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Meet the aircraft
Boeing developed the 727 after the 707, arranging three engines around the rear fuselage and a high T-tail. The first flight took place in 1963, with service following in 1964. Its elaborate high-lift wing supported the programme's airport-access ambitions. The -100 and longer -200 have different proportions, while freighter conversions add another role.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗Charter work from all three cockpit seats
Armstrong remembers the 727 through the varied people and places that filled its charter schedule. Her flying included sports teams, professional wrestlers, firefighters and unusual destinations where the aircraft’s independence from extensive ground services was useful. Having worked in all three cockpit positions, she valued the flight engineer’s seat as a place to learn the aircraft and observe how a crew worked together.
High Sierra Pilots · April 2016. Retrospective 727-200 charter experience as flight engineer, first officer and captain.
High Sierra Pilots · Read more ↗Period autopilots and hydraulic flight controls
FlyJSim distinguishes the independent FD-108 flight director from the SP-150 autopilot, including their mode interlocks. Custom control-surface behaviour accounts for hydraulic pressure, blow-down and standby operation. The FD-108 is a flight director, not another autopilot installation.
727 Series Professional · FlyJSim · X-Plane 11
FlyJSim · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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Boeing 727 complete cockpit landing footage (Iran Aseman Airlines)
Cockpit footage of an Iran Aseman Boeing 727 landing at Mashhad.
Real aircraft · Boeing 727
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Meet Boeing 727
Boeing developed the 727 after the 707, arranging three engines around the rear fuselage and a high T-tail. The first flight took place in 1963, with service following in 1964. Its elaborate high-lift wing supported the programme's airport-access ambitions.
The -100 and longer -200 have different proportions, while freighter conversions add another role. In the cockpit, a flight engineer and period autopilot installations create a very different workflow from a modern 737. The simulator manuals identify the installed flight-guidance systems.
Boeing 727
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Boeing 727
Wikipedia contributors · Boeing 727 ↗FlyJSim · X-Plane 11 →727-100
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →727-100 Freighter
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →Super27-100
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →727-200 Passenger
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →727-200 Freighter
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →Super27-200
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →727 Zero-G
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →727 Oil Spill Response
FlightSim Studio · 727 Series ↗FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 →Aircraft type designators
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History & design
Development milestones
First flight: February 9, 1963 ( 1963-02-09 )
Wikipedia contributors · Boeing 727 ↗Boeing 727 · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1372643650
Pilot accounts
Charter work from all three cockpit seats
Armstrong remembers the 727 through the varied people and places that filled its charter schedule. Her flying included sports teams, professional wrestlers, firefighters and unusual destinations where the aircraft’s independence from extensive ground services was useful. Having worked in all three cockpit positions, she valued the flight engineer’s seat as a place to learn the aircraft and observe how a crew worked together.
The physical setting is just as vivid in her recollection: noisy engines, a trim wheel close to her knee and, on one aircraft with defective heating ducts, winter coats and hot coffee in a very cold cockpit. Simulator sessions explored failures that were uncomfortable to practise but valuable to understand. She remembers the aircraft as demanding familiarity and respect, then rewarding that effort with an unusually direct connection between pilot and machine.
High Sierra Pilots · April 2016. Retrospective 727-200 charter experience as flight engineer, first officer and captain.
Read the full account · High Sierra Pilots ↗Preparing to bring the first 727 home
Powell volunteered for the first 727’s final delivery because he still flew the type regularly and had accumulated more than ten thousand hours in it. His connection went back to eight years as a Western Airlines flight engineer, after which returning to a forward-facing pilot’s seat had been a particular pleasure. Above all, he enjoyed the aircraft’s hand-flying qualities.
For the planned flight to Seattle’s Museum of Flight, he expected to work with colleagues he already knew well and wanted an additional observer watching from the jump seat. He trusted the restoration team’s preparation and described the prospect as bittersweet. Even his intended clothes carried a connection to the past: a flight jacket, white shirt and tie would echo first-flight pilot Lew Wallick. His aim for the occasion was a straightforward, careful delivery of an aircraft that had already done its work.
AirlineReporter · February 2016 interview before the prototype’s planned museum delivery. Powell was then actively flying a private 727-100.
Read the full account · AirlineReporter ↗A gift from his father, remembered at the final landing
Tarsa’s first 727 flight came at thirteen, when his father bought him a short sightseeing trip from Chicago Midway. The acceleration, the view of the lakeshore and the realisation that only air supported the aircraft made him want to become a pilot. Decades later, starting with UPS as a 727 second officer, he saw the Chicago skyline again and remembered that first ride with his father.
