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Meet the aircraft
The Fokker 100 developed the F28 with a longer fuselage, Rolls-Royce Tay engines and an updated flight deck. The shorter Fokker 70 followed for smaller passenger loads and shorter routes, first flying in 1993. The two regional jets have separate simulator products and variant specifications.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗A first command brings an unplanned night in Finland
Kurka remembered his first flight as a newly qualified Fokker captain for an unexpected destination. Bad weather around Stockholm, snow and a disabled thrust reverser complicated the plan, and the crew diverted to Turku. His first command without a supervising instructor therefore included explaining to a full cabin, in the middle of the Finnish night, where they were and what would happen next.
ÖAMTC interview · July 2018. Austrian Fokker 70 recollections; the accompanying 2018 simulator visit was separate from his real airline flights.
ÖAMTC auto touring · Read more ↗The flight-management computers have documented limits
The listing describes two independent control display units and flight-plan imports from SimBrief. Secondary flight plans and engine-out pages are not simulated.
Fokker 70 / 100 · Just Flight · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Just Flight · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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Meet Fokker 70 / 100
The Fokker 100 developed the F28 with a longer fuselage, Rolls-Royce Tay engines and an updated flight deck. The shorter Fokker 70 followed for smaller passenger loads and shorter routes, first flying in 1993. The two regional jets have separate simulator products and variant specifications.
Fokker 70 / 100
Aircraft type designators
Use the code for the model you are flying. The linked authority lists the applicable aircraft.
History & design
A final London flight closes a Dutch partnership
KLM’s final Fokker 70 service returned from London on 28 October 2017, echoing the destination of its first Fokker passenger flights in 1920. The aircraft received a water salute at Schiphol, with staff gathering to mark the end of the partnership.
KLM · KLM bids fond farewell to Fokker 70 ↗KLM’s next-day report of its Fokker farewell
The later F100 reaches a different operating environment
Studstrup’s English career history identifies the Phnom Penh wet-lease assignment as a Fokker 100 operation under Bangkok Airways.
Niels Ove Studstrup · My aviation career ↗The Danish Cambodia account supplies the longer ground-handling story; assignment dates conflict
Development milestones
First flight: 30 November 1986
Developed from: Fokker F28 Fellowship
Wikipedia contributors · Fokker 100 ↗Fokker 100 · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1370460484
Systems & details
Common cockpit, different airframe
Fokker Services describes the 70 as a shortened development of the 100, with substantial system commonality and a shared pilot type rating. This relationship explains familiar cockpit procedures without making their dimensions or payload limits interchangeable.
An integrated flight deck
The booklet describes dual flight-management computers and an integrated automatic flight-control system. Standard Category IIIA autoland and optional Category IIIB capability are equipment distinctions; an individual simulator implementation must be checked separately.
Pilot accounts
A first command brings an unplanned night in Finland
Kurka remembered his first flight as a newly qualified Fokker captain for an unexpected destination. Bad weather around Stockholm, snow and a disabled thrust reverser complicated the plan, and the crew diverted to Turku. His first command without a supervising instructor therefore included explaining to a full cabin, in the middle of the Finnish night, where they were and what would happen next.
He recalled the aircraft’s balanced, agile handling with affection, while finding recurring technical restrictions less endearing. Years later, his view of a satisfying flying career extended well beyond the model on his licence. Colleagues, schedules and routes mattered greatly.
ÖAMTC interview · July 2018. Austrian Fokker 70 recollections; the accompanying 2018 simulator visit was separate from his real airline flights.
Read the full account · ÖAMTC auto touring ↗Fokker command becomes a family milestone
As a child, Nonggorr watched his father command an Airbus A310 from the jumpseat. That early view of airline flying helped turn an interest into a career ambition. His father later supported his training in Australia, and Jason built experience with PNG Air before joining Air Niugini as a Fokker 100 first officer.
Qualifying for command on the F100 gave the achievement a wider family meaning. Father and son were now Papua New Guinean captains at the same national airline, and both spoke about the work and discipline behind that moment. Jason hoped that one day they might fly a Boeing 767 together.
The National · May 2020. Newly qualified Air Niugini F100 captain, interviewed alongside his father Paun; a career account rather than a flight-test report.
Read the full account · The National ↗An ordinary arrival leaves the aircraft stuck in the apron
Studstrup helped run a Fokker operation linking Bangkok with Phnom Penh when the Cambodian airport had very limited equipment. His recollection describes an air-traffic controller working with an aircraft radio powered by a car battery, before a French United Nations contingent brought in mobile radar. Routine airline flying depended on arrangements quite different from those at a major European hub.
