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H225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Flight control and vibration control are separate systems
The H225 guide describes four-axis AFCS basic and upper modes, with trim-release controls for both cyclic and collective. It separately describes AVCS switches for cabin and cockpit vibration control. The similar-looking abbreviations refer to different systems: one manages flight control, while the other addresses vibration in the represented aircraft.
H225 user guide 1.0 · PDF pp.37-38,89-92
Alpi Aviation Pioneer 400
OBY1's Pioneer 400 handbook describes a Rotax 916 iS engine, a three-blade constant-speed MT propeller and retractable tricycle landing gear. Four flap positions are provided. Its cockpit combines digital instruments with separate trim and autopilot controls.
Alpi Aviation Pioneer 400
American Champion 8GCBC Scout
The Scout configurations in Hangar Studios 713's handbook adapt a high-wing utility aircraft to wheels and floats. The 26-inch-wheel and amphibious versions use the 180 hp O-360-C1G. The 35-inch-tyre Denali uses a 210 hp IO-390-A1B6.
The amphibian adds retractable wheels and water rudders. Cockpit equipment includes a pitch-trim control and flap handle, with an AS307 autopilot in the glass-panel arrangement.
American Champion 8GCBC Scout
Hangar Studios 713 Super Decathlon 8KCAB · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Mechanical controls and trim
American Champion's SM-601 revision B describes cable-operated primary controls and an aerodynamically balanced elevator. Pitch trim acts through a cable-operated tab on the left elevator. The steerable tailwheel remains part of the fixed landing-gear arrangement.
American Champion SM601revB PDF10 / printed2-2
Hangar Studios 713 Super Decathlon 8KCAB · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The represented propulsion and panel
The developer's 1.0.0 manual identifies AEIO-360-H1A/H1B engines and a constant-speed propeller. It describes an elevator-trim tab and presents operating limits in mph; it does not list wing-flap operating controls.
Developer1.0.0 manual PDF6/10-14, visually reviewed
American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon
The Super Decathlon's primary controls use cables. Its elevator has aerodynamic balance, while a cable-operated trim tab on the left elevator provides pitch trim. The fixed tailwheel is steerable.
Hangar Studios 713 represents AEIO-360 power with a constant-speed propeller and conventional or glass panels. The developer lists Xtreme as a livery, so that name alone does not identify a separate 210 hp engine installation.
American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon
An-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Trim and cockpit heating are described beyond the main controls
All three trim axes have controls and neutral-position indications in the documented installation. Other panels group window heating, while floor ventilation and a thermometer behind the left pilot’s position support cabin management. The manual maps their locations within the unusually large cockpit.
Gathered An-2 user manual · PDF p.20
An-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Automatic slats and cockpit preparation
The An-2 guide describes the real aircraft's automatic leading-edge slats, then identifies trim circuit breakers and the control lock in its simulator cockpit documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.8,12,21
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.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.14-17,32
BAe 146 / Avro RJ · Just Flight · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
An older regional jet's flight-control architecture
The 146 manual describes autopilot movement of the control columns and elevator servo tabs, automatic pitch trim and flap-dependent trim speed. It also explains the SYNC function and distinguishes stick shakers from the nose-down stall-identification force.
146 manual v2.4 · PDF pp.35,82; pitch controls and automatic trim
Bede BD-5J Microjet
The BD-5J is the jet-powered member of Bede’s small single-seat aircraft line. AzurPoly’s manual records the original BD-5’s 1971 first flight and the introduction of the jet variant in 1973. Its appearance in the 1983 film Octopussy helped carry the tiny jet’s outline beyond the experimental-aircraft community.
A mechanical side stick commands the aircraft. The manual describes an anti-servo pitch tab and electric pitch trim acting through that tab. Retractable landing gear uses a mechanical cable system, and the flap lever selects 0, 15 or 30 degrees. The BD-5J’s jet engine therefore sits in an airframe whose primary controls and retractable gear retain comparatively direct mechanical arrangements.
Manual history · AzurPoly BD-5J · AzurPoly manual
Beechcraft Baron 58 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Trim and simulator control assignment
Laminar's Baron guide describes rudder trim and the electrical availability of the represented trim system. It also covers simulator peripheral assignment. The conventional-panel Baron is documented separately from glass-cockpit G58 implementations in other simulators.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.6,31
