Find aircraft background, systems descriptions and manuals for the aircraft you are researching. Each note keeps its source and version context close by.
Simulator manuals describe the developer’s implementation. Aircraft background is research-based; pilot accounts describe an individual’s experience. Coverage here is limited to the selected notes and linked resources, not the full contents of every manual.
Boeing 737-800 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Visible switches do not all imply working systems
Laminar's 737 guide documents hydraulic source controls and the STAB OUT OF TRIM indication. It also limits the pictured flight-control panel's implemented functionality to the yaw damper. That explicit note is useful when comparing the bundled 737 with a more extensively developed add-on.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,22,31
Boeing 737-800 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
Visible switches do not all imply working systems
Laminar's 737 guide documents hydraulic source controls and the STAB OUT OF TRIM indication. It also limits the pictured flight-control panel's implemented functionality to the yaw damper. That explicit note is useful when comparing the bundled 737 with a more extensively developed add-on.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,22,31
Boeing 737 family · PMDG · PMDG · MSFS 2024 · MSFS 2020
Control-wheel steering and hardware options
PMDG documents autopilot reversion to control-wheel steering when the simulated controls are displaced. An aircraft option can instead ignore hardware input during autopilot operation. The introduction also gives electric-trim travel limits that depend on the 737 body variant. These are useful configuration details when comparing how a particular aircraft responds to a desktop control setup.
MSFS introduction November 2022 · PDF p.30; AP reversion and electric-trim limits
737-800X · Zibo · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Use the maintainer's simulator-specific installation guidance
The Zibo maintainer distinguishes X-Plane 11 and 12 installation instructions and identifies official download and guide locations. That separation is useful for a frequently updated aircraft whose community references may discuss different simulator branches.
maintainer guide with historical thread date · maintainer first post; official download/guide links
Boeing 737 family
The first 737 flew in 1967. Boeing retained the six-abreast fuselage width familiar from its earlier jets while placing two engines under the wing. The aircraft subsequently developed through the Original, Classic, Next Generation and MAX generations.
That long development makes the variant suffix especially valuable. An early 737-200, a 737-800 and a 737 MAX do not share identical engines, displays or systems. Simulator products add another layer of variation, from bundled aircraft to specialist implementations with their own failures, options and documentation.
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747-8i (-8F) · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Passenger and freighter equipment are documented together
Working Title's 747-8 guide covers the passenger and freighter configurations, hydraulic pump controls and yaw-damper setup. The modern two-pilot cockpit is a separate reference from the classic 747-200. The document also explains the aircraft's preparation and flight-management interfaces in the simulator.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.17-19; systems preparation
747-400 Global Super Tanker · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The firefighting 747 has a separate guide
The Global SuperTanker guide documents autopilot engagement, disconnection and the separate warning-acknowledgement action. Its flight-management computer calculates take-off trim from loading. Those details belong to this specialist 747 configuration and its own source material.
document snapshot; exact installed package not observed · PDF pp6,22,32
747-400 LCF Dreamlifter · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The Dreamlifter differs behind the enlarged fuselage
The LCF guide states that the represented Dreamlifter has no auxiliary power unit. It also documents loading-based take-off trim and separate autopilot disconnect and warning-acknowledgement actions. The outsized cargo body is therefore not its only meaningful difference from a passenger 747.
document snapshot; exact installed package not observed · PDF pp7,22,32
747-8 Intercontinental · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
Boeing 747-400 and 747-100 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
The bundled 747 has separate documentation
Laminar's 747 guide describes the implemented cockpit and autopilot systems and identifies hydraulic-pump selections. It provides the source context for the bundled X-Plane aircraft, distinct from Felis's classic 747-200 and the MSFS 747-8 family.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.10,22,29
Boeing 747 family · Felis · Felis · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
A classic three-crew 747 simulation
Felis's 747-200 documentation describes custom autopilot and autoland systems, a separate autothrottle and extensive aircraft systems. The classic cockpit's analogue instruments and navigation equipment provide a different experience from the later 747-8. Release notes also distinguish handling changes for X-Plane 11 and 12, which matters when matching a report to an installed version.
747-200 Classic passenger; XP11 and XP12 listed · Systems; Requirements; Version history
Boeing 747 family
The 747 first flew in 1969 and entered airline service in 1970. Its broad main deck transformed the scale of passenger flying, while the elevated cockpit also suited a freighter with a nose-loading door. Passenger and cargo developments remained important throughout the programme.
The flight deck changed dramatically between classic three-crew 747s and later two-pilot aircraft. The 747-8 also brought a further wing and engine development. This page brings those generations together without treating the systems of a classic 747-200 as those of a modern 747-8.
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