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A300-600R · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Trim and hydraulics in the A300 cockpit
The iniBuilds A300 guide identifies paired pitch-trim wheels, rudder-trim controls and hydraulic controls, and describes the flight-phase use of the autopilot. The dedicated guide keeps the A300's represented systems separate from the later Airbus sidestick families.
document snapshot; exact installed package not observed · PDF pp14-15,39; pedestal, overhead, climb checklist
A310-300 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
A pre-sidestick Airbus flight deck
The A310 guide covers hydraulic-system checks, pitch trim and yaw-damper activation in the context of inertial-reference alignment. It also documents rudder trim. These separate controls are part of the aircraft's older Airbus cockpit architecture, distinct from the automatic-trim sidestick family that followed.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.16-19; after-start preparation
A310-300 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
A pre-sidestick Airbus flight deck
The A310 guide covers hydraulic-system checks, pitch trim and yaw-damper activation in the context of inertial-reference alignment. It also documents rudder trim. These separate controls are part of the aircraft's older Airbus cockpit architecture, distinct from the automatic-trim sidestick family that followed.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.16-19; after-start preparation
A321LR · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Hydraulic architecture appears in the cockpit documentation
The A321 guide explains the relationship between engine-start preparation and the yellow hydraulic system's brake-accumulator supply. That is a concrete systems connection within this implementation, rather than a generic A320-family checklist copied onto a longer aircraft.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.68; engine-start preparation
A330 (-200, -300, 300P2F) · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The -200 and -300 have different fuel arrangements
The iniBuilds A330 guide distinguishes the -200's centre-tank configuration from the -300 and describes the horizontal-stabiliser trim tank. It also covers hydraulic preparation and engine-specific indications. The family contains different engine and airframe combinations, so the manual's variant labels are useful throughout the systems reference.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.77,114; variants
A330-743L Beluga XL · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The BelugaXL has a dedicated operating guide
The BelugaXL's oversized transport role comes with a separately published cockpit and operating guide. It includes its own hydraulic-system preparation. The relationship to the A330 provides family context, while the developer's XL guide identifies the actual simulated aircraft and its specialised configuration.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.77; engine-start preparation
Airbus A330-300 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Sidestick commands and automatic trim
Laminar's A330 guide explains load-factor-related sidestick behaviour, automatic trim and its relationship to bank and load conditions. It also identifies three hydraulic systems. These descriptions apply to Laminar's implementation and are not substituted for ToLiss or iniBuilds documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,24; FBW behavior
A330-900 · ToLiss · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Flight-control laws, hydraulics and fuel transfer
ToLiss documents normal, alternate and direct control laws for its A330, alongside hydraulic-flow and surface hinge-moment modelling. Fuel transfers can change centre of gravity. The v1.1 change log also distinguishes simulator branches, retaining X-Plane 11 support while adapting weather-radar behaviour for X-Plane 12. Internal force calculations are not automatically exported control-force telemetry.
A330-900; release sections versioned independently · Systems and change log; v1.1
A340-600 · ToLiss · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Hydraulic failures change what surfaces can do
ToLiss describes hydraulic-actuator flow, hinge moments and control surfaces that can float after failures. The A340 also models reversion between fly-by-wire laws. These features make failure state part of the systems description, rather than treating every control surface as a permanently available response to the pilot's input.
A340-600 product specification · Accurate systems
Airbus A340-600
The A340 shared substantial programme work with the A330 but used four engines for long-haul operations. The initial -200 and -300 were followed by the much larger -500 and -600 developments, which brought different engines and significant airframe changes.
The stretched A340-600 is therefore not simply an A330 with two extra engines. Its dimensions, fuel system and equipment deserve their own reference. ToLiss's simulator documentation describes the specific flight-control and hydraulic modelling of its implementation.
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A380X · FlyByWire · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Fuel trim and flight controls are different systems
FlyByWire's A380X documentation separates trim-tank fuel management from the flight-control checks performed with the sidestick. It also identifies autopilot engagement and hydraulic shutdown procedures. Keeping those meanings of trim separate is useful when exploring a large, highly automated aircraft.
SOP snapshot; dated pages; installed aircraft build not observed · PDF pp13,29,40,83; after-start control check and climb
H125 · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Cyclic trim and control assignments
The MSFS H125 guide documents longitudinal and lateral rotor trim together with a separate trim-reset binding. It also records a discrepancy between the hydraulic switch's cockpit operation and its hardware binding in this manual version. The developer's mapping pages are the appropriate reference when connecting external controls.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.4,7
