Flight Deck ONE

Premium Settings

This tutorial walks you through each section of the Premium settings in Flight Deck ONE, option by option, as they appear in the app.

The Premium settings are organised into dedicated pages — one per feature. Navigate between them using the tab bar at the top of the Premium screen, or tap the section name in the toolbar to open a picker.

Note: Most Premium settings (My Hangar, Logbook, Black Box) are managed centrally and can only be changed from the master device. If a section appears disabled, switch to your master device or make the current device the master first.

My Premium

Central hub for managing your Premium subscription, master device, and priority support.

Master Device

The master device acts as the primary controller for centralized activities like Logbook and Black Box. Only one device is the master at once, and you can change it at any time.

  • ★ next to the device name means the current device is the master
  • If another device is the master, its name is shown instead
  • If no master has been selected yet, you’ll see “No master selected”

To make the current device the master, tap “Set This Device as Master” in the Master Device section.

Priority Support (Discord)

Connect your Discord account to receive the Premium role in the Flight Deck ONE server and get access to priority support channels. Priority Support appears once your trial has ended.

To Connect Discord:

  1. In the Priority Support section, tap “Connect” next to Discord Account
  2. Complete the Discord sign-in flow
  3. Once connected, your Discord username is shown with a green checkmark

To Disconnect Discord:

Tap “Disconnect” next to your linked account. The Premium role is removed from the Discord server, but your Premium subscription remains active.

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Learn More: My Premium

My Hangar

Manage your aircraft collection, load last situation and access flights and memories.

  • Enable My Hangar — turns the Hangar on or off
  • Health & Maintenance (Options) — enables health and maintenance tracking for your aircraft; available when My Hangar is enabled

Learn More: My Hangar

Logbook

Automatically record every flight with tags, ratings, and replay capabilities. The Logbook settings also cover Situations, Replays, Flight Ratings, and the Top of Descent alert.

  • Enable Logbook — master switch for this section; the groups below appear when it’s on

Automatic Flight Detection

  • Start and Stop Flight Automatically — a new flight starts when the battery is turned on; the flight ends when the battery is turned off and the aircraft is parked
  • Option to disable Flight Detection in Control Center — adds a switch to the Control Center so you can temporarily suspend flight detection
  • Only for my Aircraft — shown when My Hangar is enabled: flights start and stop automatically only for the aircraft in My Hangar

Situations

  • Enable Situations — save and restore complete simulator situations
  • Auto-Save — automatically saves a Situation at a regular interval, adjustable from 5 to 30 minutes
  • Only for my Aircraft — auto-save only for the aircraft in My Hangar
  • Notify when Situations are saved — shows a message each time an auto-save completes

For a complete walkthrough, see the Situations tutorial.

Replays

  • Save Replay — replays are saved as standard X-Plane replay situations
  • Save Replays in X-Plane Cache — stores replays in the X-Plane cache; otherwise they are saved in the Output/Replays folder

Flight Ratings

  • Enable Flight Rating — rate your flights on demand
  • Present Flight Rating at Flight End — automatically presents the rating screen when a flight ends

Top of Descent Alert

  • Alarm 10 min before TOD — plays a chime loop 10 minutes before the planned Top of Descent; tap Dismiss on the notification to stop it
  • Pause sim 10 min before TOD — pauses the simulator instead

Both alerts trigger 10 minutes before the planned TOD when a SimBrief OFP is loaded.

OpenAIP Integration

The Logbook and other Premium features use OpenAIP for aeronautical data. Register a free account on OpenAIP, then copy the API key from your profile page into the OpenAIP API Key field. The same key is shared with World Map and EFB.

Learn More: Logbook

Memories

Keep a beautiful digital diary of your flights, complete with screenshots, flight plans, and EFB data.

