Research aircraft and systems

NAMC YS-11 ↗Pilot account

PBA YS-11 ferry flight from Malta to Miami

Nancy Zeglin recollection, published by David P. Henderson · May 1984 ferry flight

NAMC YS-11 ↗Pilot account

YS-11 data: TomConard’s Piedmont recollection

TomConard · 4 May 2006, post 3 · self-reported former Piedmont first officer

NAMC YS-11 ↗Pilot account

The last Dart-powered YS-11FC flight

Tadayuki Yoshikawa reporting · captain 渡邉 潤一 interviewed after the 17 March 2021 final flight

NH Acro

NHAdrian designed NH Acro as a fictional manned multicopter for X-Plane. An electronic flight controller stabilises the aircraft, while variable-pitch propellers provide its aerobatic capability. The simulation models individual motors, electronic speed controllers and batteries, along with a ballistic recovery system.

NH Acro

NISUS gyroplane ↗Simulator documentation

NISUS · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12

NISUS avionics in X-Plane 12

The X-Plane 12 NISUS has simplified NESIS III-style instruments and an optional head-up display. VSKYLABS records approval for its independent development from Jokertrike.

Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14

NISUS gyroplane ↗Research-based aircraft background

NISUS gyroplane

The NISUS has an enclosed cabin, an autorotating main rotor for lift and a separate propeller for forward thrust.

VSKYLABS' X-Plane 12 aircraft includes simplified NESIS III-style avionics and an optional head-up display. Those instruments belong to the simulator implementation.

NISUS published Rotax 915 iS configuration

Nieuport 17

The Nieuport 17 developed from the Nieuport 11 into a First World War fighter with a smaller lower wing beneath its main upper wing. Big Radials’ history section records its introduction in March 1916 and its early presence on the French-German front. That unequal-wing, or sesquiplane, arrangement is a central part of its recognizable outline.

The documented simulator cockpit has mechanical stick control, a rotary piston engine, fixed wheels and a tailskid. Its blip switch interrupts combustion rather than behaving like a modern throttle. The complete cockpit layout in the manual contains no in-flight trim control, flap installation or wheel brakes, leaving the pilot with the basic stick, pedals and engine controls.

Manual history · Nieuport 17 · Big Radials configuration

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Simulator documentation

Nieuport 24 — original MSFS release · Flysimware · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Rotary-era controls

The aircraft uses a blip switch alongside throttle and mixture controls. Flysimware’s manual identifies the fuel-pressure gauge, hand pump, starter handcrank and cockpit clipboard. The manual shows where these controls are located.

Manual cockpit and panel sections

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Simulator documentation

Nieuport 24 — original MSFS release · Flysimware · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Original release and platform scope

This is the original MSFS release, listed by Flysimware in its 2020/2024 catalogue. The native-2024 package is documented separately; its later wear and preflight features should not be assumed to belong to this product.

Official 2020 product description

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Simulator documentation

Nieuport 24 — native MSFS 2024 · Flysimware · MSFS 2024

Rotary-era controls

The aircraft uses a blip switch alongside throttle and mixture controls. Flysimware’s manual identifies the fuel-pressure gauge, hand pump, starter handcrank and cockpit clipboard. The manual shows where these controls are located.

Manual cockpit and panel sections

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Simulator documentation

Nieuport 24 — native MSFS 2024 · Flysimware · MSFS 2024

Preflight and aircraft wear

The native 2024 product adds wear tracking, surface dirt effects and preflight inspection items. Flysimware lists control-surface checks and removable covers, and identifies a separate 2024 manual. Its published engine ratings differ between the product description and manual, so no single rating is inferred here.

Official 2024 product description

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Research-based aircraft background

Nieuport 24 / 24bis

The Nieuport 24 developed the French scout family with a revised fuselage and tail, retaining the small lower wing and V-shaped struts of its sesquiplane layout. The 24bis used an earlier-style tail.

The aircraft served as a fighter and advanced trainer in the First World War. Modern reproductions can use different engines and materials; the selected pilot account concerns a reproduction.