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McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
The guide’s load-sheet examples lead into the Weight, Balance & Fuel screen. It calls for centre of gravity, payload and the quantities in all three fuel tanks to be entered there.
MD-82 simulator guide · PDF pp.65–66; documented interface
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Laminar's guide identifies the MD-82's pitch-trim wheel and autopilot systems and provides illustrated cockpit locations. This guide covers the bundled aircraft. Rotate's MD-80 has separate systems documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.8,18,50
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
Laminar’s MD-82 guide directs the reader to the separate X-Plane FMS manual for the installed control-display units. The separate FMS manual covers the installed control-display units.
MD-82 simulator guide · PDF p.47; archived revision
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
The guide’s load-sheet examples lead into the Weight, Balance & Fuel screen. It calls for centre of gravity, payload and the quantities in all three fuel tanks to be entered there.
MD-82 simulator guide · PDF pp.65–66; documented interface
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
Laminar's guide identifies the MD-82's pitch-trim wheel and autopilot systems and provides illustrated cockpit locations. This guide covers the bundled aircraft. Rotate's MD-80 has separate systems documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.8,18,50
MD-80 · Rotate · X-Plane 12
The developer identifies the simulated variant as the MD-88, combining electronic flight instruments and two flight-management computers with remaining electromechanical gauges. The named engine model is the JT8D-219.
Rotate MD-80 Pro listing · X-Plane 12; captured September 2026
MD-80 · Rotate · X-Plane 12
The popup menu manages ground equipment, doors and fuel, cargo and passengers. A weight-and-balance section predicts centre of gravity at takeoff and landing, while the custom FMS supplies vertical-profile and time-and-fuel predictions.
Rotate MD-80 Pro developer feature list · captured September 2026
MD-80 · Rotate · X-Plane 12
Rotate's X-Plane 12 MD-80 v1.51 update, dated 22 March 2025, adds autoland and changes performance calculations. These features apply to the version identified in the release record.
document snapshot; exact installed package not observed · MD-80 v1.51 release entry, 2025-03-22
The MD-80 enlarged the DC-9 with a stretched fuselage, a larger wing and later JT8D engines. It first flew in 1979 and entered airline service in 1980, retaining the rear engines, T-tail and unobstructed wing.
MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and other versions differ in equipment and capabilities. The simulator manuals describe their represented cockpits and control-tab arrangements.
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Doug Ebersole’s recollection · 1 August 2019
Captain Jeff Johnston’s firsthand account · August 2008
Kevin R. Dingman · June 2016 · printed pp.22–23, PDF pp.24–25
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