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Aircraft and simulator background
The T-45 adapted the British Aerospace Hawk Mk.60 for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps carrier training. Its airframe required strengthening for catapult launches and carrier landings, giving the Hawk lineage a different operating role.
McDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · Read more ↗Powered surfaces and artificial feel
The manual describes powered stabilator and aileron controls and an unpowered rudder. Spring cartridges, inertia and viscous damping supply feel. A speedbrake interconnect can move the stabilator without moving the stick, so that surface motion has a different mechanism from pilot trim.
McDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · Read more ↗The documented simulation
IndiaFoxtEcho marks RAT/emergency hydraulic and emergency-flap functions as absent in the simulation. The documentation distinguishes a pedal shaker from a stick shaker and gives 200 KIAS gear/flap limits separately from the 217-knot slat inhibition threshold.
McDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · Read more ↗Meet McDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
The T-45 adapted the British Aerospace Hawk Mk.60 for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps carrier training. Its airframe required strengthening for catapult launches and carrier landings, giving the Hawk lineage a different operating role.
The T-45C control system combines powered stabilator and ailerons with an unpowered rudder. Spring cartridges, inertia and viscous damping provide control feel. IndiaFoxtEcho's manual separately identifies simulator features and unimplemented emergency functions.
McDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
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McDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
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History & design
Adapting the Hawk for carriers
The carrier-training programme developed the Hawk Mk.60 into the T-45. Carrier launches and landings required extensive airframe strengthening. The resulting trainer served the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, while retaining its Hawk design lineage.
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Systems & details
Powered surfaces and artificial feel
The manual describes powered stabilator and aileron controls and an unpowered rudder. Spring cartridges, inertia and viscous damping supply feel. A speedbrake interconnect can move the stabilator without moving the stick, so that surface motion has a different mechanism from pilot trim.
The documented simulation
IndiaFoxtEcho marks RAT/emergency hydraulic and emergency-flap functions as absent in the simulation. The documentation distinguishes a pedal shaker from a stick shaker and gives 200 KIAS gear/flap limits separately from the 217-knot slat inhibition threshold.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
Manuals & resources
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Developer manual
User GuideMcDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
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IndiaFoxtEcho T-45 Goshawk Microsoft Flight Simulator Take flight today in the T-45 Goshawk, highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk training jet aircraft. Price $38.49 AUDMcDonnell Douglas / BAe T-45C Goshawk
Named product and Supported Simulators
IndiaFoxtEcho / Orbx / Just Flight · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Developer manual
User GuideIndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · PDF pages 63-71,147-148,153 imageDeveloper documentation
IndiaFoxtEcho T-45 Goshawk Microsoft Flight Simulator Take flight today in the T-45 Goshawk, highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk training jet aircraft. Price $38.49 AUDIndiaFoxtEcho / Orbx / Just Flight · Named product and Supported SimulatorsBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk
IndiaFoxtEcho · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A carrier-training development of the Hawk with powered stabilator and ailerons.
IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk
A carrier-training development of the Hawk with powered stabilator and ailerons.
Aircraft and simulator scope
- IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk · IndiaFoxtEcho · MSFS 2020 · Add-on starting point
- IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk · IndiaFoxtEcho · MSFS 2024 · Add-on starting point
The simulator model and controls
IndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk is the selected IndiaFoxtEcho configuration.
How this profile feels
Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.
Valid trim provides the configured pressure relief. Autopilot following is off.
Aircraft and configuration
The T-45 adapted the British Aerospace Hawk Mk.60 for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps carrier training. Its airframe required strengthening for catapult launches and carrier landings, giving the Hawk lineage a different operating role.
Powered surfaces and artificial feel
The manual describes powered stabilator and aileron controls and an unpowered rudder. Spring cartridges, inertia and viscous damping supply feel. A speedbrake interconnect can move the stabilator without moving the stick, so that surface motion has a different mechanism from pilot trim.
The documented simulation
IndiaFoxtEcho marks RAT/emergency hydraulic and emergency-flap functions as absent in the simulation. The documentation distinguishes a pedal shaker from a stick shaker and gives 200 KIAS gear/flap limits separately from the 217-knot slat inhibition threshold.
About the values
Strengths are normalized hardware-feel settings. They set the effect balance; hand force depends on the device and its limits. The IAS reference is a tuning value.
Documentary review and sources
These decisions describe the documentary basis and remaining gaps for this revision. Aircraft documentation and a starting setting describe different kinds of evidence.
Aircraft and variant
InheritedIndiaFoxtEcho T-45C Goshawk is the selected IndiaFoxtEcho configuration.
Flight controls
InheritedA carrier-training development of the Hawk with powered stabilator and ailerons.
Trim
InheritedThe manual describes powered stabilator and aileron controls and an unpowered rudder. Pitch authority 0.3 provides load relief and permitted centre movement; roll authority is 0.14.
Autopilot and stability
InheritedAutopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.
Equipment
InheritedThe T-45 adapted the British Aerospace Hawk Mk.60 for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps carrier training. Its airframe required strengthening for catapult launches and carrier landings, giving the Hawk lineage a different operating role.
