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H125 · CowanSim · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Separate controls for trim, hydraulics and mission equipment
The X-Plane H125 manual identifies cyclic trim, force-trim release and autopilot-off controls. It also describes the collective-mounted hydraulic switch and separate sling-load and servo-test controls. These functions have distinct purposes even when a desktop setup assigns several of them to buttons on the same device.
Cowan H125 guide copyright 2022 · PDF pp.8,21-24
An-225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Six engines and a specialised loading interface
The An-225 guide shows separate pitch, roll and yaw trim controls and indicators, together with autopilot and hydraulic panels. Its electronic flight bag covers loading and ground services as well as navigation-related information. These features give the simulator aircraft practical context beyond its exceptional physical size.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.14-17,32
206 family · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Two different meanings of trim
On Cowan's 206B3, engine trim adjusts the governed rotor-speed setting, while rotor trim changes the cyclic trim state. The latter has its own reset binding. Keeping the two separate avoids treating a rotor-RPM adjustment as a change to the cyclic controls. The guide also records the hydraulic-switch binding limitation for this version.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.4-5,9
206 family · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
LongRanger controls have their own guide
The 206L3 manual separately documents engine-RPM trim, longitudinal and lateral cyclic trim, and cyclic trim reset. It also identifies a hydraulic-switch hardware-binding limitation. The longer cabin does not make the LongRanger's instructions interchangeable with every JetRanger package.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.4-5,9
B-206 · FlyInside · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A developer-specific helicopter model
FlyInside's Bell 206 guide describes its own helicopter operation, including longitudinal and lateral force-trim bindings, governor adjustment and a hydraulic switch. The manual discusses the changing corrections needed as speed changes. Its controls and flight model should be identified as FlyInside's implementation rather than inferred from the bundled helicopter.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.11,17,21
UH-1H / B205A-1 · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Read the simulation notes beside the real-system description
Taog's v1.0.6 manual explains the Huey's hydraulic assistance and magnetic/spring force-trim devices, then explicitly marks hydraulic-control and force-trim support as not simulated in that documented release. This is a version-specific distinction: the description of the real mechanism is not evidence that the add-on implements it, and this manual does not describe the separate first-party Huey package.
UH-1H/B205A-1 manual v1.0.6 · PDF p.27; HYD CONT and FORCE TRIM rows
707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Control tabs and hydraulic assistance share the aircraft
Working Title's 707 manual describes elevator and aileron control tabs, a hydraulically boosted rudder and roll spoilers. Outboard ailerons lock out with the flaps up. The stabiliser has manual and electric trim controls with a motion indication. This mix is a useful example of why an airliner cannot always be assigned one simple label such as fully hydraulic controls.
707-320C manual v4.1; Working Title/MSFS2024 · PDF pp.75,100-106; chapters9,14
727 Series Professional · FlyJSim · X-Plane 11
Period autopilots and hydraulic flight controls
FlyJSim's 727 v3 documentation distinguishes FD108 and SP150 autopilot installations. It also describes custom control-surface behaviour for hydraulic pressure, blow-down and standby operation. Those details help explain the aircraft as a period trijet with its own systems, rather than a modern Boeing cockpit behind analogue instrument faces.
727 Series Professional v3 · Study Level Systems and Dynamics
Boeing 737-800 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Visible switches do not all imply working systems
Laminar's 737 guide documents hydraulic source controls and the STAB OUT OF TRIM indication. It also limits the pictured flight-control panel's implemented functionality to the yaw damper. That explicit note is useful when comparing the bundled 737 with a more extensively developed add-on.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,22,31
Boeing 737-800 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
Visible switches do not all imply working systems
Laminar's 737 guide documents hydraulic source controls and the STAB OUT OF TRIM indication. It also limits the pictured flight-control panel's implemented functionality to the yaw damper. That explicit note is useful when comparing the bundled 737 with a more extensively developed add-on.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,22,31
747-8i (-8F) · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Passenger and freighter equipment are documented together
Working Title's 747-8 guide covers the passenger and freighter configurations, hydraulic pump controls and yaw-damper setup. The modern two-pilot cockpit is a separate reference from the classic 747-200. The document also explains the aircraft's preparation and flight-management interfaces in the simulator.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.17-19; systems preparation
Boeing 747-400 and 747-100 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
The bundled 747 has separate documentation
Laminar's 747 guide describes the implemented cockpit and autopilot systems and identifies hydraulic-pump selections. It provides the source context for the bundled X-Plane aircraft, distinct from Felis's classic 747-200 and the MSFS 747-8 family.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.10,22,29
