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Emerald Scenery Design 1500R Sport · Emerald Scenery Design · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Simple controls and simulator assignments
The manual identifies pitch trim and no wing flaps. Its choke uses the simulator's Spoiler axis, so that assignment operates an engine control. The listed 55–65 mph cruise, 28–31 mph stall and 100 mph Vne retain their original mph units.
1500R Sport v1.2.0 manual; PDF pp.3–4, 9 and custom-variable tables
Emerald Scenery Design 1500R Sport · Emerald Scenery Design · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The v1.2.0 update
Emerald's v1.2.0 notes record trim-interaction and rod-length corrections for its MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 packages.
Product description and feature list
Mini-Max 1500R Sport
The 1500R Sport develops Wayne Ison's Mini-Max line, using wood truss construction and fabric covering. A streamlined cowling and spinner accompany its 40 hp two-stroke Rotax 447. The fixed 17-inch tyres have no suspension in the documented configuration.
Emerald offers separate MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 packages. Its manual identifies pitch trim and no wing flaps; the Spoiler axis operates the choke instead.
Mini-Max 1500R Sport
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a Japanese fighter of the Second World War, represented here by the A6M5 Model 52.
Smithsonian A6M5 Model 52 artifact measurements
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
An illustrated guide to the MU-2 cockpit
The MU-2's centre console carries an autopilot panel below the trim lever. The guide describes separate heading, localiser-capture, glideslope and altitude-hold modes. Selecting ALT holds the current altitude; a separate turn control commands bank, while the vertical-speed selector provides climb or descent control.
iniBuilds MU-2 manual v1.0.1, 9 September 2023; documented simulator behaviour · PDF p.24
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Choosing classic or modern radio equipment
The tablet can exchange the classic radios and transponder for a modern panel. The guide notes an electrical prerequisite for the modern instruments: both radio switches and the inverter switch must be on. Those switches supply power to the instruments.
iniBuilds MU-2 manual v1.0.1, 9 September 2023; documented simulator behaviour · PDF p.12
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Find a control through the built-in checklist
The 2023 guide documents simulator checklists with a view shortcut beside each item, taking the camera to the relevant control. It also provides an auto-complete option for working through an item more quickly.
iniBuilds MU-2 v1.0.1 · PDF p.7; MSFS 2020 interface
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Choosing classic or modern radio equipment
The tablet can exchange the classic radios and transponder for a modern panel. The guide notes an electrical prerequisite for the modern instruments: both radio switches and the inverter switch must be on. Those switches supply power to the instruments.
iniBuilds MU-2 manual v1.0.1, 9 September 2023; documented simulator behaviour · PDF p.12
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
An illustrated guide to the MU-2 cockpit
The MU-2's centre console carries an autopilot panel below the trim lever. The guide describes separate heading, localiser-capture, glideslope and altitude-hold modes. Selecting ALT holds the current altitude; a separate turn control commands bank, while the vertical-speed selector provides climb or descent control.
iniBuilds MU-2 manual v1.0.1, 9 September 2023; documented simulator behaviour · PDF p.24
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The original MSFS 2020 release
The October 2023 Famous Flyer 7 release offers the MU-2 in five liveries. This record identifies the Microsoft-published MSFS 2020 package.
2023-10-31 · release and package scope
Mitsubishi MU-2
The MU-2 first flew in 1963 and became a major postwar Japanese civil-aircraft programme. Two turboprops power its compact high-wing airframe, built in short- and long-fuselage versions.
Spoilers provide roll control, leaving extensive wing area available for flaps. The specification tables and simulator documentation identify the represented fuselage and equipment.
Aircraft / family
Mitsubishi MU-2: Addictive performance
Peter A. Bedell · 1 May 2011
