X-Plane Control Pad for PC

★ ★ ★ X-Plane Control Pad Overview

What is X-Plane Control Pad? The X-Plane app for Mac/Windows/Linux 11.00 and later allows users to have an Instructor Operator Station on their iPhone or iPad. This app is designed to provide a pro-level training experience to users by allowing them to set location, weather, and induce simulated aircraft failures during the flight test.

Game Features and Description

1. Now, you can get this experience in X-Plane for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux personal computers by running this App on your iPad or iPhone (…with, of course, a willing tormentor to set all the various failures at the worst-possible time! Or just set them yourself.. the interface is clean and fast.

2. When the Pros fly their flight simulators for currency-checks, an instructor is hiding behind the scenes, setting location, weather, and inducing simulated aircraft failures during the flight test.

3. The goal is to survive the flight… despite the impossible weather, aircraft weight and balance, and equipment failures that are being triggered by the devilish instructor cowering behind the pilot.

4. Simply fire up X-Plane on your Macintosh, Windows, or Linux personal computer and Control Pad on your iPhone or iPad.

5. So, with this App, you can take X-Plane from a fun flight simulator up to a pro-level training experience.. assuming, of course, that you can handle the heat.

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Download and install X-Plane Control Pad on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
X-Plane Control Pad	Get App ↲	34 2.68	Laminar Research

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install X-Plane Control Pad app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using X-Plane Control Pad on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "X-Plane Control Pad"
The search will reveal the X-Plane Control Pad app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once X-Plane Control Pad is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including X-Plane Control Pad.
Now enjoy X-Plane Control Pad on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Laminar Research	2.68	1.31

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native X-Plane Control Pad Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use X-Plane Control Pad,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "X-Plane Control Pad" » then Click "Install".
- X-Plane Control Pad will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get X-Plane Control Pad on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Laminar Research	34	2.68

Download on Android: Download Android

X-Plane Control Pad functions

- Instructor Operator Station for X-Plane on iPhone or iPad

- Load aircraft, set location, and set weight and balance of the airplane

- Set weather in X-Plane

- See a map complete with plan and profile views to see how well you are flying your approaches

- Induce any of the aircraft equipment failures possible in X-Plane (currently, about 1,000 possible failures)

- Provides a pro-level training experience for users.

✔ Pros:

- Quick and easy selection of airports, aircraft, and failures in X-Plane 11

- Maps and gls are excellent additions

- Useful for flight instructors and Basic Aviation Training Device users

- Can control weather and time in the simulator

- Allows for playing pranks on friends

☹ Cons:

- UI and app are ugly and need work

- Smoke in Cockpit feature doesn't properly reset wildlife setting in X-Plane

- Buttons and features need to be arranged properly for better usability

- Interface needs a visual overhaul to match X-Plane 11's interface

- Buttons overlap and layout needs improvement

Top Pcmac Reviews

Useful tool for BATD CFI, needs a couple of things

By Dienekes4160 (Pcmac user)

I’m a flight instructor and I also teach on a Basic Aviation Training Device out of the office, and found this tool to be equal to the $2000 product that the simulator company sells, and can’t recommend it strongly enough to instructors who use simulators. One problem is that “Smoke in Cockpit” is actually a massive bird strike that causes random failures, which is excellent, but it -doesn’t- reset the wildlife setting that it changes in X-Plane, so, the next person to operate the simulator sees a flock of birds or a herd of deer bounding across the runway. Hilarious for me, terrifying for them, but, it would be nice for that feature to properly reset itself. The user interface is a good start but it needs a visual overhaul with the buttons and features arranged properly, and this will be a five-star app.
Looks Ugly, Works Great

By BrianKInAppTown (Pcmac user)

Excellent tool for quickly selecting airports, aircraft, and failures in X-Plane 11. The maps and gls are excellent additions. Yes, the UI and app are ugly and need work, but it is very easy to use and convenient especially when I am in VR and want to make a quick change. I just pull the oculus off for a few seconds and make needed changes on the phone.
Great app, needs new look

By GeckoFox1001 (Pcmac user)

I love this app, it is awesome for dynamically controlling weather and time in the simulator and it is great for playing pranks on friends 😉. The issue I have with this app is it’s looks. It looks awful. It looks look you pulled it straight from the 90s. I think it would be pretty easy to give it a new interface. Just make it match the X-Plane 11 interface. Simple as that.
Works fine but...

By Vsv Deepsix (Pcmac user)

Needs work on interface. Buttons overlap and just looks boring. I could get everything to work, but it just needs better layout and some true UI care. Windows 10 & XP11. 5 stars if it had better layout and look.