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Aircraft and simulator background
Aermacchi developed the MB-339 during the 1970s to replace the Italian Air Force's MB-326. The new trainer retained a design relationship to that aircraft. A single jet engine, retractable landing gear and wing flaps form its basic configuration.
Aermacchi MB-339
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · Read more ↗Pitch and roll mechanisms
The manual's control schematic shows a hydraulic aileron servo with an artificial-feel spring and electrical trim actuator. Pitch trim and roll artificial-feel neutral adjustment are separate from rudder trim. The A, A-MLU and PAN configurations also carry different tank and loadout arrangements.
Aermacchi MB-339
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · Read more ↗The A-MLU addition
The release history adds a separate A-MLU aircraft and corrects its engine and fuel configuration. PAN smoke colours and PAN-painted A liveries remain different presentation choices from the PAN aircraft's tank and aerodynamic configuration.
Aermacchi MB-339
Just Flight · Read more ↗Meet Aermacchi MB-339
Aermacchi developed the MB-339 during the 1970s to replace the Italian Air Force's MB-326. The new trainer retained a design relationship to that aircraft. A single jet engine, retractable landing gear and wing flaps form its basic configuration.
IndiaFoxtEcho's documentation separates the A, A-MLU and PAN versions. Tip-tank and loadout arrangements differ, while PAN uses combined smoke/fuel tanks. The control schematic identifies a hydraulic aileron servo, artificial-feel spring and electrical trim actuator.
Aermacchi MB-339
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Aermacchi MB-339
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History & design
Replacing the MB-326
The MB-339 programme responded to the Italian Air Force's requirement for a replacement for its MB-326 trainers. Aermacchi developed the aircraft during the 1970s from that earlier design, rather than beginning with an unrelated airframe. The developer manual records this background before describing its represented versions.
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · User Guide ↗PDF pages 2,5-7,13,31-33 images,47,49-51
Systems & details
Pitch and roll mechanisms
The manual's control schematic shows a hydraulic aileron servo with an artificial-feel spring and electrical trim actuator. Pitch trim and roll artificial-feel neutral adjustment are separate from rudder trim. The A, A-MLU and PAN configurations also carry different tank and loadout arrangements.
The A-MLU addition
The release history adds a separate A-MLU aircraft and corrects its engine and fuel configuration. PAN smoke colours and PAN-painted A liveries remain different presentation choices from the PAN aircraft's tank and aerodynamic configuration.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
Compare simulator versions →MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A-MLU
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A-MLU
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339PAN-MLU
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339PAN-MLU
IndiaFoxtEcho · Released
Manuals & resources
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Developer documentation
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339 Microsoft Flight Simulator The MB-339 was developed during the 1970s in response to an Italian Air Force requirement that sought a replacement for the service's existing fleet of Aermacchi MB-326 Price $33.00 AUDAermacchi MB-339
Named product and Supported Simulators
IndiaFoxtEcho / Orbx / Just Flight · Read the source ↗MB339 current release history and A/A-MLU/PAN variantsAermacchi MB-339
v1.4.8/v1.4.4 and current version
Just Flight · Read the source ↗Developer manual
User GuideAermacchi MB-339
PDF pages 2,5-7,13,31-33 images,47,49-51
IndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Developer documentation
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339 Microsoft Flight Simulator The MB-339 was developed during the 1970s in response to an Italian Air Force requirement that sought a replacement for the service's existing fleet of Aermacchi MB-326 Price $33.00 AUDIndiaFoxtEcho / Orbx / Just Flight · Named product and Supported Simulators MB339 current release history and A/A-MLU/PAN variantsJust Flight · v1.4.8/v1.4.4 and current versionDeveloper manual
User GuideIndiaFoxtEcho via Orbx · PDF pages 2,5-7,13,31-33 images,47,49-51Built-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 · 3 profile choices
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A
IndiaFoxtEcho · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A jet trainer family with mechanical pitch control, boosted ailerons and distinct A, A-MLU and PAN configurations.
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339A-MLU
IndiaFoxtEcho · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A jet trainer family with mechanical pitch control, boosted ailerons and distinct A, A-MLU and PAN configurations.
IndiaFoxtEcho MB-339PAN-MLU
IndiaFoxtEcho · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A jet trainer family with mechanical pitch control, boosted ailerons and distinct A, A-MLU and PAN configurations.
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