One arrival exposed another difficulty: a wheel sank through the apron surface. With no suitable aircraft jacks available, finding a way to free the aircraft took more than seven hours and help from a local forklift. Cement for repairing the damaged surface then had to be brought from Bangkok.
Danish “Cambodia” recollection; his linked English career history identifies the F100. The pages date the assignment differently, to 1992 and 1991 respectively.
Read the full account · Niels Ove Studstrup ↗My aviation career
English career history; identifies the Cambodian aircraft as a Fokker 100 and dates the assignment to 1991
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024Fokker 70 / 100 · Just Flight
Just Flight · Released
Fokker 70 / 100 · Just Flight
Just Flight · Released
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
The flight-management computers have documented limitsFokker 70 / 100 · Just Flight · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The listing describes two independent control display units and flight-plan imports from SimBrief. Secondary flight plans and engine-out pages are not simulated.
F100 Professional product description · SEC F-PLN and ENG OUT not simulated
Just Flight · Read the source ↗Choose how long navigation alignment takesFokker 70 / 100 · Just Flight · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The EFB offers realistic or fast IRS alignment. Just Flight describes latitude-dependent timing for the realistic setting and permits position entry through either the CDU or the inertial-system display unit.
F100 Professional product description · IRS simulation
Just Flight · Read the source ↗A paper speed card responds to aircraft weightFokker 70 / 100 · Just Flight · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Just Flight’s F100 includes an interactive speed flipchart whose values change with the loaded weight. Interactive paper checklists also support imported custom documents, alongside the aircraft’s electronic flight bag.
F100 Professional MSFS 2020/2024 product description · gathered September 2026
Just Flight · Read the source ↗Pilot account
A first command brings an unplanned night in FinlandÖAMTC interview · July 2018. Austrian Fokker 70 recollections; the accompanying 2018 simulator visit was separate from his real airline flights.
Kurka remembered his first flight as a newly qualified Fokker captain for an unexpected destination. Bad weather around Stockholm, snow and a disabled thrust reverser complicated the plan, and the crew diverted to Turku. His first command without a supervising instructor therefore included explaining to a full cabin, in the middle of the Finnish night, where they were and what would happen next.
Jan Kurka
ÖAMTC auto touring · Read the source ↗Fokker command becomes a family milestoneThe National · May 2020. Newly qualified Air Niugini F100 captain, interviewed alongside his father Paun; a career account rather than a flight-test report.
As a child, Nonggorr watched his father command an Airbus A310 from the jumpseat. That early view of airline flying helped turn an interest into a career ambition. His father later supported his training in Australia, and Jason built experience with PNG Air before joining Air Niugini as a Fokker 100 first officer. Qualifying for command on the F100 gave the achievement a wider family meaning.
Jason Nonggorr
The National · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Aircraft background
Fokker 100Wikipedia contributors · Research background · retrieved 2026-09-12 KLM bids fond farewell to Fokker 70KLM · 29 October 2017Product
F100 ProfessionalJust Flight · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 F70 ProfessionalJust Flight · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12Type designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Aircraft reference
Fokker 100 information bookletFokker Services Group · Fokker 100 booklet, pages 3–6; dimensions checked against drawingBuilt-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 · 4 profile choices
Just Flight F100
Just Flight · Free and Pro · Revision 6 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Just Flight F100: The powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement.
Just Flight F70
Just Flight · Free and Pro · Revision 5 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Just Flight F70: The powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement.
Fokker 100
Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Documentary review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Fokker 100: The powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement.
Fokker 70
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Documentary review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Fokker 70: The powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement.
Fokker 100
Fokker 100: The powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement.
Aircraft and simulator scope
- Fokker 100 · MSFS 2020 · Variant starting point
- Fokker 100 · MSFS 2024 · Variant starting point
Fokker 100 · For the selected F100, the manual describes dual stabilizer actuators and a pneumatic stick pusher. The operations manual explicitly covers both F70 and F100, with variant differences described within systems chapters.
The simulator model and controls
The Fokker 100 developed the F28 with a longer fuselage, Rolls-Royce Tay engines and an updated flight deck. The shorter Fokker 70 followed for smaller passenger loads and shorter routes, first flying in 1993. The two regional jets have separate simulator products and variant specifications.
