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Find aircraft background, systems descriptions and manuals for the aircraft you are researching. Each note keeps its source and version context close by.

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Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun ↗Simulator documentation

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020

The leading-edge slats are part of the model

The developer describes functional leading-edge slats and use of Microsoft’s CFD implementation for the wing, controls and propeller. The developer documents these features; their runtime behaviour has not been independently assessed in this entry.

MSFS2020 developer description

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun ↗Simulator documentation

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020

Fuel behaviour has a dedicated implementation

The feature list identifies a functional fuel system using Microsoft Flight Simulator’s newer fuel mechanics. This establishes the developer’s stated implementation, without inventing exposed variables or hardware mappings.

Bf108 MSFS2020 feature list

Mil Mi-2 ↗Research-based aircraft background

Mil Mi-2

The Mi-2 began as a Soviet design for a turbine-powered successor to the Mi-1. Licensed production moved to Poland in the 1960s, and the Polish Aviation Museum records a range of civil and military versions, including transport, rescue and survey roles.

Mi-2; Polish Aviation Museum SN-02XP reference

SourcePolish Aviation Museum ↗Polish Aviation Museum