Bind push-to-talk
Settings → Keyboard (or Joystick), search Roger ATC: push-to-talk on COM1 for the controller and talk to the virtual instructor (intercom) for the instructor.
Free public beta
Download RogerATC
AI air traffic control and a virtual instructor for X-Plane 12. Free during the beta. You need a free Copilot EFB account — that is where your keys live and where you see your flights.
- Version
1.0 beta- Released
- 7 October 2026
- Price
- Free during the beta
- You need
- X-Plane 12.4+, a Copilot EFB account, an OpenAI key
macOS
macOS 11 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel
Download for macOS · 23 MBRogerATC-1.0-beta-macOS.dmg
SHA-256 52e019fc11101426e053dcc6ae7d3b61288881d66e4ded825197b691e8b3977e
Windows
Windows 10 or 11 · 64-bit
Download for Windows · 9.3 MBRogerATC-1.0-beta-Windows-Setup.exe
SHA-256 797d86dcdfb034672472761608d7c624907866412a122c584962edf2e059b7ee
Each file's SHA-256 is shown under its button. Previous versions and what changed in each: changelog.
Step 0
Before you install: your Copilot EFB account
RogerATC does not keep your keys: Copilot EFB does. You set them once, there, and both apps use them. It takes two minutes.
- 01
Create your free account
At copilot.rogeratc.app, from any browser. Confirm your email and sign in.
- 02
Add your OpenAI key in Copilot EFB
Settings → Keys used by RogerATC. RogerATC uses it for speech recognition, the controller's voice and the language model, calling OpenAI directly from your computer. openAIP, Windy, Flightradar24 and Tavily keys are optional and go in the same place.
- 03
Copy your Copilot EFB API key
Settings → API access. It starts with
rat_live_. You will paste it into RogerATC Setup; it is the only key you ever type into RogerATC.
macOS
Install on macOS
This beta is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS asks you to confirm it the first time. That is the only extra step.
- 01
Open the disk image
Double-click
RogerATC-1.0-beta-macOS.dmgand drag RogerATC Setup onto Applications. - 02
Open it, and confirm once
Open RogerATC Setup from Applications. If macOS says it cannot verify the developer, click Done, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway. macOS does not ask again.
- 03
Link your Copilot EFB account
Paste your
rat_live_key and click Save and check. You see your account and which keys Copilot EFB holds for RogerATC. - 04
Install the plugin into X-Plane
RogerATC Setup finds your X-Plane 12 installations; choose one (or Choose folder…) and click Install. Close X-Plane first.
- 05
Choose how it starts
Language, voices, traffic, the instructor, the language model (OpenAI or local with Ollama) and the Copilot EFB link. Every option says what it does.
- 06
Start X-Plane and allow the microphone
Click Start X-Plane. The first time you talk, macOS asks whether X-Plane may use the microphone: allow it.
Windows
Install on Windows
Windows support is new in this beta. The installer is not yet code-signed, so SmartScreen asks you to confirm it once. If anything does not work, tell us from Copilot EFB → Help.
- 01
Run the installer
Open
RogerATC-1.0-beta-Windows-Setup.exe. If Windows shows Windows protected your PC, click More info → Run anyway. No administrator rights are needed. - 02
Finish, and open RogerATC Setup
The installer adds RogerATC Setup to the Start menu and the desktop and opens it at the end.
- 03
Link your Copilot EFB account
Paste your
rat_live_key and click Save and check. It is kept in the Windows Credential Manager. - 04
Install the plugin into X-Plane
Choose your X-Plane 12 folder and click Install, with X-Plane closed. Then choose how RogerATC starts.
- 05
Let desktop apps use the microphone
Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone: turn on Let desktop apps access your microphone.
- 06
Start X-Plane
From RogerATC Setup, or as you always do. RogerATC starts with it.
In X-Plane
Your first call
Three things, once. After that, every flight starts the same way: open RogerATC Setup if you want to change something, then fly.
Tune and call
Tune COM1 to the ground or tower frequency of your aerodrome, hold the key and call: "Ezeiza Ground, LV-GKM, request start-up". Release to send.
The plugin menu
Plugins → Roger ATC AI has the settings, the instructor, diagnostics and Open RogerATC Setup…. If it says to link your Copilot EFB account, open RogerATC Setup.
Updates
Keeping it current
Updating
Automatic, with your yes. Each time X-Plane starts, RogerATC tells you when a new version is out: click Update and RogerATC Setup downloads it, checks it and installs it as soon as you close X-Plane. Your settings and your link stay.
Uninstalling
RogerATC Setup → Uninstall removes the plugin folder from X-Plane. On Windows, the uninstaller in Settings → Apps offers to do the same.
Offline
RogerATC checks your account each time it starts and keeps flying for 14 days without reaching Copilot EFB. Speech recognition and the voices need the internet.
Your data
What RogerATC sends to your Copilot EFB account
Usage statistics are part of the beta and always on: they go to your account, where you see them, and the team uses them to improve the product.
Sent
- Your account check when RogerATC starts
- The RogerATC version, your operating system and your X-Plane version
- A summary of your settings (language, traffic, instructor…)
- A summary of each session: times, aircraft, aerodromes and counts
- Only if you turn them on: session events, and your position for the live link
Never sent
- Your voice — it goes only to your speech provider, on your key
- Navigation data from your X-Plane installation
- Your keys — RogerATC reads them from your account; it never sends them anywhere but to their provider
- Anything from your computer outside RogerATC
Only want the flight bag?
Copilot EFB works on its own, on iPhone, iPad, Android and any computer, with no plugin and no simulator. Also free during the beta.