  • Enable Memories — master switch for this section

Options

  • Auto-Attach Files at Flight End — files added to your sources during a flight are automatically attached to the flight’s gallery when the flight ends
  • Remove original files when added to Memories — deletes the originals from the source folder once they are safely stored in Memories
  • Attach EFB and Flight Plan — also attaches your EFB packet and flight plan to each flight
  • Export Favorites to Apple Photos — exports favorited memories to a “Best in Flight Deck ONE” album in Apple Photos; when you turn it on, you can also export your existing favorites in one go

X-Plane Folder and Sources

Flight Deck ONE reads screenshots and flight plans directly from your X-Plane folder. Share it over the network from the computer running X-Plane and pick it in the X-Plane Folder section — set it once, it persists across sessions.

Once the X-Plane folder is set, its screenshot and flight plan folders are added as sources automatically (marked Automatic). You can add more folders with “Add Folder…” and tag each one as Screenshots, Flight Plans, or Custom.

If a source is read-only, Memories still saves every file but can’t remove the originals from that location — that’s fine, it’s fully usable this way.

For details on folder sharing and read/write access, see the Sources tutorial.

Learn More: Memories

Black Box

Record and analyze high-fidelity flight telemetry data for every flight you take. Black Box analysis requires the Logbook to be enabled — make sure it’s on in the Logbook page first.

  • Enable — turns Black Box recording on or off
  • Remove Old Data — automatically deletes old telemetry data
  • After — how long telemetry is kept before removal, adjustable from 30 to 120 days

Removing old data deletes the telemetry data only — your flight history stays in the Logbook.

Auto-Rater Strictness

Choose your Pilot Profile to set how strictly the post-flight Black Box AI grades your recorded telemetry:

  • Casual — forgiving of minor deviations
  • Standard — balances realistic tolerances with safe airmanship
  • Professional — demands absolute precision and textbook execution

Learn More: Black Box

World Map

Explore the world and current position on an interactive global map.

  • Enable World Map — turns the World Map on or off
  • OpenAIP API Key — the World Map uses OpenAIP for aeronautical data; the key is shared with Logbook and EFB

Learn More: World Map

EFB (Electronic Flight Bag)

All your Flight Plan data in one place: Route, Weather, Load & Balance, Performance, Map and Charts.

  • Enable EFB — master switch for the EFB
  • Map (Options) — enables the EFB map
  • Show current position in Route (Options) — displays your live position in the Route view

Charts

Choose your chart Provider:

  • ChartFox — link your ChartFox account to open charts directly in the EFB. If you also have Navigraph access, it is used as a fallback when a direct ChartFox view isn’t available. Without a linked account, charts fall back to Navigraph (if available) or open externally.
  • Navigraph — uses the native Navigraph Charts interface; available on plans that include Navigraph access
  • Custom — opens a URL for each airport based on your URL Template, substituting {icao} with the airport code and {type} with the chart category
  • Local — loads PDFs from Resources/Charts/{icao}/ inside the app’s Documents folder

Custom Chart Sources

Override the fallback website for airports not covered by your chart service. Tap “Add Source” and enter a label, the airport’s ICAO code, and a URL template — {icao} is substituted with the airport code automatically. Tap a source to edit it, or swipe to delete it.

Integrations

  • OpenAIP API Key — the same key used by Logbook and World Map
  • Simbrief User ID — your Simbrief Pilot ID is used to fetch your OFP data directly in Flight Deck ONE and to interface with the EFB

Learn More: EFB

Controller

Map your flight controller buttons to app and simulator commands.

  • Enable Remote Controller — master switch; when turned off, all joystick buttons are released immediately

Assigning Buttons

  1. Find the command you want to assign — commands are grouped by category, and you can search or filter by All / Assigned / Unassigned
  2. Tap “Learn” next to the command
  3. Press any button on your joystick — the button is now assigned to that command

Each button can be assigned to only one command. Tap the ✕ next to an assignment to remove it, or use “Clear All Assignments” to start over.

Learn More: Controller

How to Become Premium

If you’re not yet a Premium member, tap “Flight Deck ONE Store” in the Premium settings to choose a plan:

  • Monthly subscription
  • Annual subscription
  • Lifetime plan (one-time purchase)