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Aeroplane Heaven’s Cessna 140 is a single-piston, high-wing taildragger with fixed landing gear. The rendition documents a four-position flap lever and an elevator trim tab on the starboard side.
C140 reference figures in the developer guide; individual engines and modifications vary.
Cessna 152 / Aerobat · Just Flight · Just Flight · X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11
The X-Plane 12 manual describes spark-plug fouling after prolonged low-power operation, vapour lock during a hot turnaround, and a battery that can be exhausted by electrical loads or repeated starting attempts. The EFB exposes engine-condition information and failure options. Ground equipment includes chocks and tie-downs that appear only with the aircraft stationary, engine stopped and parking brake applied. This description applies to the Just Flight/Thranda package.
C152 X-Plane 12 Operations Manual · PDF pp.26–27 · documented simulation features
The Skycatcher combines a two-seat high-wing airframe with under-panel control sticks. Cessna’s handbook explains that these move like floor-mounted sticks while leaving the cabin easier to enter. Cables and mechanical linkages operate the ailerons, elevator and rudder, with spring loading in the rudder system.
Electric pitch trim acts through a tab on the right elevator. A switch on the stick commands an elevator-mounted servo, and the Garmin G300 displays the trim position. The same handbook identifies optional automatic-flight equipment separately from the standard flight and engine displays.
Model 162 handbook configuration.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Airfoillabs · Airfoillabs · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Airfoillabs describes per-cylinder engine simulation, a custom electrical system and persistent wear in its C172 NG. The published features include tyres, brakes and structural damage, alongside an interactive walkaround and preserved aircraft state.
C172 NG Digital 1.6.2; XP12 · Flight model; electrical; engine/fuel/gear; versions
The Skyhawk developed from the tailwheel Cessna 170, adopting tricycle landing gear. The first 172 flew in 1955. Its combination of a practical cabin, fixed undercarriage and straightforward layout helped make it a familiar aircraft for personal flying and instruction.
The 172's long history includes different engines, panels and equipment. That variety is especially visible in simulation: a conventional-instrument aircraft, a G1000-equipped version and an add-on with persistent maintenance systems offer different experiences despite sharing the same basic silhouette.
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The Cessna 182 is a single-engine, high-wing, four-seat aircraft.
Normally aspirated current Skylane; not the Turbo or RG variant
The 188 family is quite different from the high-wing touring singles usually associated with Cessna. A low wing and working-load hopper serve its agricultural purpose, while the pilot sits high behind the engine and load area. Production ran from the 1960s into the early 1980s.
Agwagon, Agtruck and related names identify developments within the family. The simulated Agtruck represents this agricultural branch and its mission equipment.
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The Cessna 190 and 195 were developed as enclosed-cabin general aviation aircraft after the Second World War. Their radial engines and rounded cowlings set them apart from the later flat-engine Cessna singles. The high wing and conventional landing gear complete a distinctly period outline.
The Businessliner name reflects the intended role as practical personal and company transport. Its combination of a substantial cabin and a single radial engine places it between the smaller club aeroplanes and the twin-engine executive transports of the same era.
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Bill Cox interviews Rick Farrow · 13 July 2015
The Cessna 310 is a piston twin with a low wing, retractable landing gear and a side-by-side cabin cockpit. Blackbird’s 310R documentation places it in Cessna’s 1950s light-twin lineage and notes that the last 310R left the factory in 1981. Its twin engines, propeller controls and fuel management add another layer of cockpit work to the familiar yoke-and-pedal arrangement.
The 310R guide identifies dual yokes, electric pitch trim and separate pitch, roll and yaw trim wheels. The KAP140 automatic-flight system is part of that rendition.
Blackbird 310R · Separate Digital Replica and Blackbird products
Cessna 337 Skymaster · Thranda · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The listing describes distinct front- and rear-engine sounds, individual circuit breakers and weather effects on the windscreen. Its version history records fixes for cargo-pod persistence and cowl flaps moving without electrical power. The gathered release is version 1.0.5, dated February 2023, for X-Plane 11 and 12.
Designated store · product description and version history
The Skymaster places its engines on the aircraft centreline, with the rear propeller between twin tail booms. That layout makes it immediately recognizable beside conventional twins with wing-mounted engines. The military O-2 developed from the 337. The simulator products represent the civil Skymaster, with photographed and documented variants identified separately.
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