The New User Tutorial system is designed to help brand-new pilots get started, both with RealFlight and radio-controlled flight in general. That is a lot of ground to cover, but the tutorial does it in an easily digestible way. It includes:
- A new set of videos explaining the basics of using the simulator
- Two new sets of training lessons demonstrating the fundamentals of flight (one each for airplanes and helicopters)
- Two new challenges that walk users through the first steps of piloting a model themselves (one each for airplanes and helicopters). Many levels only allow control over one or two inputs, adding more as the user progresses. This process of learning the inputs in isolation is only possible in the simulator.
Release Notes:
Features
- Added New User Tutorial system
- Added Steam achievements for completing the airplane and heli versions of the New User Tutorial
- Added Blade Revolution 235 CP
- Added support for 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 3 DLC
General Improvements/Fixes
- Helicopter hover behavior is more accurate in SAFE flight modes while sticks are centered, requiring less correction for drift
- Display order of helicopter flight modes in the Flight Modes gadget is consistent across models, with beginner/stability/normal types of modes listed first and agility/stunt/idle-up modes toward the bottom
- This is a display change only; flight controls remain the same
- This is a display change only; flight controls remain the same
- Challenges: Completion percentages are displayed with increased precision
- Challenges: Airplane Hover Training I & II use a more pleasant sound to indicate points being earned
- Challenges: Ghost runs are disabled in Airplane Hover Training I & II
- Due to the nature of these challenges, the ghost plane was typically in the way and its presence was not helpful
- Due to the nature of these challenges, the ghost plane was typically in the way and its presence was not helpful
- Challenges: Heli Safety Alert dialog never appears within the challenge experience
- Training: Airport sounds are suppressed within the Training system
- Aircraft Editor: The various advanced flight controllers are sorted alphabetically relative to each other in the Add Component list
- Loading a scenario lists its environmental settings via console message
- Spawning the Technical Support dialog no longer causes RealFlight to crash on exit
User Interface Improvements/Fixes
- Airport sounds do not play while in the menu system
- Added controller navigation support to the calibration dialogs, and partial support to the Select Controller and Welcome dialogs
- This prevents users without a keyboard and mouse from getting stuck
- This prevents users without a keyboard and mouse from getting stuck
- Improved the appearance of the RealFlight logo and various rounded corners in the menu system
- Selecting different possible values for certain types of settings no longer changes the description to "Return to previous page."
- Selecting an invalid scenario disables it but retains it in the selection list
- An "invalid" scenario is one that uses an unavailable aircraft and/or airport
- An "invalid" scenario is one that uses an unavailable aircraft and/or airport
- Renamed "Helicopter Resets" setting to "Heli Safety Alerts"
- Removed the "Most Recently Used" filter from the selection dialogs
- Use the existing "Most Recently Used" sort option in the dropdown control instead
- Use the existing "Most Recently Used" sort option in the dropdown control instead
- Removed the "Multimode Layout" setting from the Multiplayer settings menu
Aircraft
- Aurora 3D: Appended a note to the description explaining how this variant differs from the non-3D Aurora
- Blade Eclipse 360 & Blade Eclipse 360 Coast Guard: Improved visual and physics setup for tail rotor
- E-flite Conscendo 2.0m (all 6S variants): Improved trim
- E-flite Eratix 3D SWS 1.6m: Vertical and horizontal stabilizers are strengthened
- E-flite V1200 1.2m (updated for 2026) (6S): Improved trim
- Increased reflectivity to improve the appearance of the following models:
- Blade 150 S
- Blade 230 S V2
- Blade 330 S
- Blade Eclipse 360
- Blade Eclipse 360 Coast Guard
- Blade Fusion 270
- Blade Fusion 360
- Blade Fusion 480
- Blade Fusion 480 (Stretched)
- Blade Fusion 700
- Blade InFusion 180
- Cirrus Vision SF50
- E-flite 4-Site 3D FF Flat Foamy 800mm
- E-flite Gee Bee R-2 1.0m
- E-flite UMX Eratix 3D FF 450mm
- E-flite V1200 1.2m (updated for 2026)
- Flying Saucer (UFO)
- RealFlight 676 NG Airliner
- Blade 150 S
- Improved the motor reversing setup on numerous models to ensure forward flight capability for controller profiles where Ch 12 is unmapped or is configured as a 3-position switch and is in its center position. Affects:
- E-flite Carbon-Z T-28 Trojan 2.0m
- E-flite Decathlon RJG 1.2m
- E-flite DHC-6 Twin Otter 1.4m
- E-flite EC-1500 Twin 1.5m (updated for 2023)
- E-flite Slow Ultra Stick 1.2m
- E-flite Sportix 1.1m
- E-flite Super Decathlon 1.2m
- E-flite Super Timber 1.7m
- E-flite Timber 10-year Anniversary Edition
- E-flite Twin Timber 1.6m
- E-flite Ultimate 3D 950mm
- E-flite Carbon-Z T-28 Trojan 2.0m
- Junkyard: Fixed Junkyard Train Bridge object collision mesh to support takeoffs and landings; relocated heli spawn atop Junkyard Train Bridge to fix spawning issues
How to Get It
Steam has recently made a change to their client so that each time you launch RealFlight it checks for updates first. That should ensure you have the latest version without any extra action on your part. For that to work you will of course need to be online and have a current version of the Steam client.
If for some reason you find you need to trigger the RealFlight update manually, you can do so by completely restarting Steam. Right-click the Steam icon in your system tray and select Exit. Once everything closes, run Steam again, and the update should complete.
