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Shirley Capabilities

Shirley's current capabilities and available tools: How you can interact with Shirley, as well as features we are working to improve. You can follow updates as they happen on our Change Log, Discord, or our Blog.

Things Shirley Can Do

CapabilityExample
Current Location"Shirley, what town am I flying over?"
Airports & Location Information"Shirley, I'm looking for a scenic airport with a restaurant near Burlington."
Navigation"What's the heading to JFK?"
Aircraft Information"Where's the carb heat in this thing?"
Telemetry Information

"How close am I to red line on turbine temperature?"

"How's this approach looking?"

Flaps"Shirley, give me a notch of flaps?"
Landing Gear"Configure us for landing Shirley."
Lights"Turn on the taxi lights."
Speed Brakes & Thrust Reverser"Shirley, deploy speed brakes and engage reverse thrust."
Radios and Transponder

"Tune 121.5 active in the number two radio."

"Shirley, standby 110.9 for the JFK 22L ILS."

"Squawk 7600 until we regain contact."

Practice Engine Failures

"Have my left engine fail at 1500 feet AGL."

"At 100 knots or 2000, fail number two."

Set Airspeed and AltitudeNew"Hey Shirley - teleport us up to 1000 feet and 100 knots."
Change Simulator Time & Date"Shirley, make it a summer afternoon."
Change Simulator WeatherNew

"Set up some cumulonimbus clouds and make that runway puddly!"

Configure runway condition, precipitation, sea level temperature and pressure, visibility, thermals, bases and tops, cloud types or coverage percentage. Set real world, static, improving or deteriorating weather, regenerate weather, and configure wind layer speed, gusts, turbulence or direction at particular heights.

Bugs and Altimeter New

"Shirley configure the bugs for a climb - heading 270 to 6000 feet, altimeter 29.93."

Enable Heading-based Autopilot Functions New

"Level the wings, then configure us for heading mode!"

Engage the autopilot, activate wings leveler, heading mode, or altitude hold mode.

Control the Simulation New

"Freeze our position Shirley!"

Activate position freeze, pause the sim, repair aircraft systems, or toggle through sim speed ratios.

General Q/A"What's the speed limit under the Class B shelf?"

Other Tools Shirley Has

ToolExample
Real Weather Lookup (USA METAR)"What's the current weather at JFK?"
Timers"Shirley, start a timer."
Waypoints

"Plot a course to Albany airport."

"Set our starting point so we can measure landing distance?"

"Give me pattern headings for runway 33 at KBTV!"New

Requests for Shirley"For time critical actions, do the thing before talking about it!"
Pilot Notes"Remind me to keep an eye on altimeter during steep turns."
Assistant Mode "Shirley Mode""Don't respond unless you hear Shirley!"
Maneuver Analysis (Select Lessons)"Analyze that landing."

Shirley Limitations for Certain Tasks

TaskExamplePotential Issue
Pretend to be ATC"Shirley, pretend to be tower-- 'Cessna 12345 ready for takeoff.'"Shirley will act like tower, but may give inaccurate instructions.
Taxi Routes"Shirley, how do I get to runway 33 from here?"Shirley doesn't currently have access to taxi diagrams.
Aircraft Performance"What's my best climb speed?"Works well for Cessna 172. Information for other aircraft is often not exact.
Checklists"Before Takeoff Check!"May be a general or abbreviated version of the checklist. Accuracy may vary by aircraft.
Traffic Pattern Operations"Shirley, what pattern entry is best for runway 23?"Shirley performs best when navigating to a particular runway using the waypoint tool.New
Instrument Approach Procedures

"Shirley, what are the minimums for this approach?"

"What are the departure minimums?"

Shirley doesn't currently have access to instrument approach charts.
Radio Frequencies"Shirley, what's the ATIS frequency at KBTV?"Frequencies are most accurate for major airports.

Aircraft With Shirley Profiles

AircraftVariantShirley
Airbus A330-300X-Plane 12

Sees: Throttles, Engine N1s, Turbine Gas Temperatures

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Speedbrakes, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Alexander Schleicher ASK-21X-Plane 12

Sees: Variometer, Total Energy Variometer

Controls: Total Energy Audio Switch, Parking Brake, Lights

BETA Technologies ALIA 250 VTOLX-Plane 12

Sees: Battery Connectivity, Lift Lever & Pusher Thumbwheel Throttle Positions

Controls: Battery Connectivity, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Boeing 737-800X-Plane 12

Sees: Throttles, Engine N1s, Turbine Gas Temperatures

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Speedbrakes, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Cessna 172 SPX-Plane 12 Fixed-Gear Edition

Sees: Throttle, Engine RPM

Controls: Flaps, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Cessna 172 SP (Floats)X-Plane 12 Floats Edition

Sees: Throttle, Engine RPM

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Cessna Citation XX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttles, Condition Levers, Prop Levers, Prop RPMs, Engine N1s, Engine Torques, Engine ITTs, Pitot Heat, Lights

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Speedbrakes, Parking Brake

Diamond DA42Aerobask X-Plane 12 Add-On

Sees: Throttles, Prop RPMs

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Lancair EvolutionX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttle Position, Condition Lever Position, Prop Lever Position, Prop RPM, Engine N1, Engine Torque, Engine ITT, Prop Heat Switch

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Prop Heat, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Robinson R22X-Plane 12

Sees: Collective & Throttle Position, Manifold Pressure, Rotor & Engine RPM, Low RPM & Clutch Annunciators, Governor Switch

Controls: Governor Switch, Lights

Sikorsky S-76CX-Plane 12

Sees: Collective & Throttle Positions, Turbine Gas Temperatures, Rotor RPM, Governor Switches, Low RPM Annunciator

Controls: Governor Switches, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Fixed-Gear Single Piston AircraftX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttle, Mixture Ratio, Engine RPM

Controls: Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Complex Single Piston AircraftX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttle, Mixture Ratio, Prop Lever, Prop RPM, Manifold Pressure

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Twin Piston AircraftX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttles, Mixture Ratios, Prop Levers, Prop RPMs

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Complex Single Turbine AircraftX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttle, Condition Lever, Prop Lever, Prop RPM, Engine N1, Engine Torque, Engine ITT

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Twin Turbine AircraftX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttles, Condition Levers, Prop Levers, Prop RPMs, Engine N1s, Engine Torques, Engine ITTs

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Single JetsX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttle, Engine N1

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Twin JetsX-Plane 12

Sees: Throttles, Engine N1s

Controls: Flaps, Landing Gear, Speedbrakes, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Single Piston HelicoptersX-Plane 12

Sees: Collective, Throttle, Rotor RPM, Engine RPM, Manifold Pressure, Low RPM Annunciator

Controls: Governor Switch, Pitot Heat, Lights

Single Turbine HelicoptersX-Plane 12

Sees: Collective, Engine N1, Engine ITT, Rotor RPM, Low RPM Annunciator

Controls: Pitot Heat, Lights

Single Rotor Twin Turbine HelicoptersX-Plane 12

Sees: Collective, Engine N1s, Engine ITTs, Rotor RPMs, Low RPM Annunciator

Controls: Landing Gear, Pitot Heat, Parking Brake, Lights

Last updated: September 30, 2024

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