Virtualfly SOLO GA1 User manual

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SOLO GA1
USER’S MANUAL
Rev. 2.0 - April 2022

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. IN THE BOX..........................................................................3
2. HARDWARE SETUP
. CONNECTING TO PC.............................................
. ADJUSTING MAGNETIC LABELS
ACCCORDING TO AIRCRAFT TYPE...........................
. G BACKLIGHT CONTROLS..........................
. G OSD CONTROLS........................................
. SOLO GA NAKED EDITION.................................
3. SOFTWARE SETUP
. CONFIGURING PFD/MFD DISPLAYS IN
WINDOWS........................................................................
. INTERFACE WITH FLIGHT SIMULATION
SOFTWARE AND PC...................................................
. CONFIGURING G SCREENS INSIDE
SIMULATION SOFTWARE...........................................
4. ENGINE STARTING PROCEDURES
4.1 START & STOP PISTON ENGINES......................14
4.2 START & STOP TURBOPROP ENGINES................16
5. TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................18
6. REMOTE SUPPORT...........................................................19
7. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS........................................20
8. AIRCRAFT COMPATIBILITY..............................................21

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1. IN THE BOX
A) SOLO GA panel
B) USB Hub  ports
C) USB Cable (x in "Naked Edition")
D) Power supply v (Not included in "Naked
Edition")
E) Power strip
F) HDMI cables (Not included in "Naked Edition")
G) Magnetic Labels
H) Spiral cable wrap
I) Cable ties
J) Quick Start Guide
K) Registration Key
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2. HARDWARE SETUP
2.1 CONNECTING TO PC
The SOLO GA has been developed to be pluggable to any
standard Windows computer that has two free video outputs
and one free USB port.
Most of the connections of your SOLO GA will come assembled
so you have to connect the least amount of cables. Connect
the HDMI (F) and USB Hub (B) to your PC, and the power supply
to a wall socket. Follow the complete connections schematic
displayed in the next diagram. Use the spiral cable wrap (H) to
tie and organise the cables.
Flight Simulator
computer
USB (C) USB (C) USB (C)
USB
Swit-
ches
Power
supply v
(D)
Power supply v (D)
HDMI (F)
HDMI (F)
USB Hub
USB
Hub
Power
USB Hub (B)
Flood
light
Power Strip (E)

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2.2 ADJUSTING MAGNETIC LABELS
ACCORDING TO AIRCRAFT TYPE
The SOLO GA1 is a multifuncion panel and some switches
change their function depending on whether the selected
aircraft is a piston, turbo-prop. or jet. The panel incorporates
some magnetic labels, shown below, which allow you to
change the designation of each switch and rotary switch to
match the correct functionality. The default designation of
the switches and rotaries (without the magnetic labels) is for
piston engine aircraft.
To apply the magnetic labels, simply place them over the
SOLO GA panel in their correct location, as displayed in
the image below. The image depicts the SOLO GA with the
turboprop magnetic labels applied.

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2.3 G1000 BACKLIGHTING CONTROL
You can control the backlighting of the PFD, MFD and Audio
panels from the equipment itself.
• Double tap the “VOL PUSH ID” (a) to turn ON/OFF the
backlighting of PFD/MFD panels.
• Rotate whilst you press the “VOL PUSH ID” (b) to adjust
the backlighting of PFD/MFD panels.
• Double tap the “PILOT PASS” (c) to turn ON/OFF the
backlighting of the Audio panel.
• Rotate whilst you press the “PILOT PASS” (d) to adjust the
backlighting of the Audio panel.
a
b
c
d
2.4 G1000 OSD CONTROLS
The screens come configured from factory, but the user
can access the screen menus using the rotary switches and
buttons displayed below.
e
f
g
• MENU: push “VOL SQ” (e) + move the “JOYSTICK RANGE”
(f) right
• DOWN: push “VOL SQ” (e) + move JOYSTICK “RANGE”
(f) down.
• EXIT: push “VOL SQ” (e) + move JOYSTICK “RANGE” (f)
left.
• POWER: push “VOL SQ” (e) + push “ENT” (g).