His last flight on the type brought another sequence of personal landmarks. Ferrying an aircraft back from Europe in November 2003, he landed in Iceland and shared the Atlantic crossing duties with his first officer. On the final leg from Bangor to Louisville, the landscape below recalled his childhood home, meeting his wife and her family’s hometown. As he approached Louisville, he could see his own neighbourhood. His farewell to the aircraft became a quiet expression of gratitude to his father.
Air & Space reader contribution · August/September 2021, p.14. Childhood sightseeing, UPS second-officer experience and a final 727 flight in November 2003.
Read the full account · Air & Space / Smithsonian ↗In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
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Aircraft specifications
Published figures for the named real-aircraft variant. Simulator equipment and performance can differ.
| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 133 ft 2 in (40.59 m) |
| Wingspan | 108 ft 0 in (32.92 m) |
| Height | 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m) |
| Wing area | 1,650 sq ft (153 m² ) |
| Empty weight | 87,696 lb (39,778 kg) |
| Max takeoff weight | 169,000 lb (76,657 kg) |
| Powerplant | 3 × Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 turbofan engine, 14,000 lbf (62 kN) thrust each |
| Maximum speed | 632 mph (1,017 km/h, 549 kn) |
| Maximum speed | Mach 0.9 |
| Cruise speed | 600 mph (960 km/h, 518 kn) |
| Range | 2,590 mi (4,170 km, 2,250 nmi) |
Manuals & resources
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Choose a topic for a short introduction and a link to the original source. Simulator references identify the developer and edition they cover.
Simulator documentation
Period autopilots and hydraulic flight controls727 Series Professional · FlyJSim · X-Plane 11
FlyJSim distinguishes the independent FD-108 flight director from the SP-150 autopilot, including their mode interlocks. Custom control-surface behaviour accounts for hydraulic pressure, blow-down and standby operation. The FD-108 is a flight director, not another autopilot installation.
727 Series Professional v3 · Study Level Systems and Dynamics
FlyJSim · Read the source ↗Wear that continues into the next flight727 Series Professional · FlyJSim · X-Plane 11
The optional maintenance system carries equipment wear between flights, including engines, the APU, generators and airframe. The developer also describes annunciator bulbs that can burn out, making condition checks part of the simulated operation.
727 v3 · Maintenance System; Study Level Systems
FlyJSim · Read the source ↗Choosing navigation and keeping notes in the cockpit727 Series Professional · FlyJSim · X-Plane 11
The package includes Laminar’s default FMC; the CIVA navigation integration requires a separate purchase. The scalable menu provides loading controls and a configurable checklist-and-notes window, allowing reference material to stay available during a flight.
727 v3 · introduction; Comprehensive Menu System; Third Party Integrations
FlyJSim · Read the source ↗Released product and variants727 Series · FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The released range includes 727-200 Passenger and Freighter products, a Super27 expansion that requires either 727-200 base, and a 727-100 package containing Passenger, Freighter and Super27-100 variants. The freighter also includes Zero-G and Oil Spill Response mission configurations.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
FlightSim Studio · Read the source ↗Pilot account
Charter work from all three cockpit seatsHigh Sierra Pilots · April 2016. Retrospective 727-200 charter experience as flight engineer, first officer and captain.
Armstrong remembers the 727 through the varied people and places that filled its charter schedule. Her flying included sports teams, professional wrestlers, firefighters and unusual destinations where the aircraft’s independence from extensive ground services was useful. Having worked in all three cockpit positions, she valued the flight engineer’s seat as a place to learn the aircraft and observe how a crew worked together.
Erika Armstrong
High Sierra Pilots · Read the source ↗Preparing to bring the first 727 homeAirlineReporter · February 2016 interview before the prototype’s planned museum delivery. Powell was then actively flying a private 727-100.
Powell volunteered for the first 727’s final delivery because he still flew the type regularly and had accumulated more than ten thousand hours in it. His connection went back to eight years as a Western Airlines flight engineer, after which returning to a forward-facing pilot’s seat had been a particular pleasure. Above all, he enjoyed the aircraft’s hand-flying qualities.
Tim Powell
AirlineReporter · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
X-Plane aircraft and avionics manualsLaminar ResearchAircraft background
Boeing 727Wikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1372643650 · retrieved 2026-09-12Resource
727 productFlyJSimDeveloper documentation
727 SeriesFlightSim Studio · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14Type designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Built-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-20261022-v1 · 12 profile choices
FlightSim Studio 727-200 Passenger
FlightSim Studio · Free and Pro · Revision 5 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio 727-200 Passenger: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
FlightSim Studio 727-100 Passenger / Freighter
FlightSim Studio · Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio 727-100 Passenger / Freighter: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
FlightSim Studio 727-200 Freighter
FlightSim Studio · Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio 727-200 Freighter: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
FlightSim Studio Super 27-100 Passenger
FlightSim Studio · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio Super 27-100 Passenger: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
FlightSim Studio Super27 727-200RE Freighter
FlightSim Studio · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio Super27 727-200RE Freighter: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
FlightSim Studio Super27 727-200REP Passenger
FlightSim Studio · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio Super27 727-200REP Passenger: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
Boeing 727-200
Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11
Boeing 727-200: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
Boeing 727-100
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11
Boeing 727-100: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
Boeing 727-100F
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11
Boeing 727-100F: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
Boeing 727-200F
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 11
Boeing 727-200F: The selected spring approximates artificial feel for powered controls, without treating direct surface loading as a mechanical return path.
