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British Aerospace Jetstream 32 ↗Simulator documentation

Jetstream 32 · JRollon · X-Plane 11

Released product and variants

Javier Rollón’s X-Plane version centres on custom aircraft systems and manual or assisted engine starts. His development account describes building the aircraft’s C++ systems after completing the CRJ200, and later updating its materials and avionics for X-Plane 11.

Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14

British Aerospace Jetstream 32 ↗Research-based aircraft background

British Aerospace Jetstream 32

The Jetstream 32 puts two turboprops on a low wing around a narrow passenger cabin. Its regional-airline role brings engine management, pressurisation and short-sector flying together in a compact aircraft.

Javier Rollón’s X-Plane version centres on custom aircraft systems and manual or assisted engine starts. His development account describes building the aircraft’s C++ systems after completing the CRJ200, and later updating its materials and avionics for X-Plane 11.

Jetstream 32 indicative EUROCONTROL data

Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander ↗Research-based aircraft background

Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander

The Trislander developed the Britten-Norman Islander into a three-engine passenger aircraft. The British Airliner Collection identifies its preserved 1977 example as having carried passengers and served as an air ambulance.

ZK-LOU as documented by the investigator; cabin layout is aircraft-specific.

SourceAirliners - The British Airliner Collection ↗British Airliner Collection
Britten-Norman BN2T-4S Defender 4000 ↗Research-based aircraft background

Britten-Norman BN2T-4S Defender 4000

The Defender 4000 is the larger BN2T-4S member of Britten-Norman’s turbine utility-aircraft line. A manufacturer specification describes increased capacity and all-up weight, with twin Rolls-Royce 250 engines and three-blade propellers on the listed airframe. The familiar high-wing utility layout has become a platform for civil, military and surveillance equipment.

BN2T-4S MSN 4011, manufacturer specification dated January 2022; individual-aircraft fit.

Britten-Norman Islander ↗Simulator documentation

Britten-Norman Islander · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12

TorqueSim offers piston and turbine Islanders

TorqueSim describes separate BN-2B and BN-2T packages, respectively using Lycoming piston engines and Allison 250 turboprops, with X-Plane 12 support. Its published feature list includes custom fuel and electrical systems, individual breakers, persistent switches and a load manager.

Gathered TorqueSim page · two distinct represented versions

CAC Boomerang ↗Research-based aircraft background

CAC Boomerang

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation developed the Boomerang to meet Australia’s urgent wartime need for a fighter. The project drew on experience with the Wirraway and produced a single-seat, low-wing aircraft powered by a Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp radial engine.

The first Boomerang flew in May 1942, and the aircraft became particularly associated with supporting ground forces. Microsoft’s Local Legend 24 represents the type as a separately released simulator aircraft.

RAAF CA-13 Boomerang reference

CGS Hawk Arrow II ↗Research-based aircraft background

CGS Hawk Arrow II

Chuck Slusarczyk developed the Hawk from his experience with hang gliders and early powered ultralights. The engine and propeller sit behind the cabin, leaving the view ahead unobstructed. The family includes both single-seat and tandem two-seat aircraft.

The Arrow II in MSFS is the two-seat development described by its own manual. Its cockpit includes stick-mounted trim controls and separate hand-operated brake levers. The family photograph depicts a single-seat Hawk.

Aircraft / family

SourceCGS Hawk ↗Wikipedia contributors
CRZ Studio Chinook SJ ↗Research-based aircraft background

CRZ Studio Chinook SJ

CRZ Studio’s Chinook SJ is a fixed-wing ultralight with a 64-hp Rotax 582 UL pusher engine. The developer documents modelled mechanical control linkages and a native MSFS 2024 rendition. This is the Chinook ultralight, a separate aircraft from the Boeing tandem-rotor helicopter.

CRZ Chinook SJ · Developer configuration · CRZ rendition

Camair 480 Twin Navion ↗Simulator documentation

Hangar Studios 713 Camair 480 Twin Navion · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Twin-engine cockpit and configuration

The manual describes the two 240 hp O-470B installations, constant-speed propellers, retractable landing gear and flaps. Pitch and rudder controls are identified on the pedestal. The KAP140 and optional navigator choices form the documented avionics fit.

Developer manual PDF1/6/13/35, cockpit page13 visually reviewed

SourceDeveloper Navion manual ↗Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx
Camair 480 Twin Navion ↗Research-based aircraft background

Camair 480 Twin Navion

The Camair 480 Twin Navion in Hangar Studios 713's manual uses two 240 hp Continental O-470B engines and constant-speed propellers. Its landing gear retracts, and pitch and rudder controls are grouped on the pedestal.

The simulator includes a KAP140 autopilot and optional navigators. Later trim-indicator additions change the available cockpit information; the product is documented as an MSFS 2020 aircraft with MSFS 2024 backwards compatibility.

Camair 480 Twin Navion

SourceDeveloper Navion manual ↗Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx