LinkNot runningX-PlaneNot connectedRunwayYoke PTTNot set
- Run
checkpilot-linkon the X-Plane PC; it opens this page atlocalhost:7337. - X-Plane 12: Settings → Network → turn on Accept incoming connections. X-Plane 11 needs nothing.
- Load the Cessna 172 at your airport. Lessons place the aircraft for you.
- Run X-Plane in a window on the left and this page beside it.
Practise any lesson in the browser before flying it in X-Plane. Arrow keys fly (↓ nose up), W/S power, F/G flaps, B brakes, H carb heat, T to ask the instructor. A USB stick or yoke works too.
Cessna 172S
No joystick connected.
Check that voice questions work before you fly.
Human factors off
Measure workload, attention and physiology alongside the flight, so the debrief can show how hard the student was working, where they were looking, and what led to each error. Everything is processed on this computer: no video, picture or raw signal is kept or sent anywhere, only the derived numbers for the debrief. Use only with the student's consent (a parent's or guardian's for a minor).
Off.
Not connected.
Chest straps (Polar, Garmin, Wahoo) give heart rate and HRV. Watches: Garmin with Broadcast Heart Rate on; Apple Watch and Samsung need a heart-rate broadcasting app. Watches usually send heart rate only, without HRV. Chrome or Edge.
Open the system checkVoices, eye tracking, heart rate, smoothness and the PDF report, with pass/fail results.