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The XA41, also called Sbach 300, has a single-seat cockpit, 315 hp piston engine and fixed landing gear. Vertigo Design represents it separately from the tandem-seat XA42 / Sbach 342.
XtremeAir XA41
Top Mach Studios represents both YF-23A prototypes. PAV-1 uses YF119 engines and PAV-2 uses YF120 engines, with different performance. The simulated aircraft has custom fly-by-wire controls, retractable landing gear and automatic flaperons that also participate in yaw control and speedbraking.
YF-23A PAV-1 / PAV-2
Nemeth Designs Yakovlev Yak-18T · Nemeth Designs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The manual specifies the 360 hp M14P and a variable-pitch propeller. Its cockpit illustration identifies landing-gear controls, a flap lock and the STAU autopilot switch. The short manual does not detail the trim axes or linkage.
Yak-18T manual; PDF pp.1–2 specifications and cockpit diagram
The Yak-18T in Nemeth's manual is a civil four-seat aircraft powered by a 360 hp, nine-cylinder M14P radial engine. Its variable-pitch propeller, retractable landing gear and flap control form the represented configuration.
The cockpit layout labels the gear controls, flap lock and STAU autopilot switch. The short manual gives a 108-knot cruise figure but leaves the exact trim axes unresolved.
Yakovlev Yak-18T
Virtavia's Yak-52 trainer has retractable landing gear and flaps. The MSFS manual describes pitch trim and a preset roll bias for runway flight.
Yakovlev Yak52
The Zenith CH 701 is an all-metal light aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
STOL CH 701: Zenith 1,100 lb gross-weight configuration
Ed Fisher designed the Zippy Sport light aircraft.
Zippy Sport airframe · Rara-Avis Zippy Sport MSFS model
Edge 540 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Zivko's Edge 540 combines a compact low-wing airframe with a powerful piston engine for competition aerobatics. It later became closely associated with the Red Bull Air Race. The Edge 540T is a tandem-seat development.
Race modifications and competition setups can differ between individual aircraft; the simulator product identifies its represented version and equipment.
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Melissa Pemberton interview · 15 July 2009
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Team account with Michael Goulian’s remarks · 12 July 2017
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