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Got Friends Taylorcraft BC-12D Sportsman · Got Friends · MSFS 2024
The Sportsman addition
Got Friends' 16 September 2026 post records version 1.0.1 adding a C85-powered Sportsman with Classic-style presentation and separate dynamics. It also reports MSFS 2024 PC and Xbox release, while the MSFS 2020 version was still pending.
Developer post1006 September16,2026
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 P2002 Sierra · AeroSachs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Nose and main-wheel fairings can be selected separately
Version 1.1.3 adds independent EFB options to show or hide the nose-wheel and main-wheel fairings. The same update corrects Trim Disconnect’s default to ON, giving the trim switch authority.
AeroSachs publisher changelog, v1.1.3
Tecnam P2002 Sierra · AeroSachs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The MSFS 2024 path uses compatibility mode
The publisher identifies a native MSFS 2020 aircraft running in MSFS 2024 through compatibility mode. Its v1.1.2 notes say the copilot avatar cannot be changed in MSFS 2024.
Publisher requirements and v1.1.2 changelog
Tecnam P2002 Sierra · AeroSachs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A published variable controls the choke animation
The v1.1.0 changelog names XMLVAR_ENGINE_LEVER_CHOKE_PULLED for controlling the choke animation. It does not establish a physical engine-state mapping or a particular hardware integration.
Publisher changelog, v1.1.0; identifier checked directly, animation scope retained
Tecnam P2002 Sierra
Tecnam introduced the two-seat, low-wing P2002 Sierra in the early 2000s. The P2002 JF simulator product has its own supported generations, and the specification tables identify the particular Sierra variant described by the source.
Light Sport: Tecnam Aircraft, Peppy Companions
Lynne Birmingham’s Sierra journey quoted in a 5 November 2007 feature
Pilot Report: Tecnam P2002JR
Alexis von Croy · 1 December 2012; text and photography credit in issue 12/2012
Tecnam Sierra — The Italian Job
Dan Johnson · 4 May 2007 publisher-index date. Original link currently redirects; report read in the indexed historical publisher page.
Tecnam P2006T · FlightSim Studio · FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020
Easy and Realistic modes change more than starting
Easy mode uses the default engine and start model, disables circuit breakers and omits persistence. Realistic mode adds custom starting, working breakers and saved aircraft state.
Developer MKII feature page; MSFS 2020 edition
Tecnam P2006T · FlightSim Studio · FlightSim Studio · MSFS 2020
The tablet brings together ground preparation
The tablet provides weight and balance, a walkaround, panel-state loading, ground power and an engine preheater. It also includes a moving map and Navigraph chart support.
Developer MKII feature page; MSFS 2020 edition