HomeSim is a touchscreen interface for use with X-Plane12 Flight Simulator!
HomeSim provides a way of using an iPad, iPhone, or both to control most of the functions that would normally require the use of a keyboard and mouse, custom button assignments, or dedicated hardware to control.
HomeSim includes:
An RMU (Radio Management Unit),
An AFCS (Automatic Flight Control Sysytem, or autopilot),
A PFD (Primary Flight Display),
Landing Gear, Flaps, and Parking Brake controls,
Basic Engine Instruments,
A VIEW management window for changing the main display of the X-Plane,
and an interface to simplify data entry for flight plans on G1000 equipped aircraft.
All of the controls use the typical gestures of a touchscreen to make changing frequencies, identifiers, autopilot modes, and navigation displays much quicker, allowing you the ability to practice procedures, like instrument approaches, while devoting little thought to how to properly set things up - the controls generally mimic the devices in real planes, while adding functionality that will increase your situational awareness.
More than one iOS device can be connected to X-Plane at a time so that you can have different devices act as dedicated hardware.
Free your main visual from the internal cockpit view by using your iOS device for the Flight Instruments, Navigation, and Engine Instruments.
Practice using autopilot functions that you are unfamiliar with, and get aquainted with more sophisticated airplanes without having to look around the cockpit for the new controls. Using controls that will work with any aircraft (as long as the aircraft has an autopilot and radios) will free you from thinking about the differences between aircraft, and start to find more similarities - making you a better pilot.
Enjoy flying X-Plane more by paying less attention to how to operate the simulation, and more attention to operating your flight!
Kingswell Productions, and HomeSim are not affiliated with Laminar Research (the makers of X-Plane).
I’m a fairly frequent user of X-Plane 12 at home with a relatively basic setup (yoke, throttle and iPad connected to ForeFlight to track airplane position in real time). As a result of ‘running out of screens’, it’s always been a bit of a bummer that I haven’t been able to have a detailed instrument display separate from my computer monitor. Thankfully, HomeSim has fixed that! This wonderful app makes the flight sim immersion experience that much more realistic and useful, compared to using my mouse on my computer to interact with the instruments in the plane. 5/5!
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind words! I hope it makes simming more fun!Sean ShaynakKingswell ProductionsAerospace Division
Flawed
MCTMD
Does not fully function. Troubleshooting steps ineffective.Disappointed
Developer Response
I am sorry to hear you are having issues. If you could supply some more information it would help us help you. Specifically, are you using X-Plane 12 (and if so, is it a recent update), which airplane are you trying to fly (as HomeSim can't add functions to an airplane model, ie: an airplane with no autopilot will not respond to autopilot inputs), and is the connection button triggering a message indicating that there is missing data. Our app DOES NOT collect ANY information, but we would like to address your concerns, and any information you supply would help us identify issues. Please email sshaynak@gmail.com with details, and we will work to resolve the issues. Thank you.
Addressed bug with autopilot disconnect preventing joystick controls from working (thank you R.A. in Berlin for your feedback!).
Added a "King" style radio stack option (select RMU or King Style on the settings page).
Version 1.04
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Information
Seller
Kingswell Productions
Size
5.6 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