Speeds and limits
InheritedThe indicated-speed references set the profile response scale; they are separate from aircraft operating limits.
Simulator integration
InheritedThe profile targets msfs2020, msfs2024. Add-on-specific controls use only the supported references configured by this profile.
Force-feedback settings
InheritedThe settings define the profile’s effect balance. Device output limits affect physical hand force.
Starting settings and their rationale
These configured values are starting estimates. The explanations describe what each setting controls; physical validation appears separately below.
| Setting | Starting value | What it controls and why |
|---|---|---|
| Spring strength | Starting value0.74 | What it controls and whyPowered controls: Stabilator and ailerons. The baseline spring is 0.74. Low-speed spring blending is off. |
| Master force gain | Starting value0.85 | What it controls and whyScales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits. |
| Profile force gain | Starting value0.25 | What it controls and whyThe aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 250 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation. |
| Force tuning speed/reference | Starting value250 kt | What it controls and whySets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit. |
| Spring response reference speed | Starting value70 kt | What it controls and whySets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it. |
| Aileron force scale | Starting value0.72 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.72 and 1, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value1.0 | What it controls and whyScales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings. |
| Trim feel | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyRetained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement. |
| Trim relief | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyAllows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount. |
| Autopilot follow | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyAutopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel. |
| Autopilot neutral hold | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyPermits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target. |
| Output force limit | Starting value0.55 | What it controls and whyCaps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate. |
All 44 starting settings and their rationale
The settings define the profile’s effect balance. Device output limits affect physical hand force.
| Setting | Starting value | What it controls and why |
|---|---|---|
| Spring strength | Starting value0.74 | What it controls and whyPowered controls: Stabilator and ailerons. The baseline spring is 0.74. Low-speed spring blending is off. |
| Spring deadband | Starting value0.04 | What it controls and whySets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner. |
| Profile force gain | Starting value0.25 | What it controls and whyThe aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 250 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation. |
| Master force gain | Starting value0.85 | What it controls and whyScales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits. |
| QBlend Enabled | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyAllows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it. |
| QSpring Minimum Factor | Starting value0.55 | What it controls and whySets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength. |
| QSpring Start Knots | Starting value20 kt | What it controls and whySets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit. |
| Spring response reference speed | Starting value70 kt | What it controls and whySets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it. |
| Force tuning speed/reference | Starting value250 kt | What it controls and whySets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit. |
| Airspeed spring stiffening gain | Starting value0.15 | What it controls and whyThe high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0.15. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 70 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 5. |
| Airspeed spring stiffening limit | Starting value5 | What it controls and whyLimits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap. |
| Aileron force scale | Starting value0.72 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.72 and 1, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value1.0 | What it controls and whyScales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings. |
| Output force limit | Starting value0.55 | What it controls and whyCaps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate. |
| Trim feel | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyRetained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement. |
| Trim relief | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyAllows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount. |
| Elevator Authority | Starting value0.3 | What it controls and whyThe manual describes powered stabilator and aileron controls and an unpowered rudder. Pitch authority 0.3 provides load relief and permitted centre movement; roll authority is 0.14. |
| Aileron Authority | Starting value0.14 | What it controls and whyScales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response. |
| Force Trim Enabled | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyEnables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification. |
| GLoad Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyAllows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it. |
| Rate Damping Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyEnables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law. |
| Autopilot follow | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyAutopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel. |
| Autopilot follow authority | Starting value0.1 | What it controls and whySets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply. |
| Autopilot neutral hold | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyPermits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target. |
| Autopilot neutral hold strength | Starting value0.6 | What it controls and whySets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled. |
| Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyEnables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions. |
| Gain | Starting value0.35 | What it controls and whySets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings. |
| Gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whySets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate. |
| Gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whySets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate. |
| Maximum flap index | Starting value2 | What it controls and whySets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3. |
| Minimum flap index | Starting value2 | What it controls and whySets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees. |
| Gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whySets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate. |
| Shaker Enabled | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyPermits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment. |
| Stick shaker amplitude | Starting value0.5 | What it controls and whySets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled. |
| Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyEnables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry. |
| Gain | Starting value0.4 | What it controls and whySets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration. |
| Gain | Starting value0.25 | What it controls and whySets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact. |
| Gain | Starting value0.65 | What it controls and whySets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse. |
| Gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whySets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue. |
| Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyEnables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry. |
| Gain | Starting value0.06 | What it controls and whySets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration. |
| Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | What it controls and whyEnables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement. |
| Gain | Starting value0.12 | What it controls and whySets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue. |
| Gain | Starting value0.12 | What it controls and whySets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects. |
Limits and open questions
- Gear/flap200KIAS operating limits are distinct from217kt slat inhibition and are not force calibration. Legacy store2020-only prose conflicts with current2024 support. Carrier arrestment/catapult and hydraulic failures are not new physical force effects.
- Force magnitudes, response shaping and IAS references are estimates. Installed telemetry and physical acceptance remain deferred.
- Shared-axis spring scheduling does not model exact gearing or force gradients. No qualified AP-follow contract.
Physical validation
No physical force validation is recorded in this public catalogue for this revision. Documentary review and software checks do not establish how a particular device feels.
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