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REP for Just Flight Arrow aircraft · SimCoders · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The normally aspirated REP requires the X-Plane 12 Arrow
SimCoders explicitly requires Just Flight’s X-Plane 12 Arrow III for this enhancement. It excludes both the Turbo Arrow and the older X-Plane 11 Arrow. Documented additions include a custom IO-360 engine model, automatic gear extension, an interactive walkaround and a maintenance hangar with persistent aircraft condition.
Gathered SimCoders Arrow III page · installed REP revision not observed
REP for Just Flight Arrow aircraft · SimCoders · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The Turbo Arrow REP has a different version requirement
The separate Turbo Arrow enhancement requires Just Flight’s older X-Plane 11 base aircraft; SimCoders explicitly excludes its newer X-Plane 12 counterpart. Its TSIO-360 simulation includes turbo lag, interactions between engine controls, selectable fixed or automatic wastegates, and maintenance options for oil, plugs and exhaust equipment.
Gathered SimCoders Turbo Arrow page · product-specific compatibility boundary
Piper PA-28 family
Piper built the Cherokee family around an all-metal low-wing airframe, an unpressurised cabin and a single piston engine. Entry is through a right-side door reached from the wing. Engines, wing shapes and landing gear changed across the range.
Warrior, Arrow, Turbo Arrow and Dakota models use different configurations. Fixed or retractable gear and normally aspirated or turbocharged engines are described in each simulator product's manual.
Aircraft / family
Piper PA-28-236 Dakota
The PA-28-236 Dakota combines the PA-28's low-wing, four-seat cabin with a six-cylinder engine and fixed tricycle gear. The family also includes the smaller Warrior and retractable-gear Arrow.
The Dakota retains the stabilator and single right-side cabin door. Its engine, loading and performance figures are specific to this version.
Represented aircraft
Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
The Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche is a twin-engine light aircraft.
Standard 1963 PA-30 figures, distinguished from the modified Bailey Bullet flown in the article.
Piper PA-31 Navajo · SimCoders · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
An expansion for the Carenado Navajo
SimCoders identifies Carenado’s X-Plane 11 PA-31 as the required base aircraft. The developer documents X-Plane 12 support from REP 4.7.0, including rain effects. Added features cover a custom piston-engine model, turbocharger behaviour, oxygen and vacuum systems, with an option for small differences between the two engines.
Gathered SimCoders page · compatibility milestone, not an observed installed revision
Piper PA-31 Navajo · SimCoders · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
A twin whose condition carries into the next session
REP adds a walkaround, towing, a mass-and-balance tool and maintenance reporting. Its description says battery state and engine temperatures continue across sessions, with elapsed time affecting the next start. An optional economy system attaches virtual costs to fuel and repairs, and the preheater can remain active while the simulator is closed.
Developer-documented ownership and systems features
Piper PA-31 Navajo
Piper built the PA-31 Navajo for commuter, cargo and corporate transport, using a low wing, twin engines and tricycle gear. Production ran from 1967 to 1984, including licensed manufacture in Latin America. Versions differed in cabin layout and capability. Simulator enhancement packages identify the base aircraft they require.
Piper PA-38 Tomahawk · Just Flight · X-Plane 11
The X-Plane 11 version exposes engine condition
The Just Flight/Thranda edition provides an engine popup showing fuel imbalance, pressures, temperatures, battery charge and plug-fouling or vapour-lock state. Its electrical breakers use X-Plane’s failure logic. Interactive checklists, saved panel state and a weight-and-balance manager accompany the conventional radio cockpit.
Gathered X-Plane 11 listing; no X-Plane 12 compatibility inferred
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III
The PA-42 Cheyenne III is a pressurised business twin powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 engines. Propair Flight describes 720 shaft horsepower per engine, hydraulic landing gear with emergency backup, pneumatic airframe de-icing and engine and propeller ice protection.
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III
Piper PA-44 Seminole
Piper presents the Seminole as a multi-engine training aircraft with two Lycoming engines and full-feathering, constant-speed propellers. The current production description includes Garmin G1000 NXi avionics; earlier aircraft and simulator editions may have very different instrument panels.
Current production Seminole
PiperSport SportCruiser
The 2011 SportCruiser handbook describes a Rotax 912ULS four-cylinder piston engine and a ground-adjustable three-blade Woodcomp propeller. Fixed tricycle landing gear includes a castering nosewheel and hydraulic wheel brakes. The flaps are electrically operated.
PiperSport SportCruiser
