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The Navion configurations described by Hangar Studios 713 include hydraulic landing gear and flaps, with an emergency hand pump in the cockpit. A pitch-trim wheel, flap selector and gear handle give each system its own control.
Ryan Navion
Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Read more ↗Hydraulics and cockpit controls
The Navion B manual identifies a pitch-trim wheel, flap selector, gear handle and emergency hydraulic hand pump. Gear-position lights indicate the resulting state. They are separate from the controls that operate the hydraulic system.
Ryan Navion
Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Read more ↗The L-17 variants
The L-17B manual specifies a 205 hp O-470-7 with hydraulic flaps and retractable landing gear. Its L-17D ski configuration has inoperative gear and indicators, and version 1.0.1 removed the gear-lever function. The manual's aileron-trim label remains unresolved against its elevator-trim references.
Ryan Navion
Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Read more ↗Meet Ryan Navion
The Navion configurations described by Hangar Studios 713 include hydraulic landing gear and flaps, with an emergency hand pump in the cockpit. A pitch-trim wheel, flap selector and gear handle give each system its own control.
The Super 260 rendition uses a 260 hp Continental IO-520 and KAP140 autopilot. The L-17B uses the 205 hp O-470-7; its included L-17D ski version has an inoperative gear system. These engine and undercarriage differences distinguish the package's represented variants.
Ryan Navion
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Ryan Navion
Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Navion B developer manual ↗Aircraft type designators
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History & design
Civil origins and military adoption
North American’s civil NA-154 Navion first flew in 1946. The Army Air Forces ordered eighty-three military versions as the L-17A, adapting a touring aeroplane to liaison, reconnaissance and light transport work.
National Museum of the United States Air Force · North American L-17A Navion ↗National Museum of the USAF: North American L-17A
Ryan continues the line
Ryan acquired the design and manufacturing rights and built 164 improved L-17Bs for the Air Force. Thirty-five earlier L-17As were subsequently converted to L-17C standard with better brakes and more fuel capacity; some served briefly as forward air-control aircraft in Korea.
National Museum of the United States Air Force · North American L-17A Navion ↗National Museum of the USAF: North American L-17A
Names and markings tell different stories
The military L-17s were redesignated U-18s in 1962. The museum’s surviving L-17A wears markings representing a Ryan-built L-17B used by Bradley University’s Air Force ROTC programme, so its painted identity is distinct from its underlying airframe model.
National Museum of the United States Air Force · North American L-17A Navion ↗National Museum of the USAF: North American L-17A
Systems & details
Hydraulics and cockpit controls
The Navion B manual identifies a pitch-trim wheel, flap selector, gear handle and emergency hydraulic hand pump. Gear-position lights indicate the resulting state. They are separate from the controls that operate the hydraulic system.
The L-17 variants
The L-17B manual specifies a 205 hp O-470-7 with hydraulic flaps and retractable landing gear. Its L-17D ski configuration has inoperative gear and indicators, and version 1.0.1 removed the gear-lever function. The manual's aileron-trim label remains unresolved against its elevator-trim references.
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Developer Navion manualRyan Navion
Developer manual PDF6-7/16/21/34/38
Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Read the source ↗Navion B developer manualRyan Navion
Developer manual PDF7-9 visual cockpit labels
Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Read the source ↗Developer documentation
Ryan Navion B "Super 260"Ryan Navion
Current product engine, hydraulics and avionics
Hangar Studios 713 · Read the source ↗North American Ryan Navion L-17BRyan Navion
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Developer manual
Developer Navion manualHangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Developer manual PDF6-7/16/21/34/38 Navion B developer manualHangar Studios 713 via Orbx · Developer manual PDF7-9 visual cockpit labelsDeveloper documentation
Ryan Navion B "Super 260"Hangar Studios 713 · Current product engine, hydraulics and avionics North American Ryan Navion L-17BHangar Studios 713 · Current product edition bannerAircraft history
North American L-17A NavionNational Museum of the United States Air Force · National Museum of the USAF: North American L-17ABuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Hangar Studios 713 Ryan Navion B Super 260
Hangar Studios 713 · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A Navion family represented with hydraulic gear and flaps, military variants and a 260 hp civilian rendition.
Hangar Studios 713 Ryan Navion L-17B
Hangar Studios 713 · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A Navion family represented with hydraulic gear and flaps, military variants and a 260 hp civilian rendition.
Hangar Studios 713 Ryan Navion L-17D Skis
Hangar Studios 713 · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A Navion family represented with hydraulic gear and flaps, military variants and a 260 hp civilian rendition.
Ryan Navion B Super 260
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
A Navion family represented with hydraulic gear and flaps, military variants and a 260 hp civilian rendition.
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