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2.5 SOLO GA1 NAKED EDITION
If you have purchased the SOLO GA1 "Naked" Edition, you
have received everything described in Section 1 except the
VF-G1000's PFD, MFD and Audio panels.
Use the following accessories from the VF-G1000 package to
mount the VF-G1000 in the SOLO GA1 Naked:
C) Power Supply G) HDMI cables (x)
D) EU Power cable H) USB cable (x)
E) US Power cable I) Mx Countersunk screws
(x) and "U" shaped support
with spacers and butterfly
screws (x).
F) Jack cables (x2)
The Audio panel must always be mounted using the provided
“U”-shaped support and butterfly screws. Use the appropriate
number of spacers to ensure adequate tightening.
Once fixed, bend the “U”-shaped supports, as
displayed in the following diagram, to get the best
results.
Mount the PFD/MFD panels to the SOLO GA1 Naked from the
front with the provided countersunk screws (I) from the VF-
G1000 package, as displayed in the diagram below.

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After mounting the PFD, MFD and Audio panels, you must
connect these to the SOLO GA Naked and flight simulation
PC. The cables described below are provided with the VF-
G package. You must connect:
• The jack cables (F) from the Audio panel to PFD and MFD
panels, as displayed in the following diagram.
• USB cables (H) from PFD, MFD and Audio Panel to SOLO
GA's USB Hub.
• HDMI cables (G) from PFD and MFD to flight simulation
PC.
• Power supply (C) from PFD to Power strip (E).
The schematics of the USB, HDMI and Power supply
connections are displayed in the diagram from Section ..
PFD - MFD 12vdc IN
VGAHDMIUSB
12vdc OUT PFD - MFD 12vdc IN
VGAHDMIUSB
12vdc OUT
12vdc IN
12vdc OUT
USB
Jack
Cable (F)
Jack
Cable (F)

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3. SOFTWARE SETUP
3.1 CONFIGURING PFD/MFD DISPLAYS IN
WINDOWS
SOLO GA panel includes a VF-G system with a Primary
flight display (PFD), Audio Panel and Multi flight display (MFD).
Before configuring the screens:
. Check the selector mode switch at the back of PFD
and MFD displays that is properly set according to the
position of PFD/MFD in cockpit.
One scenery
display
Multiple scenery
displays
PFD - MFD PFD - MFD1 2vdc IN
VGAHDMIUSB
12vdc OUT
The 12VDC power supply must be disconnected for
the change to be applied. Otherwise, the device will
remain in the previous state.
. Turn on the flight simulation computer.
Open “Display Settings” and make sure that the “Display
resolution” of both displays is set to 1024x768, as displayed
below. We recommend to set up the MFD on the right-hand-
side of the PFD panel. On “Display Settings”, the PFD and
MFD displays must be positioned under the main display, as
depicted below.
If you have multiple scenenery displays,you must
set the leftmost scenery display as Main display.

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3.2 INTERFACE WITH FLIGHT SIMULATION
SOFTWARE AND PC
SOLO GA1 SWITCHES AND BUTTONS
The SOLO GA1 interacts with any computer using our own
custom protocol through VFHub, which makes it compatible
with MSFS and X-Plane 11. VFHub is the software developed
by Virtual Fly to simplify setting up our products. With VFHub,
you can fly your favorite flight simulation software without
worrying about configuring your Virtual Fly flight controls.
You can download the latest VFHub version from this link:
https://www.virtual-fly.com/setup-support. The VFHub installer
takes care of installing VFHub and all the required modules.
VFHub is compatible with MSFS, Prepar3DV4-V5 and X-Plane 11,
but Prepar3D is not available for the SOLO GA1.
After installing VFHub, make sure your SOLO GA1 is connected
to your computer. Run VFHub, locate the SOLO GA1 section in
the Dashboard and select the device's options button ( ).to
access the SOLO GA1 settings screen,
VFHub takes care of making your SOLO GA1 work with MSFS
and X-Plane 11, so it must always be running when you use
the SOLO GA1.
VF-G1000
The PFD, MFD and Audio panels of the SOLO GA1 interact
with any computer both as a joystick (HID) and with our own
custom protocol. This makes it compatible with any flight
simulation software. However, we recommend configuring it
through VFHub, and only oer support to set it up using this
method.
Inside the SOLO GA1 settings screen, you will need to
input the provided registration key (K) and select the COM
port to activate your SOLO GA1. For detailed instructions
on getting your device running, check the USER’s
MANUAL button in the VFHub software.
Check out the table from section 8 to see which aircraft
you can fly using the SOLO GA1.

