Fly Kai Tak

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Controls & Devices

Touch, mouse and phone controls.

12 posts

The top bar with three view menus while the camera stands in the departures hall.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

Separate menus for flight, spotter and terminal views

Kai Tak's camera menu is now three: Flight views, Plane spotter spots and a new Terminal interior menu for the hall, immigration, arcade, gate lounge, stairs and entrance.

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The home screen on load with no map showing.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

The map is off until you turn it on

Fly Kai Tak's corner map now starts hidden on the home screen and in flights. Press M or tick Map with live aircraft under Options to show it.

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The 747 on approach with the longer thrust bar at the bottom right, set at 9 percent.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

A longer thrust bar for finer control

Fly Kai Tak's thrust lever bar is now up to 260 px tall on desktop and 170 px on landscape phones, giving finer control of thrust.

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The home screen with High scores open and the larger map at the bottom right, clear of the panel.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

A bigger map on the home screen and in Plane Spotter

Fly Kai Tak's corner map is now double size on the home screen and in Plane Spotter, and the home screen map moves clear of the High scores panel.

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The home screen with the flight board hidden and the Flights button dimmed.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

Flight Board Key and Button

Switch the Fly Kai Tak flight information board on and off with the B key on the home screen as well as in Plane Spotter, or with the new Flights button.

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The home screen with the corner map showing the demo aircraft on the IGS approach.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

The map on the home screen, with M to toggle

Fly Kai Tak's corner map now shows automatically on the home screen over the live demo flight, and the M key toggles it on and off, on the home screen and in flight.

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The home screen options with the new Map with live aircraft tick box under Computer flies the aircraft.
Controls & Devices
Update · 4 October 2026

A Map option on the home screen

Fly Kai Tak's home screen now has a Map with live aircraft option, so you can start a flight with the corner map on or off. M still toggles it in flight.

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The 747 on the approach to Kai Tak at 4× zoom.
Controls & Devices
Feature · 3 October 2026

Zoom With the Mouse Wheel

Fly Kai Tak now zooms with the mouse wheel: scroll up to zoom in, scroll down to zoom out, 1× to 16×, one step per notch.

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Landscape phone view of the IGS approach with the yoke bottom left, gear, flaps and thrust lever bottom right, and a compact toolbar.
Controls & Devices
Update · 3 October 2026

Update: the rotate prompt is gone

Fly Kai Tak mobile update: the Turn your phone sideways prompt is removed, so the sim plays in either orientation. Begin descent still asks for landscape full screen.

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A phone in portrait showing the Turn your phone sideways prompt with a hint about Portrait Orientation Lock.
Controls & Devices
Fix · 3 October 2026

Fix: the rotate prompt now clears when you turn your phone

Fly Kai Tak mobile fix: the rotate prompt now clears when the window turns landscape, with a hint for iPhone players whose Portrait Orientation Lock is on.

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The 747 on the IGS approach, with the round on-screen yoke in the bottom left corner.
Controls & Devices
Feature · 3 October 2026

An inverted yoke for touch and mouse: drag down to pull up

Fly Kai Tak's on-screen yoke is now inverted for touch and mouse: drag down to pull the nose up, drag up to push it down, matching the keyboard.

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A 747-400 on the IGS approach in a landscape phone window, with the yoke bottom left and gear, flaps and thrust lever bottom right.
Controls & Devices
Feature · 3 October 2026

Flying Kai Tak on your phone: landscape, a cleaner toolbar and bigger controls

Fly Kai Tak on mobile: a compact toolbar with a More drawer, landscape touch controls, a rotate prompt for portrait, full screen on Begin descent and safe-area support.

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