for circuit awareness, radio work and spacing decisions.

Add up to ten supported Cessna 172 and Cirrus SR22 aircraft, when their corresponding models are installed in X-Plane. Configure circuit direction and distance, altitude, circuit and approach speeds, final-approach length and landing behaviour. Start traffic at a holding point, on the runway or on an airborne circuit leg, and stagger multiple aircraft with a selectable injection interval.

Choose pilot position calls for a traffic-advisory scenario or select a tower-controlled circuit. In instructor-controlled Tower mode, issue line-up, takeoff and approach clearances from the traffic cards. Automated Tower can manage the exchanges when the student’s workload is the focus.

Scripted following-speed and flap protection support orderly training traffic, while unsafe approach spacing can trigger a go-around. The instructor remains responsible for supervising the complete scenario.

Every main workspace is one tap away in the left-hand sidebar. Hover over an icon to see its name, select it to change workspaces and use the reorder control to place the functions in the sequence that best suits your lessons.

The chosen sidebar order is saved automatically in that browser. The main dashboard can be arranged independently, with movable panels and reusable named layouts.

This gives each instructor a consistent workspace without forcing every lesson into the same screen arrangement.

Simulator Startup and NAV/COM have their own sidebar icons. Weather, failures, loading, traffic and settings use compact controls, tabs or selectors to keep the current task in view.