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Got Friends Taylorcraft BC-12D Winter · Got Friends · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Trim and cockpit options
An elevator-trim lever adjusts pitch trim. The manual lists no wing flaps; it assigns the simulator's Spoilers axis to carburettor heat. Rudder trim is a simulator convenience. The cockpit configuration determines whether the aircraft has the Classic radio installation or an optional GPS suite with KAP140 autopilot.
PDF5-6,8,17,22,24; PDF6 table image reviewed
Got Friends Taylorcraft BC-12D Sportsman · Got Friends · MSFS 2024
Trim and cockpit options
An elevator-trim lever adjusts pitch trim. The manual lists no wing flaps; it assigns the simulator's Spoilers axis to carburettor heat. Rudder trim is a simulator convenience. The cockpit configuration determines whether the aircraft has the Classic radio installation or an optional GPS suite with KAP140 autopilot.
PDF5-6,8,17,22,24; PDF6 table image reviewed
Taylorcraft BC-12D
The BC-12D configurations in Got Friends' manual span small Continental engines and several undercarriages. The Classic and Winter aircraft use the A65; Backcountry and Seafarer versions use the C85. Wheels, floats and skis adapt the same family to different operating surfaces.
The simulator's Classic radio panel has no autopilot. Optional GPS suites add a KAP140, while the later Sportsman configuration combines Classic styling with the C85 engine and its own flight dynamics.
Taylorcraft BC-12D
Tecnam P-Mentor
Tecnam presents the P-Mentor as a two-seat trainer capable of IFR instruction, including PBN/RNAV and autopilot training. Its published design page describes a tapered wing with a laminar-flow airfoil and a long-span slotted flap.
Tecnam P-Mentor manufacturer data
Tecnam P2006T · FlightSim Studio · FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020
The MKII pairs a customised G1000 with an STEC autopilot
FlightSim Studio lists a customised Working Title G1000 NXi, a WASM standby instrument and an STEC-55X autopilot. Its native MSFS 2024 version remains listed as in development.
Developer MKII feature and availability page, retrieved September 2026
Tecnam P2008 · AeroSachs · AeroSachs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Hiding the JC autopilot also switches it off
The earlier JC’s v1.2 notes say that hiding the autopilot automatically turns it off. Changing the visible panel also changes its operating state.
Earlier JC product changelog, v1.2
Tecnam P2010 · AeroSachs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Trim disconnect and autopilot master serve different functions
The v1.3 changelog separates AP Master from the yoke AP/Disc Trim button, which disengages the autopilot and disables elevator trim while pressed. Trim Disc separately enables or disables electric trim.
AeroSachs / erasam publisher changelog, v1.3
Tecnam P92 · AeroSachs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The later release restores the stock KAP140
After adding WTT autopilot logic in v1.7.1, the publisher restored the stock KAP140 in v1.7.5 for MSFS 2024 compatibility. The later entry defines the documented configuration.
Publisher changelog, v1.7.1 and v1.7.5
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76
Skyscenders 76 contains three fictional VSKYLABS aircraft for exploring X-Plane's terrain, weather and flight physics: the jet-and-rocket Spherescram, jet-powered VTOL MachBully and twin-turboprop VTOL Haboob-X.
The released package supports X-Plane 12. Version 1.x has no autopilot, and the developer documents limits to the hypersonic design's intended flight envelope. Their capabilities describe these simulator vehicles.
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 fictional aircraft
Vans Aircraft RV-10 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Printed mode labels do not prove the autopilot is engaged
The manual says TRK and ALT remain visible on the LCD even when their modes are off. AP couples or disables the autopilot; EXT is not modelled.
Laminar RV-10 manual, PDF pp.25–26
Vans Aircraft RV-10 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
A G1000-equipped homebuilt in X-Plane
Laminar's RV-10 guide documents stick controls, electric pitch-trim commands and a G1000/autopilot panel. That avionics choice identifies the represented homebuilt aircraft. A later special livery does not, by itself, establish a new control interface or different underlying aircraft systems.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.11,17,21
ViperJet · Aerobask · X-Plane 12
The EX has a configurable instrument panel
Aerobask lists an Avidyne EXP5000 with optional synthetic vision, a head-up display and a DFC90 autopilot. Screen instruments and the autopilot offer configurable popups and popouts.
ViperJet EX · X-Plane 12
