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FlightFX Hawker 800XP · FlightFX · MSFS 2024
Speed limits in the manual
The manual gives a Mach 0.80 limit, flap limits of 220, 175 and 165 KIAS, and a 220 KIAS gear limit. VMO varies with the ventral-fuel configuration; the published 447–449-knot maximum cruise figures describe a different performance measure.
v1.1 PDF pp206-211; PDF pp213-218; PDF p66 and274-277; PDF p36 table visually inspected; pp93-94
Hawker 800XP
The Hawker 800XP's primary controls use cables with geared, horn and mass balancing. An elevator spring and G-weight accompany its trim tabs. Hydraulic power operates accessories and the stick pusher, while electric, autopilot and Mach trim share the pitch servomotor.
FlightFX's documentation separates the normal flap settings from the ground-only lift-dump position. It also gives the flight-guidance controls and stall-protection interlocks their own descriptions.
Hawker 800XP
Hawker Fury Mk I
The Fury Mk I is a single-engine biplane fighter with an open cockpit and fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Aeroplane Heaven presents it alongside the naval Nimrod, retaining separate aircraft identities while explaining their related cockpit and control arrangements. The two-plane wing structure, conventional tail and absence of a flap system put the Fury’s configuration firmly within its biplane fighter generation.
The manual documents an elevator trim wheel. Pitch trim lets the pilot reduce a continuous stick load as power and speed change, while the main stick continues to command the flight surfaces. The land-based Fury should be read in its own scope; the Nimrod’s naval fittings belong to the other member of the package.
Fury rendition described in the combined developer manual; Nimrod dimensions are not used.
Hawker Hunter Mk.58
SwissMilSim represents the Hunter Mk.58 with powered pitch and roll controls and automatic stabiliser gearing. The MSFS 2024 product offers historical liveries and external tanks.
Hawker Hunter Mk.58 · SwissMilSim Hunter Mk.58 flight manual
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
The Hurricane Mk I entered RAF service in 1937 as an eight-gun monoplane fighter. Its combination of a monoplane wing with a fabric-covered rear fuselage reflects the transition from earlier construction methods to the faster fighters of the late 1930s. The RAF Museum’s Battle of Britain material describes Hurricanes as more numerous than Spitfires during that campaign.
Hurricane Mk I · Aeroplane Heaven implementation
Hawker Nimrod Mk II
The Nimrod Mk II is the naval biplane fighter in Aeroplane Heaven’s Fury/Nimrod package. Its documented configuration combines a single piston engine, open cockpit, fixed tailwheel gear and elevator trim wheel. The related land-based Fury is listed separately in the package.
Nimrod II configuration described by the developer; not the Fury airframe.
ES-30 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
A later update addressed flight-director indication
Sim Update 5 reports a correction to the discrepancy between the flight director and pitch indication with the autopilot engaged.
MSFS 2024 1.7.27.0 · 30 April 2026; does not establish resolution of every reported autopilot issue
Heart Aerospace ES-30
Heart Aerospace replaced its 19-seat ES-19 proposal with the 30-seat ES-30 concept in 2022. The proposed airliner combines electric propulsion with a hybrid system intended to extend its operating flexibility. Heart unveiled its full-scale X1 demonstrator in 2024.
Microsoft Flight Simulator represents the ES-30 as a developing aircraft concept. X1 is a demonstrator; its configuration and test flights do not establish the production airliner's eventual performance.
Aircraft / family
He 162 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Early jet handling in the VSKYLABS He 162
The released He 162 simulation explores first-generation jet handling, including engine and airframe failures from mishandling. The project’s documented behaviours are specific to the simulation.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
Heinkel He 162
The He 162 was built during the closing stages of the Second World War, among the first generation of jet fighters. A single jet engine sits above its compact fuselage.
VSKYLABS' simulation explores early jet handling and operating limits, including developer-modelled engine and airframe failures caused by mishandling.
He 162 A-2: Smithsonian preserved-aircraft record
Helio Courier H-295
The Helio Courier H-295 is a high-wing utility aircraft designed for short-field operation. Upside Down Aviation represents it with GNS 430 and GTR 225 avionics in a product specifically for MSFS 2024 on PC.
Helio Courier H-295
Nemeth Designs Hiller UH-12B Civil Utility · Nemeth Designs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Nemeth rendition
Nemeth's product title names the UH-12B and support for MSFS 2020 and 2024. The public product description does not detail the RotorMatic servo-paddle or trim mechanisms.
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