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Jabiru J160
The J160 is a strut-braced high-wing aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear and two seats, intended for training and recreation. Its Jabiru 2200 four-cylinder engine accompanies electrically operated flaps.
IRIS's shared J160/J170 manual describes a common central stick and Teleflex push-pull primary controls. The J160 and J170 differ in wing and weight; the package offers Option A and Option B avionics arrangements.
Jabiru J160
Jabiru J170
The J170 shares Jabiru's two-seat, strut-braced high-wing layout with the J160. Fixed tricycle gear, the Jabiru 2200 four-cylinder engine and electric flaps form the configuration described in IRIS's manual. Wing and weight differences identify the J170 within the pair.
The simulator's Option A and Option B refer to avionics arrangements. Both use the documented central-stick and push-pull control layout.
Jabiru J170
Junkers A50 Junior (modern)
The modern A50 Junior revives the open tandem cockpits and corrugated-metal appearance of the 1929 Junkers design. It uses a Rotax 912iS engine and contemporary equipment. The developer's background records European ultralight approval in 2022, followed by US light sport approval.
VSKYLABS models this modern aircraft. Its X-Plane cockpit uses G1000-based displays in both seats; the real aircraft's described installation is Garmin G3X.
Modern Rotax-powered A50 Junior; manufacturer brochure
F 13 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
A radial engine identifies the announced recreation
Microsoft’s 2022 release identifies a Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B radial with a fixed-pitch two-blade propeller. That configuration belongs to the announced simulator recreation; historical F13s also used several inline engines.
Local Legend VI announcement · 25 August 2022; no dedicated operating manual established
F 13 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The original MSFS 2020 release
The August 2022 Local Legend VI release describes a radial-engined F 13 recreation and ten liveries. It identifies a particular simulated configuration within the wider F 13 family.
2022-08-25 · release and package scope
Ju 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Some quantity gauges are outside the cockpit
Oil quantity indications are on each engine. Left and right fuel quantities are indicated on the corresponding outer engines.
MSFS 2020 manual · page 22
Junkers JU 52
The Ju 52 began as a civil transport, with the three-engine Ju 52/3m becoming the familiar version. Fixed gear, a thick wing and corrugated skin accompanied airline and extensive military transport service.
Versions differed in engines, equipment and roles. The period cockpit includes a combined trim-and-flap control mechanism described in the simulator documentation.
Aircraft / family
Kitfox Speedster
The Kitfox Speedster is a two-seat, single-engine kit aircraft.
Series 7 Speedster 916 iS test aircraft, October 2024.
KwikFlight Archangel · KwikFlight · MSFS 2024
The reconnaissance simulation
KwikFlight describes twin turboramjet engines with staged afterburners and TEB igniters. The package's period autopilot and flight director include Pitch, Mach/Speed Hold, Roll, Heading and Auto-Nav modes. A reconnaissance suite provides tactical-camera and electro-optical views, with simulated infrared modes.
Exact aircraft systems and release description
KwikFlight Archangel
The Archangel portrays a Cold War high-speed reconnaissance jet with twin afterburning turboramjets, a titanium airframe and blended delta wings. KwikFlight's product description includes staged afterburners and triethylborane ignition.
Its simulated cockpit provides pitch, Mach/speed, roll, heading and automatic-navigation modes, with TACAN and VOR navigation. Ground support includes an access ladder, external power and separate engine-start carts.
KwikFlight Archangel
KwikFlight Spirit · KwikFlight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The simulated stealth configuration
The product's Stealth mode changes both lights and rudder deflection. The developer also lists animated engine secondary intake vents, a crew-access ladder and an air-to-air refuelling point. These are described features of the Spirit package.
Product description and feature list
KwikFlight Spirit
KwikFlight's Spirit portrays a four-jet flying wing with retractable landing gear. Its simulator stealth mode retracts navigation and strobe lights and reduces rudder deflection. Animated secondary engine intakes, crew access and refuelling equipment accompany the flying-wing airframe.
Six independent multifunction displays provide navigation, system and flight information. The flight-management pages include radio tuning, calculated performance data and flight plans imported from the World Map.
KwikFlight Spirit