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You will have to redo this every time you reopen MSFS
If using X-Plane 11, make sure to use set up a blank
profile to the SOLO GA1's Audio Panel in the controls
or joystick menu of X-Plane 11. You can find the detailed
steps in: https://downloads.virtual-fly.com/docs/vub/
latest/setting_up_a_blank_profile.pdf.
Make sure your SOLO GA1 is connected to your computer.
Run VFHub, and verify that the VF-G1000 status displayed in
the Dashboard is “Connected”:
If you want to customize how your VF-G1000 works,
select the device’s options button ( ) in VFHub’s
Dashboard.For detailed instructions on all the tuning and
customization possibilities, check the USER’s MANUAL
button in the VFHub software.
3.3 CONFIGURING G1000 SCREENS INSIDE
SIMULATION SOFTWARE
MSFS
After starting a flight with a G1000 airplane, click on both
PFD and MFD screens in the virtual cockpit while you press
the “ALT GR” key in your keyboard. This will pop out the two
screens combined, as displayed in the following image.
Press the + icon ( ) on the top corner of one of the images to
split the image up into individual screen of the PFD and MFD.
Drag one of the screens to its corresponding display of the
VF-G1000, and press “ALT” and “ENTER” keys simultaneously
to maximise it. Repeat this for the second screen.

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X-PLANE 11
1. Before configuring the screens, you will need to remove the
G1000 bezels in X-Plane 11. Download the two .png files from
the links below, unzip the files and place the .png files in the
folder located in X-Plane 11\Resources\bitmaps\cockpit\EFIS\
G1000.
• https://downloads.virtual-fly.com/docs/vfg1000/extra/
G1000PFD_2d.zip
• https://downloads.virtual-fly.com/docs/vfg1000/extra/
G1000MFD_2d.zip
In the “Settings/Graphics” tab of X-Plane, set the PFD and
MFD monitors as “Unused”, as displayed below.
2. Load a flight and, on the virtual cockpit, click on the PFD
screen. A pop-out of the PFD will appear on your monitor.
3. Click on the icon on the top-right corner of the pop-out
window, displayed below, and the pop-out will be converted
to a pop-out window which can be dragged.
4. Drag the window to the PFD display in your VF-G1000,
making sure it is centered. You will see the top windows frame
from the dragged PFD and MFD screens at the bottom of your
main display as displayed below, but don’t worry, once you
finish configuring it, it won’t be visible.

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5. Repeat the process for the MFD screen.
6. When both windows are properly adjusted to the VF-G1000
displays, click on your main display and the top frame from
the PFD and MFD G1000 pop-out windows will be hidden.
If your Windows Taskbar is located at the bottom of your
display, you might have problems adjusting your PFD
window. In this case, change its location to the top or
sides.

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4. ENGINE STARTING PROCEDURES
The following procedures are indicated by Virtual Fly to start
the aircraft using the SOLO GA1 in the simplest fashion.
4.1 START & STOP FOR PISTON ENGINES
MSFS: STARTING PISTON ENGINES
1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE.
2. Move the MIXTURE lever to RICH position.
3. Move the PROP RPM lever to HIGH position.
4. Move the POWER lever to IDLE position.
. Switch on the BAT switch.
. Switch on the two MAGNETO L ENG "L" and "R" switches.
. Push the red START button on the left to start the engine.
. Once engine is running, switch on the left L ALT switch to
charge the battery.
. Switch on M. AVIONICS switch.
These procedures have started the engine if the selected
aircraft is a single-engine, or the left engine if it is a twin-
engine aircraft.
Never use these procedures for pilot training or for real
aviation.
If you are flying a twin-engine aircraft, you must carry out
indications 6-8 again for the right engine.
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4
6
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The diagram below shows the position of every switch in
the SOLO GA along with the step that corresponds to their
application when starting the piston engine.

