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Waco CG-4A · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The larger overhead lever releases the tow cable; the smaller one behind it releases the landing-gear cradle. Three nearby controls provide trim.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 4, visually checked
The CG-4A used a fabric-covered high-wing structure and a cargo cabin with a nose that swung upward for loading. Allied forces used the unpowered glider in Second World War airborne operations, commonly behind a C-47 tug.
The simulator models the glider's own trim, tow-release and landing-gear-cradle controls, including in the combined C-47 package.
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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
Flight Replicas DH.60G Gipsy Moth · Flight Replicas · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Flight Replicas' DH.60G has a control stick and pitch-trim lever, alongside modern radio, transponder, electrical switches and a two-axis autopilot. The Gipsy II drives a fixed-pitch propeller. Its fixed tailwheel gear has no steerable tailwheel in the manual.
DH.60G manual; PDF p.2 History; pp.3–4 Controls and Autopilot; p.11 handbook figures
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
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
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
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
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
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
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