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SA315B Lama · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020
The guide acknowledges incomplete yaw response when lowering collective, shaking sling equipment and an abrupt response above platforms. The archived guide records these limitations without describing later versions.
Gathered Lama manual · PDF p.20
SA315B Lama · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020
Taog provides regular and beginner flight-model choices for the Lama. The water-bucket system changes the carried payload as it fills and empties, and the guide identifies the simulator binding used for pickup and release. These options apply to Taog's package.
Archived Lama flight manual · PDF p.19; Flight models
SA315B Lama · Philip Ubben / Khamsin · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The listed automatic checklist can guide the camera to switches and provide spoken accompaniment. The tablet also offers a power-management helper and controls for visible equipment, reflections and cockpit vibration.
X-Plane 12 developer listing · captured September 2026
SA315B Lama · Philip Ubben / Khamsin · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The package listing includes a rescue winch that changes the load-rope attachment point, a working load scale and an adjustable Nightsun searchlight. Doors can be removed independently, and the sound system accounts for open doors.
X-Plane 12 developer listing · captured September 2026
SA315B Lama · Philip Ubben / Khamsin · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Ubben's Lama has separate X-Plane 11 and 12 versions, with its own stored artificial-stability settings and sling-load support. The update history also tracks changes to load indications. Taog's MSFS package has separate flight-model options.
SA315B v2.5 July2025 · Features; v2.4-v2.5 history
The Lama was developed for demanding high-altitude work. Its exposed structure, compact cabin and single turbine retain the visual simplicity of the Alouette II, while the powerplant and other components came from the larger Alouette III lineage.
It became associated with mountain transport and external loads. Simulator add-ons offer different stability options and sling-load features, described with each product.
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Aurélia Braud interview reprinted in issue 4/2006 · PDF pp.26–28
Claude Vuichard and Tim Tucker · 29 April 2021
Steve Ricks and Dwight Jones interviewed by Skip Robinson · 17 November 2016
Virtavia's B-1B uses a combined wing-sweep and flap control sequence. The flap key or variable first selects wing sweep, then commands the actual flap positions. Its TTO control changes several takeoff settings together.
B-1B Lancer · Boeing B-1 historical reference
Top Mach Studios' B-2A has four jet engines, retractable landing gear and no conventional wing flaps. Automatic elevons and the beaver-tail surface provide its simulated control functions. The developer uses small simulated tail and rudder surfaces and simplified pitch and bank limits in the flight model.
B-2A Spirit
BAe 146 / Avro RJ · Just Flight · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The EFB accepts passenger, cargo and fuel quantities, with kilograms or pounds selectable. Just Flight advises using this display for loading because the simulator’s standard fuel/payload window may not correctly reflect changes made through the tablet.
146 EFB manual v2.4 · PDF pp.17–18
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