Flow brings a highly intuitive and easy-to-navigate in-game interaction wheel into flight simulation.
Our revolutionary menu system challenges the status quo and offers a new and improved way of accessing and interacting with information. Navigating a row of ever-growing control panels in a single toolbar can be cumbersome. 42 is the answer; goodbye toolbar, hello Flow!
- Fully resizable interface elements built for individuals with vision impairment and cognitive or motor difficulties to a spec beyond the default toolbar.
- Access your currently installed MSFS panels, default or 3rd party.
- Works in-sim without external app requirements.
- No measurable performance impact.
- Sleek & intuitive interaction wheel alternative to the default toolbar.
- Customizable wheel layouts, arrange panels to your needs.
- Wheel show/hide can be bound to any assignable key/button.
- Static & Dynamic wheels. Static always show, and Dynamic show only in a specific aircraft.
- Xbox controller optimized.
Available since
2024-07-26
Version
v24.44.4
Supported Simulators
for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Supported Operating System
Windows
Installation Method
Contrail App
Download Size
18.2 MB
Installation Size
31.2 MB
Multi-tool
Only the Essentials
Essentials includes a collection of custom widgets built by //42.
Find your friends, teleport, change servers, fine-tune the time of day, instantly swap weather presets, discover tucked-away camera angles, toggle landing gear, and more. We've also bundled widgets for all the most popular actions you'd want, so you don't have to write them.
Goodbye Toolbar
Hello Flow!
Flow can fully replace the sim's default toolbar with an easy to use and fully customizable menu wheel.
The Wheel
Easy Access
Have the wheel appear where your mouse is located, or always centered on-screen. Bind a button or key for quick access to the wheel.
The Wheel
It's your flow
Add, remove, and rearrange widgets to your liking. You can even create additional pages and scroll thru them in-sim.
With Flow, you can create your own menu system and prioritize the items most matter to you.
The Wheel
Aicraft Specific
Dynamic wheels are blue and customizable per aircraft, allowing you to select the specific tools you need based on your current flying style.
For example, you could have IFR tools in a PMDG 737 wheel and VFR tools in a //42 Fox2 wheel.
Wanna keep it?
No problem
The default toolbar can be enabled/disabled from the Flow settings.
We even make it prettier for you by removing the white triangle.
Better Game Panels
Custom panels, better experience.
Panel
Portal
- Find friends online within the sim and teleport to them.
- Favorite airports to quickly browse conditions on the ground.
Imagine being able to find your friends at-a-glance without having to exit to the World Map! With Portal, you can do just that and more!
Panel
Cameras
- A quick switcher panel to expose camera angles you may never know you had.
Look, it's not ChasePlane, but it does help you get to tucked-away camera angles much quicker. Think of it like a switcher, similar to what you'd see in a broadcast house. All your cameras are presented in a quick select panel. Click away!
Panel
Weather
- Visualize winds or search and swap weather profiles instantly.
We built a weather panel with the most valuable information and a visualizer based on your current position. Additionally, you can change weather presets on the fly. But we didn't stop there; there's a search bar to find a preset when you know exactly what you want and a randomizer button for when you don't!
Panel
Time
- Fine-tune time with a live adjust slider. You could also choose to lock the time for that perfect forever sunset.
From playing Mother Nature to becoming Father Time. Our time widget is the end all for managing time. We took the familiar concept of a clock and built a live slider that you can grab and drag to perfection. Each end of the day/night cycle is highlighted to help you find sunrise and sunset. Want to freeze time? You can do that too!
Panel
Position
- View your current aircraft position on a moving map, along with any traffic in your airspace and your nearest airport at a glance.
Our Position widget is a minimal approach to a moving map with minimal design elements, such as colors and labels. Reducing visual clutter allows us to focus on important information. View your current position, terrain elevation changes, air traffic, and nearby airports.
Aviator Tools
Efficiency is king.
Plenty of widgets can be added to your wheel to make your life easier.
Custom Nameplates
Make them smart. Make them stylish.
Nameplates
Highlight your friends
Flow Nameplates allow you to customize the appearance of multiplayer titles.
- Easily turn this feature on or off
- Our game-changing approach automatically adjusts between day/night cycles to maximize visibility
Nameplates
Plenty of options
Use our default settings, or personalize to your own style.
- Choose between showing nameplates for everyone or only friends.
- Change letter style, size, color, and even show/hide additional flight data such as aircraft type and location.
Flavors of Flow
Flow comes in multiple flavors. Choose the one that suits you best and don't worry, we have upgrade pricing.
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Review by CYG
of
v1.0.0
| current version is
v24.44.4
If you are in doubt (like I was) to buy the Pro version, you get a discount on the Pro version if you buy Flow Essentials first.