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MSFS: STOPPING PISTON ENGINES
1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE.
2. Move the MIXTURE lever to CUTOFF position.
. Switch o M. AVIONICS switch.
4. Switch o the ALT switch(es).
5. Switch o the MAGNETO switch(es).
6. Switch o the BAT switch.
The diagram below shows the position of every switch in
the SOLO GA along with the step that corresponds to their
application when stopping the piston engine.
1
2
4
5
3
6
X-Plane : STARTING & STOPPING PISTON ENGINES
To start and stop a piston engine aircraft in X-Plane 11, please
refer to the selected aircraft's Pilot Operating Manual. This
can be found instide the corresponding aircraft's folder
within: X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research. Once the Pilot
Operating Manual of the corresponding aircraft is open, locate
the "Checklists" section and follow the detailed instructions
for starting and stopping the engines.

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4.2 START & STOP FOR TURBOPROP ENGINES
MSFS: STARTING PISTON ENGINES
1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE.
2. Move the MIXTURE lever to RICH position.
3. Move the PROP RPM lever to HIGH position.
4. Move the POWER lever to IDLE position.
. Switch on the BAT switch.
. Switch on the L ENG START switch..
. Once the engine is running, switch o the L ENG START
switch.
. Switch on the GEN  switch to charge the batteries.
. Switch on M. AVIONICS switch.
These procedures have started the engine if the selected
aircraft is a single-engine, or the left engine if it is a twin-
engine aircraft.
Before activating GEN, do not forget to diable START. If
you don't, the generator will not charge the batteries.
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The diagram below shows the position of every switch in
the SOLO GA along with the step that corresponds to their
application when starting the turboprop engine.
If you are flying a twin-engine aircraft, you must carry out
indications 6-8 again for the right engine.

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MSFS: STOPPING TURBOPROP ENGINES
1. Pull on the PARKING BRAKE.
2. Move the MIXTURE lever to CUTOFF position.
. Switch o M. AVIONICS switch.
4. Switch o the GEN switch(es).
5. Switch o the BAT switch.
The diagram below shows the position of every switch in
the SOLO GA along with the step that corresponds to their
2
54 3 1
X-Plane : STARTING & STOPPING TURBOPROP ENGINES
To start and stop a turboprop engine aircraft in X-Plane 11,
please refer to the selected aircraft's Pilot Operating Manual.
This can be found instide the corresponding aircraft's folder
within: X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research. Once the Pilot
Operating Manual of the corresponding aircraft is open, locate
the "Checklists" section and follow the detailed instructions
for starting and stopping the engines.

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Anomaly Possible Cause Solution
PFD/MFD do not interact with
simulation software.
Only one of the PFD/MFD screens is
detected by the PC.
Check that each screen has a dierent selector
mode switch value (PFD or MFD) as described in
Section ..
PFD/MFD are not set in the correct
mode for the flight simulation software
used.
In the device's region inf the VFHub Dashboard, a
"No Direct Mode: PFD" or "No Direcct Mode MFD" is
present. Change the PFD/MFD screen in "No Direct
Mode" to "Direct Mode" by pressing "VS" and "FLC"
buttons simultaneously in the device.
PFD and MFD are not detected by
your flight simulator computer.
Make sure SOLO GA, PFD and MFD receives v
power. Also check in the Flight simulation computer
that “Virtual Fly – PFD DIRECT” and “Virtual Fly –
MFD DIRECT” are detected.
VFHub is not running on flight
simulation computer.
Execute VFHub on the flight simulation. and check if
PFD and MFD are connected.
Audio Panel's buttons do a
double-press when clicking it.
In X-Plane , Audio Panel's
assignations have not been disabled
with a blank profile.
Find the datailed step on how to set up a blank
profile in: https://downloads.virtual-fly.com/docs/
vub/latest/setting_up_a_blank_profile.pdf.
5. TROUBLESHOOTING

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6. REMOTE SUPPORT
In case you need help from Virtual Fly's technical team, there
is the possibility to schedule a remote connection to your flight
simulation computer and SOLO GA. For that, you should:
1. Ensure your flight simulator computer is connected to the
internet.
. Download and run the following software: https://downloads.
virtual-fly.com/software/VirtualFly_Remote_Support_Tool.exe
. Take note of the code that appears in your PC screen, as
displayed below:
. Contact Virtual Fly's technical support team at support@
virtual-fly.com to:
• Provide them with Anydesk ID code.
• Schedule a remote session.

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7. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Power Supply: - VAC, mono, - Hz
Nominal intensity: , A
Weight:  kg
Height: , cm
Depth: , cm
Width:  cm
Compatibility: MSFS and X-Plane 