This starting point selects Fokker 100. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.
How this profile feels
The powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement. Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.
Automatic stabilizer trim and the F70/F100 actuator differences retain their own source scope. Valid trim provides the configured pressure relief. Autopilot following is enabled for supported control references.
Controls and trim
The Fokker 70/100 controls use hydraulic actuation with mechanical reversion and servo tabs. Automatic flight normally manages stabilizer trim. The F70 has one stabilizer actuator supplied by both hydraulic systems; the F100 has two separately supplied actuators.
About the values
The gains are normalized profile settings. They describe the chosen effect balance; hand force depends on the device and its output limits. IAS references are tuning values rather than operating limits. Physical acceptance of this revision remains pending.
What the documentation establishes
For the selected F100, the manual describes dual stabilizer actuators and a pneumatic stick pusher. The operations manual explicitly covers both F70 and F100, with variant differences described within systems chapters.
Primary controls are hydraulically powered, with direct mechanical reversion and unlocked aileron servo tabs after loss of hydraulic pressure. This supports a powered-control interpretation, not an undocumented universal feel gradient.
Pitch trim uses a movable stabilizer normally positioned by the flight augmentation system, with manual and electrical alternatives. F70 and F100 hydraulic actuator arrangements differ.
The manual documents automatic-flight control signals driving hydraulic controls and publishes simulator autopilot command assignments. Physical peripheral movement is not established.
Flaps travel from 0 to 42 degrees, the tail speedbrake has IN/OUT selection, and lift dumpers are ground-only. Reverse-thrust levers are documented; absence of reversers on the older F28 cannot be applied to this family.
Flap limits depend on selection, including 250 knots for 8 degrees and 220 knots for 15 or 25 degrees. The single retained cruise reference is a tuning choice rather than a complete limit schedule.
The manual provides simulator command assignments, supporting documented bindings for this add-on edition. External force-feedback behavior still requires an installed-product check.
Stick-shaker activation depends on angle of attack, flaps, speed and altitude. F70 uses a hydraulic pusher and F100 a pneumatic pusher; calibrated hand-force output is not supplied.
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
ReviewedThis starting point selects Fokker 100. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.
Flight controls
ReviewedThe Fokker 70/100 controls use hydraulic actuation with mechanical reversion and servo tabs. Automatic flight normally manages stabilizer trim. The F70 has one stabilizer actuator supplied by both hydraulic systems; the F100 has two separately supplied actuators.
Trim
ReviewedAutomatic stabilizer trim and the F70/F100 actuator differences retain their own source scope. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09.
Autopilot and stability
ReviewedFollowing is on at 0.1 authority when a supported, valid autopilot control reference is available.
Equipment
ReviewedGear, flap and ground cues follow the selected settings and available simulator-reported states.
Speeds and limits
ReviewedThe indicated-speed references set the profile response scale; they are separate from aircraft operating limits.
Simulator integration
ReviewedThe profile targets msfs2020, msfs2024. Add-on-specific controls use only the supported references configured by this profile.
Force-feedback settings
ReviewedThe 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 whyThe powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS. |
| 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 value250.0 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 value90 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 value0.65 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value0.65 | What it controls and whyScales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings. |
| Trim feel | Starting valueEnabled | 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 valueEnabled | What it controls and whyFollowing is on at 0.1 authority when a supported, valid autopilot control reference is available. |
| 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 whyThe powered-control response approximates the documented actuation arrangement. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS. |
| Spring deadband | Starting value0.035 | 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 valueEnabled | 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 value90 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 value250.0 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 | 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. |
| Aileron force scale | Starting value0.65 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value0.65 | 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 valueEnabled | 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 whyAutomatic stabilizer trim and the F70/F100 actuator differences retain their own source scope. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09. |
| Aileron Authority | Starting value0.09 | 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 valueEnabled | What it controls and whyFollowing is on at 0.1 authority when a supported, valid autopilot control reference is available. |
| 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 value0.3 | What it controls and whySets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings. |
| Gain | Starting value0.22 | What it controls and whySets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate. |
| Gain | Starting value0.14 | What it controls and whySets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate. |
| Maximum flap index | Starting value4 | 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 value0.1 | What it controls and whySets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate. |
| Shaker Enabled | Starting valueEnabled | 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 value0.5 | 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
- Fokker 100 documentary evidence does not establish force-feedback hardware acceptance.
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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