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Meet the aircraft
A compact electric vertical-takeoff aircraft with an open single-seat cockpit. Microsoft lists Jetson One in the Standard tier. Aviator includes the lower edition tiers. The simulator edition is recorded separately from the real aircraft’s development or certification status.
Jetson ONE
Microsoft · Read more ↗Meet Jetson ONE
Jetson One is a compact electric vertical-takeoff aircraft with an open single-seat cockpit. Microsoft includes it in the MSFS 2024 Standard roster and the higher edition tiers, including Aviator.
Jetson ONE
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History & design
From a prototype to a personal aircraft
Jetson began developing its prototype in late 2017 and reports its first crewed flight on 28 February 2018. The project pursued a single-person electric aircraft with computer-assisted controls, rather than a conventional helicopter cockpit.
Jetson · Prototype development and first crewed flight ↗Jetson retrospective, 24 May 2022
Systems & details
One hand commands the flight computer
The four-axis joystick commands altitude and direction through an electronic control system. Jetson describes hands-free hover and radar-assisted automatic landing. These are functions of its flight-control system; the published description does not specify a mechanical stick-force law.
Compact, with a short endurance envelope
The aluminium spaceframe surrounds the pilot, with eight propellers supplying lift. Folding reduces the width for storage. The approximately twenty-minute flight time and software speed limit are manufacturer figures; they describe a compact recreational aircraft rather than the range of a travelling aeroplane.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
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Manuals & resources
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Developer documentation
Jetson ONE — product listingJetson ONE · X-Plane 12
Product listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
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Manual
Jetson ONE simulator manualMicrosoft / aircraft developer · Official catalogue reviewed 15 September 2026Resource
MSFS 2024 official aircraft rosterMicrosoft · Official catalogue reviewed 15 September 2026Product
Jetson ONE manned eVTOL exact product classificationX-Plane.org authorized store · Product listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogueManufacturer documentation
Jetson ONE specificationsJetson · Jetson ONE manufacturer specification, retrieved October 2026Aircraft history
Prototype development and first crewed flightJetson · Jetson retrospective, 24 May 2022Built-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 · 2 profile choices
NHAdrian Jetson ONE
NHAdrian · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
NHAdrian Jetson ONE: The fixed-centre response accompanies an electronically stabilized aircraft.
Jetson ONE
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2024
Jetson ONE: The fixed-centre response accompanies an electronically stabilized aircraft.
Jetson ONE
Jetson ONE: The fixed-centre response accompanies an electronically stabilized aircraft.
Aircraft and simulator scope
- Jetson ONE · MSFS 2024 · family starting point
Jetson ONE · FlightFX's 2024 manual covers MSFS 2020/2024 and explicitly models an early development version with simulation concessions.
The simulator model and controls
Jetson One is a compact electric vertical-takeoff aircraft with an open single-seat cockpit. Microsoft includes it in the MSFS 2024 Standard roster and the higher edition tiers, including Aviator.
This starting point selects Jetson ONE. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.
How this profile feels
The fixed-centre response accompanies an electronically stabilized aircraft. The spring stays independent of airspeed. Directed aerodynamic loading is omitted.
Trim response is independent of individual motor thrust and battery state. Aircraft trim retains the fixed hardware centre. Autopilot following is off.
Controls and trim
The Jetson ONE implementation uses electronic stabilization with separately modelled electric motors, controllers and batteries. Its custom flight-controller and propeller behaviour form the control context of that XP12 rendition.
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
FlightFX's 2024 manual covers MSFS 2020/2024 and explicitly models an early development version with simulation concessions.
Inceptor commands change with flight phase: left input requests vertical speed and right input lateral motion, with position holding near neutral. The manual does not measure physical inceptor centering.
The manual labels cruise mode as a gameplay addition maintaining forward flight and released by controller input. This is a specific assistance function rather than proof of conventional autopilot servos.
Eight brushless electric motors and a swappable lithium-ion battery are described. A single-main-rotor helicopter frequency is inapplicable to that propulsion layout.
The guide quotes a 63 mph top speed. It gives no IAS basis or complete speed schedule validating the retained 55-knot reference.
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 Jetson ONE. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.
Flight controls
ReviewedThe Jetson ONE implementation uses electronic stabilization with separately modelled electric motors, controllers and batteries. Its custom flight-controller and propeller behaviour form the control context of that XP12 rendition.
Trim
Not yet reviewedTrim response is independent of individual motor thrust and battery state. Pitch relief is off, with stored authority 0.3; roll authority is 0.3.
Autopilot and stability
ReviewedAutopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.
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
Not yet reviewedThe profile targets msfs2024. Add-on-specific controls use only the supported references configured by this profile.
Force-feedback settings
Not yet 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 value0.55 | What it controls and whyThe fixed-centre response accompanies an electronically stabilized aircraft. The baseline spring is 0.55. The electronic-control law keeps centering independent of airspeed. |
| 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 value0.04 | What it controls and whyThe stored 0.04 aerodynamic-load gain is inactive under the fixed-centre control law. |
| Force tuning speed/reference | Starting value55.0 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 value27.5 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 value1 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 1 and 1, respectively. These stored weights do not create directed aerodynamic loading while that term is inactive. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value1 | 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 value0.55 | What it controls and whyThe fixed-centre response accompanies an electronically stabilized aircraft. The baseline spring is 0.55. The electronic-control law keeps centering independent of airspeed. |
| Spring deadband | Starting value0.04 | What it controls and whyThe spring deadband is 0.04. It defines the central interval before added centering resistance builds; the centre preload is 0. |
| Profile force gain | Starting value0.04 | What it controls and whyThe stored 0.04 aerodynamic-load gain is inactive under the fixed-centre control law. |
| 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 value0.5 | 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 value7.7 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 value27.5 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 value55.0 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 whyAdds permitted spring resistance above the full-blend speed. Zero removes this high-speed increase. |
| 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 value1 | What it controls and whyRoll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 1 and 1, respectively. These stored weights do not create directed aerodynamic loading while that term is inactive. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | Starting value1 | 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 valueDisabled | 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 whyTrim response is independent of individual motor thrust and battery state. Pitch relief is off, with stored authority 0.3; roll authority is 0.3. |
| Aileron Authority | Starting value0.3 | 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 valueDisabled | 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 value0.05 | 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 | 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 value1 | What it controls and whySets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3. |
| Minimum flap index | Starting value1 | 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 | What it controls and whySets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration. |
| Gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whySets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact. |
| Gain | Starting value0.88 | 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 | 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 | What it controls and whySets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue. |
| Gain | Starting value0 | What it controls and whySets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects. |
Limits and open questions
- Cruise workload relief and neutral-input position holding do not establish a mechanical trim actuator or force-neutral mechanism.
- Cockpit controls and phase behavior are documented, but exact assistance-state telemetry and external force-feedback interaction are not.
- The phase-response guide contains no inceptor force curve, motor vibration amplitude or measured rotor-frequency mapping.
- Jetson ONE 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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