Meet de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
The Tiger Moth first flew in 1931 and became a widely used trainer. Its open tandem cockpits, biplane wings and fixed undercarriage made it a familiar setting for learning basic aircraft handling. Ant’s handbook recounts that background while documenting the particular aircraft configuration in its simulator rendition.
Pitch trim biases a spring rather than adjusting a trim tab. The aircraft also uses leading-edge slots with a locking arrangement. The slot locks and the trim spring each alter a different aspect of flying: one controls the availability of a wing device, while the other changes the force held on the control stick. They form a cockpit system that is more distinctive than its outwardly simple biplane shape suggests.
History & design
A training biplane of the 1930s
The handbook records a first flight in 1931 and the aircraft’s subsequent commercial success. Its simulated Tiger Moth retains the open trainer configuration and documents a cruising range of 65–70 knots at 1,950 rpm. Those figures belong to the handbook’s stated rendition and operating context.
Ant's Airplanes · Tiger Moth MSFS Pilot’s Handbook ↗Ant’s Tiger Moth handbook background and cruise information.
Spring trim and slot locks
The handbook describes a spring-biased pitch-trim system and automatic leading-edge slots that can be locked. In the simulator, commands normally called flaps operate the slot locks. The documented aircraft has no wheel brakes, although simulator brake commands are usable in the rendition. Those control assignments should be understood alongside the physical aircraft arrangement.
Ant's Airplanes · Tiger Moth MSFS Pilot’s Handbook ↗Ant’s Tiger Moth handbook cockpit and simulation assignments.
Systems & details
A controller option changes mixture behaviour
Ant’s manual documents a free-mixture option for users whose hardware is awkward to operate with the Tiger Moth’s linked throttle and mixture arrangement. The option allows separate mixture movement, but the developer also notes that spark-plug fouling is unavailable in that mode. This is a useful simulator trade-off to understand before comparing engine behaviour between setups: changing the input option affects more than the physical convenience of moving a lever.
In your simulator
No released simulator product is listed for this aircraft in the developers reviewed. Announced products are excluded.
Manuals & resources
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Manual
Tiger Moth MSFS Pilot’s HandbookAnt's Airplanes · Ant’s Tiger Moth handbook background and cruise information.; Ant’s Tiger Moth handbook cockpit and simulation assignments.Developer documentation
ANT'Santsairplanes.com · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
Ant's Airplanes DH82 Tiger Moth
Ant's Airplanes · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Tiger Moth first flew in 1931 and became a widely used trainer.
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