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JU 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The linked 2022 MSFS 2020 manual illustrates a shared trim/flap wheel. It provides background for the aircraft family; this older document does not establish unchanged MSFS 2024 controls.
Legacy documentation · MSFS 2024 package interface remains unverified
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The shared wheel adjusts either trim or flaps. The clutch selects its function; the manual explicitly says the other adjustment is unavailable while that function is engaged.
MSFS 2020 manual · page 20
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The historical cockpit has a heading clutch, heading selector and separate autopilot master and emergency stop. The manual describes course holding only.
MSFS 2020 manual · pages 14–15; no altitude-hold claim
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Oil quantity indications are on each engine. Left and right fuel quantities are indicated on the corresponding outer engines.
MSFS 2020 manual · page 22
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The Normalgas control distinguishes normal throttle travel from the full-power position beyond the stop. Both cockpit layouts show this control.
MSFS 2020 manual · pages 9,18
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The modern layout includes HSI, RMI and DME indications with radios on a pedestal. The 1939 layout has its own course-pointer and heading controls.
MSFS 2020 manual · pages 6–15
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The September 2021 announcement introduced the Ju 52 as the first Local Legend. Microsoft describes scanning a preserved aircraft and consulting a pilot while developing the recreation.
2021-09-28 · release and package scope
The Ju 52 began as a civil transport, with the three-engine Ju 52/3m becoming the familiar version. Fixed gear, a thick wing and corrugated skin accompanied airline and extensive military transport service.
Versions differed in engines, equipment and roles. The period cockpit includes a combined trim-and-flap control mechanism described in the simulator documentation.
Aircraft / family
Pilot’s own reports from 2011 and 2013
Hennes Bonsmann’s recollections · 20 July 2013
Victor Nitu and Claudiu Stumer · May 2002
17 September 2003 · tapes 4 and 9
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