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Flight Replicas DH.60G Gipsy Moth · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Folding wings and speed references
Wing folding is available only with the aircraft stationary. The handbook gives 85 mph cruise, 102 mph normal maximum and 125 mph dive figures, with their separate meanings retained.
DH.60G manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–4 Controls and Autopilot; p.11 handbook figures
de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
The DH.60 Moth developed as a 1920s two-seat touring and training biplane. Its wooden construction and folding wings suited club and private ownership, allowing the aircraft to occupy less hangar space.
Flight Replicas represents a restored DH.60G with a Gipsy II engine, radio, transponder and two-axis autopilot. Those modernised cockpit features sit alongside a control stick and pitch-trim lever.
de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
The Tiger Moth first flew in 1931 and became a widely used trainer. Its open tandem cockpits, biplane wings and fixed undercarriage made it a familiar setting for learning basic aircraft handling. Ant’s handbook recounts that background while documenting the particular aircraft configuration in its simulator rendition.
Pitch trim biases a spring rather than adjusting a trim tab. The aircraft also uses leading-edge slots with a locking arrangement. The slot locks and the trim spring each alter a different aspect of flying: one controls the availability of a wing device, while the other changes the force held on the control stick. They form a cockpit system that is more distinctive than its outwardly simple biplane shape suggests.
Tiger Moth background · Handbook configuration · Tiger Moth rendition
Flight Replicas DH.83 Fox Moth Wheels · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020
Wheel and float configurations
The handbook identifies a Gipsy Major, fixed gear and no flaps. Wheeled aircraft have no steerable tailwheel in this description, while the float fit has its own equipment. The shared manual leaves the Modified model's precise engine and control differences open.
DH.83 manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–4 cockpit and trim; pp.8–9 handbook figures
Flight Replicas DH.83 Fox Moth Wheels · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020
Cockpit and handbook figures
The developer cockpit identifies the stick and elevator-trim lever. The handbook quotes 50 mph takeoff, 66 mph climb, 94 mph cruise and 125 mph dive figures, whose labels and mph units are kept separate.
DH.83 manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–4 cockpit and trim; pp.8–9 handbook figures
Flight Replicas DH.83 Fox Moth Floats · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020
Wheel and float configurations
The handbook identifies a Gipsy Major, fixed gear and no flaps. Wheeled aircraft have no steerable tailwheel in this description, while the float fit has its own equipment. The shared manual leaves the Modified model's precise engine and control differences open.
DH.83 manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–4 cockpit and trim; pp.8–9 handbook figures
Flight Replicas DH.83 Fox Moth Floats · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020
Cockpit and handbook figures
The developer cockpit identifies the stick and elevator-trim lever. The handbook quotes 50 mph takeoff, 66 mph climb, 94 mph cruise and 125 mph dive figures, whose labels and mph units are kept separate.
DH.83 manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–4 cockpit and trim; pp.8–9 handbook figures
de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
The Fox Moth combined components from the Tiger Moth with a purpose-built wooden, plywood-covered fuselage for passenger flying. Designed in late 1931, its prototype flew on 29 January 1932. Gipsy Major power and folding wings accompanied the small transport layout.
Flight Replicas supplies standard, modified and float versions. Its handbook identifies direct stick controls and an elevator-trim lever; exact engine and control differences in the Modified model are not detailed by that shared handbook.
de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
Flight Replicas DH.85 Leopard Moth · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020
Yoke, trim and airbrake
The developer cockpit shows a yoke, pitch-trim lever and separate airbrake lever. Its handbook lists 119 mph cruise and calls for airbrake use below 80 mph. The 2,550 RPM for five minutes diving figure is an engine-speed limit, separate from the airspeed references.
DH.85 manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–5 cockpit and trim; p.11 handbook figures
de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth
The Leopard Moth succeeded the DH.80 Puss Moth with a lighter plywood structure while retaining the Gipsy Major engine. Its enclosed cabin seats three, beneath a high wing. The prototype flew on 27 May 1933.
Flight Replicas represents a restored aircraft with radio, transponder and autopilot equipment. Its cockpit has a yoke, a separate pitch-trim lever and an airbrake control.
de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth
de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
The Dragon Rapide was a wooden twin-engine biplane intended for short-range airline service with up to eight passengers. The de Havilland Aircraft Museum records civil and military production, with the military version known as the Dominie.
de Havilland Aircraft Museum DH89A reference
Flight Replicas DH.94 Moth Minor · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020
Trim, flaps and ground equipment
The manual identifies direct stick controls, a left-side pitch-trim lever and a flap lever. A fixed-pitch Gipsy engine and fixed tailwheel gear complete the configuration; the manual specifies no steerable tailwheel. Wing folding is a ground feature.
DH.94 manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–5 controls; pp.11–12 handbook figures