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Using Flight School

This tutorial walks you through using Flight School in the VEX AIR Flight Simulator. By the end, you’ll know how to start a mission, track your progress, earn and save a badge, and return to practice.

Flight School adds missions from the Virtual Flight Course to the simulator, with real-time feedback and badges you can share. Make sure your controller is connected to VEXcode AIR and the Simulator tab is open. See Using the VEX AIR Flight Simulator if you haven’t opened the simulator yet.

Select the Flight School button in the lower left corner of the simulator.

The Flight School Missions menu shows a list of practice layouts and missions on the left.

Screenshot of the Flight School Missions menu, with a list of practice layouts and missions on the left and a preview of the selected layout on the right.

Select a mission to see its goal on the right.

Screenshot of the Flight School Missions menu, with the Yellow Ring Challenge mission highlighted in the list. Its goal and preview are shown on the right.

Select Start Mission to begin the mission.

The mission opens with only the field elements you need. In missions with a flight path, the first ring in the path is highlighted.

Screenshot of the simulator at the start of the Tunnel Flight mission, with the drone on the platform, the tunnel and rings on the field, the highlighted first ring at the top, and the Red Rings, Collisions, and Timer counters in the top left.

The counters in the top left show the time and the mission goals.

Screenshot of the top left of the simulator showing the Yellow Rings, Collisions, and Timer counters.

When you complete a mission goal, a check mark appears and the counters update.

Screenshot during flight showing the drone flying through a highlighted ring with a green check mark, and the counters updated.

In missions with a flight path, the next ring in the path is then highlighted to show where to fly next.

Screenshot during flight showing a completed ring with a green check mark and the next ring in the path highlighted.

If the drone does not complete the mission goals, the mission ends and a message appears. Select Retry Mission to try again.

The mini-map in the lower left shows a top-down view of the field. A line traces the drone’s path as you fly.

Screenshot during flight with the mini-map highlighted in the lower left corner, showing the drone and a line tracing its flight path.

To turn the mini-map off, open the Pre-Flight Checklist with the Settings button and change the Mini Map setting. See Using the VEX AIR Flight Simulator to learn more.

Screenshot of the Pre-Flight Checklist, with the Mini Map On and Off options highlighted.

When you complete a mission, you earn a badge. The badge shows the date, time, score, and distance flown. The mission results decide which badge you earn:

Completed (orange) — Mission objectives were accomplished.
Silver — Mission objectives were completed with fewer collisions or in less time.
Gold — Optimal mission completion.

To see the badge requirements for a mission, select the mission in the Flight School Missions menu, then select Open Mission Log.

Select the text box on the badge to type your name.

Screenshot of a mission badge, with the name text box highlighted.

Select Save Badge to save a PDF of the badge to your device. You can then share or print the badge.

Note: Badge information is deleted when the window is closed. Save every badge you want to keep.

Select Retry Mission to fly the same mission again and earn another badge.

Select Select New Mission to return to the Flight School Missions menu and choose a different mission.

To return to practice at any time, select the Flight School button.

Select a practice layout at the top of the list, then select Start Mission.

Screenshot of the Flight School Missions menu, with the Practice - Ring Layout and Practice - Competition Layout options highlighted at the top of the list.

Select the X in the upper left corner to close the Flight School Missions menu.