Meet Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Aeroplane Heaven’s Model 10A Electra is a twin-radial transport with retractable landing gear, wing flaps and separate elevator and rudder trim. The developer’s cockpit rendition includes a Sperry-style automatic-flight installation.
History & design
A twin-tail transport for the 1930s
The Model 10 competed with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2 as commercial aviation adopted all-metal twin-engine transports. Wind-tunnel work at the University of Michigan exposed instability in the original single-tail arrangement. Graduate student Kelly Johnson proposed the twin tail that became an Electra hallmark. The 10A first flew on 23 February 1934.
The Navy bought a 10A in 1936 for the Secretary of the Navy, while a 10B went to the Coast Guard. Amelia Earhart used a substantially modified, long-range 10E in 1937. That aircraft belongs to the same family but is not the radial-engine installation represented by the 10A specifications here.
National Naval Aviation Museum · L-10 Electra ↗Systems & details
An early transport cockpit in the simulator
In Aeroplane Heaven’s implementation, the Sperry rudder knob selects heading hold and the elevator knob selects altitude hold. The aileron knob is not simulated.
In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Manual
Electra 10A Manual — Aeroplane Heavenwww.aeroplaneheaven.com · Aeroplane Heaven Electra 10A manual.Aircraft background
Lockheed Model 10 Electra — product pagewww.aeroplaneheaven.com · Aircraft identity, history and configuration.Aircraft documentation
L-10 ElectraNational Naval Aviation Museum · Museum history and specifications; Model 10A / Navy R2O scope.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
Aeroplane Heaven Lockheed Electra 10A
Aeroplane Heaven · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020
Aeroplane Heaven’s Model 10A Electra is a twin-radial transport with retractable landing gear, wing flaps and separate elevator and rudder trim.
Lockheed Electra 10A
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
Aeroplane Heaven’s Model 10A Electra is a twin-radial transport with retractable landing gear, wing flaps and separate elevator and rudder trim.
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