Boeing Super 27-100
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
Boeing Super 27-200RE
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
Boeing Super 27-200RE
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
Aircraft and simulator scope
- Boeing Super 27-200RE · MSFS 2020 · Variant starting point
- Boeing Super 27-200RE · MSFS 2024 · Variant starting point
- Boeing Super 27-200RE · X-Plane 12 · Variant starting point
Boeing Super 27-200RE universal civil family/configuration. Documentary mechanism clauses keep the source's stated aircraft or family scope; simulator targets are Bridge selection scopes.
The simulator model and controls
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
How this profile feels
The spring stays independent of airspeed. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.
Pitch-trim relief is off. Autopilot following is off.
Aircraft and configuration
The documented 727-family controls use hydraulic actuation with hydraulic elevator feel and mechanical roll feel; stabilizer trim is electrically driven.
Super27 difference documentation describes a separate approach-idle system on the two pod engines and a different autopilot when the EFIS option is fitted.
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.
What the documentation establishes
The documented 727-family controls use hydraulic actuation with hydraulic elevator feel and mechanical roll feel; stabilizer trim is electrically driven.
Super27 difference documentation describes a separate approach-idle system on the two pod engines and a different autopilot when the EFIS option is fitted.
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
ReviewedA rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
Flight controls
ReviewedA rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
Trim
ReviewedThe profile uses the trim behaviour configured below. Pitch relief is off, with stored authority 0; roll authority is 0.
Autopilot and stability
ReviewedAutopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.
Equipment
ReviewedThe documented 727-family controls use hydraulic actuation with hydraulic elevator feel and mechanical roll feel; stabilizer trim is electrically driven.
Speeds and limits
InheritedThe indicated-speed references set the profile response scale; they are separate from aircraft operating limits.
Simulator integration
Not yet reviewedThe profile targets msfs2020, msfs2024, xplane12. 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 value0.8 | What it controls and whyThis profile uses powered-control feel for Boeing 727. The baseline spring is 0.8. 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 0.45 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 value0.7 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.7 and 0.86, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value0.86 | 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 valueDisabled | 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 value0.8 | What it controls and whyThis profile uses powered-control feel for Boeing 727. The baseline spring is 0.8. Low-speed spring blending is off. |
| 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 0.45 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. |
| Output force limit | Starting value0.55 | What it controls and whyCaps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value0.86 | What it controls and whyScales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings. |
| Aileron force scale | Starting value0.7 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.7 and 0.86, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
Boeing Super 27-200RE: 250 indicated knots is the inherited feel reference, not cruise TAS, a published flight limit or a measured force threshold.
| Setting | Starting value | What it controls and why |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
Boeing Super 27-200RE: generic device trim feel, trim relief, force trim, hydraulic trim centering, autopilot following and neutral hold are disabled because portable state and neutral-motion contracts remain unqualified.
| Setting | Starting value | What it controls and why |
|---|---|---|
| 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 valueDisabled | What it controls and whyAllows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount. |
| Force Trim Enabled | Starting valueDisabled | What it controls and whyEnables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification. |
| 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. |
Exact configured values with software explanations. Force magnitudes remain editable estimates; disabled features retain inactive values.
| Setting | Starting value | What it controls and why |
|---|---|---|
| Spring deadband | Starting value0.04 | What it controls and whySets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner. |
| 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. |
| Airspeed spring stiffening gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whyThe high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading. |
| 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. |
| Elevator Authority | Starting value0 | What it controls and whyThe profile uses the trim behaviour configured below. Pitch relief is off, with stored authority 0; roll authority is 0. |
| Aileron Authority | Starting value0 | What it controls and whyScales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response. |
| 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 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 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 value0.3 | 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 value6 | 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 value0.9 | 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 value0.32 | What it controls and whySets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact. |
| Gain | Starting value0.9 | 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
- RE/REP cabin layouts share one estimate; exact engine-dependent performance, installed autopilot options and proprietary states remain aircraft-owned. Family mechanics do not prove conversion-specific hand forces.
- Generic selection scope; installed add-on matching, custom states and device operation remain unqualified.
- Force magnitudes and cue amplitudes are inherited estimates; no physical calibration or certification is claimed.
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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