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787-10 Dreamliner · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
AAU2 changes specific to the Dreamliner
The June 2023 AAU2 release documents a revised 787-10 head-up display, including runway-edge and flight-path indications, plus a Boeing C*U fly-by-wire implementation and flap load-relief and auto-gap functions. These are Microsoft’s published software changes, scoped to that MSFS 2020 release.
MSFS 2020 · AAU2 version 1.33.8.0 · 22 June 2023
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
The 787 grew from Boeing's 7E7 programme and first flew in 2009. Airline service began in 2011. The family uses a composite-intensive airframe, a swept flexible wing and two large turbofans, with -8, -9 and -10 versions serving different capacity and range needs.
The 787-10 is the longest of those three variants. Its cabin size and mission figures differ from the smaller -8. Simulator avionics and automation depend on the product and update.
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Boeing B-52G Stratofortress · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
Challenger 650 · Hot Start · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
A business-jet simulation that begins before the cockpit
Hot Start's Challenger includes an FBO environment with fuel orders, de-icing and passenger coordination, alongside a quicker simulator mode. Its Pro Line 21 Advanced avionics are modelled as separate computers exchanging information over simulated data buses. The developer also provides system-study windows, allowing a simmer to inspect the electrical and physical models behind the cockpit indications.
Hot Start Challenger 650 · Product description; Experience, Architecture and Avionics; checked 2026-09-12
Bombardier Challenger 650
The Challenger began with a Bill Lear concept taken forward by Canadair in the 1970s. Its broad cabin and supercritical wing were central parts of the design. Later ownership and development under Bombardier produced a long sequence of engine, avionics and cabin updates.
The Challenger 650 belongs to a much later generation than the original 600. Hot Start's simulator product represents that specific aircraft and its systems environment. The family photograph depicts a 604, whose equipment differs from the 650.
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Jetstream 32 · JRollon · X-Plane 11
Released product and variants
Javier Rollón’s X-Plane version centres on custom aircraft systems and manual or assisted engine starts. His development account describes building the aircraft’s C++ systems after completing the CRJ200, and later updating its materials and avionics for X-Plane 11.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
British Aerospace Jetstream 32
The Jetstream 32 puts two turboprops on a low wing around a narrow passenger cabin. Its regional-airline role brings engine management, pressurisation and short-sector flying together in a compact aircraft.
Javier Rollón’s X-Plane version centres on custom aircraft systems and manual or assisted engine starts. His development account describes building the aircraft’s C++ systems after completing the CRJ200, and later updating its materials and avionics for X-Plane 11.
Jetstream 32 indicative EUROCONTROL data
Britten-Norman Islander · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
A conventional radio panel with optional integrations
The Islander’s listed avionics include a KFC 225 autopilot, GTX 345 transponder and KR 87 ADF. X-Plane’s GNS units are supplied, while RealityXP navigators and the AFM G5 require their separate products. TorqueSim also links its manual and changelog from the aircraft page.
Developer-documented avionics and third-party dependencies
Hangar Studios 713 Camair 480 Twin Navion · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Twin-engine cockpit and configuration
The manual describes the two 240 hp O-470B installations, constant-speed propellers, retractable landing gear and flaps. Pitch and rudder controls are identified on the pedestal. The KAP140 and optional navigator choices form the documented avionics fit.
Developer manual PDF1/6/13/35, cockpit page13 visually reviewed
Cessna 172 SP · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
The bundled X-Plane Skyhawk has its own cockpit reference
Laminar's manual documents the C172's primary controls, trim console, instruments and autopilot. Its illustrated cockpit guide and configuration checks describe the bundled aircraft. Independent C172 developers document their own maintenance systems and avionics.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.7-8,45; center console and preflight
Cessna 172 SP · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
The bundled X-Plane Skyhawk has its own cockpit reference
Laminar's manual documents the C172's primary controls, trim console, instruments and autopilot. Its illustrated cockpit guide and configuration checks describe the bundled aircraft. Independent C172 developers document their own maintenance systems and avionics.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.7-8,45; center console and preflight
Cessna 185F
The Skywagon is a six-seat member of Cessna's utility-aircraft line. Its fixed conventional undercarriage distinguishes it from the tricycle-gear Stationair family. The prototype flew in 1960, with production aircraft following in 1961.
Floats and skis expanded the uses of an aircraft already suited to carrying people and supplies. The 185F in the catalogue is a particular development of the design; its developer's package determines which undercarriages, avionics and other options are available in the simulator.
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