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Diamond DA50 · Aerobask · X-Plane 12
The retractable single’s simulated systems
Aerobask’s DA50 RG models the Continental CD-300 configuration, with customised FADEC/ECU testing, oxygen, ice protection and functioning circuit breakers whose reliability can be configured. The cockpit combines an enhanced Laminar G1000 with custom engine displays, annunciations and a separately coded MD302 standby module.
Gathered developer page · X-Plane 12 listing; revision not stated
Diamond DA50
Diamond first presented the DA50 project in 2006 and flew it in April 2007. Several engine proposals formed part of its development history. Certification followed in 2020 with the Continental CD-300 diesel installation. The historical specifications distinguish the earlier prototypes from this later production configuration.
Diamond DA62
The DA62 expanded Diamond's touring-aircraft range with a larger twin-engine cabin. Its long wing, slim engine nacelles and retractable landing gear follow the company's composite-airframe design language. Cabin seating depends on configuration, with arrangements extending beyond a conventional four-seat light aircraft.
Engine management and integrated avionics are central to the type's identity. The simulator products describe their own engine controls and cockpit functions.
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Dorand G.20
René Dorand’s G.20 was an experimental helicopter developed around coaxial rotors and two Renault engines. The prototype survived the interruption of the Second World War and reached ground testing, but did not fly.
VSKYLABS’ Dorand D20 is a released freeware interpretation for X-Plane 12. It explores how the unusual design might have behaved, so the simulator’s flight characteristics are explicitly conceptual.
Dorand G.20 configuration described by VSKYLABS
Dornier 228
The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop utility transport with an unpressurized cabin. NASA’s early description distinguishes a 15-passenger 228-100 from the 19-passenger 228-200 and identifies TPE331-5 engines with four-blade propellers. The two cabin lengths provided a small-airliner and utility platform within the same programme.
Early Do 228-100/200 configuration in NASA's contemporary review.
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Two engines on one centreline
The November 2023 guide documents the MSFS 2020 Wal’s separate engine controls. It provides cockpit background; this older manual does not establish unchanged MSFS 2024 controls.
Legacy guide; MSFS 2024 interface remains unverified
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Choose cockpit starting or the wing-mounted crank
The guide offers cockpit starting controls and an alternative crank reached from the left wing. These reproduce different parts of starting the engines in the simulation.
November 2023 MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 3–6
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Keep the guarded cut-off switch in its normal position
The NETZAUSSCHALTER interrupts power and engine fuel supply. The guide’s normal state is pushed in, with the cover closed.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 16
Dornier Do J Wal
The Wal, German for whale, became an important Dornier flying-boat design. Its engines were arranged in a tractor-and-pusher pair, with one propeller facing forward and the other aft. The hull and stabilising side structures reflect its water-based transport role.
Civilian, military and long-distance expedition aircraft used the basic design. It offers an unusual comparison with later flying boats: two engines share the centreline rather than occupying separate wing nacelles, and the cockpit belongs to the early years of long-range aerial navigation.
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Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Managing twelve engines in the simulator
The linked August 2023 guide explains the MSFS 2020 engine controls. It provides equipment background; this older manual does not establish unchanged MSFS 2024 controls.
Legacy guide; MSFS 2024 interface remains unverified
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The LOTSE panel controls the anchor and tug
The tug requires all engines off and wind below 10 knots. With tug operation enabled, separate knobs set towing speed and direction. The same panel controls the anchor.
August 2023 MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 4–5
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
An automatic start can bring all twelve engines online
Hold an Engine Autostart switch in Start for three seconds to begin the sequence. The guide also supplies a separate manual starting procedure.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 6–11
