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Pipistrel Panthera · Aerobask · X-Plane 11
Set the load and cabin before the flight
A popup menu handles options, fuel and weight, including passengers and luggage. The developer describes interiors tied to the selected livery, windshield rain effects and an FMOD environment built using real Lycoming engine recordings. Switches, doors and other cockpit interactions have their own sounds.
Developer’s published simulator feature scope
Taurus M · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The engine installation has dedicated cockpit controls
The illustrated panel identifies an IBIS II engine controller, primer, ignition, starter and retraction switch. Priming uses a right-click interaction in the documented cockpit.
Manual PDF pages5 and8; controls, not an invented external interface
Pipistrel Taurus M
Pipistrel's two-seat Taurus combines self-launching with gliding flight. The powerplant retracts into the airframe when no longer needed, alongside a long wing and side-by-side cockpit. Several powerplant developments exist in the family.
The Taurus M is the engine-powered version represented here. Its cockpit includes sailplane flap, airbrake and landing-gear controls.
Aircraft / family
Pipistrel Virus SW 121
Pipistrel developed the Virus family in Slovenia around a lightweight high-wing airframe, fixed landing gear and enclosed side-by-side two-seat cockpit. Versions have been supplied under different light-aircraft categories and construction arrangements.
The SW 121 has its own wing, engine and cockpit configuration. The developer documents the equipment represented in the simulator.
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Pitts Special
Curtis Pitts's biplane first flew in 1944 and became established in competition aerobatics. Its short fuselage and closely stacked wings were developed through versions with different engines, seating and airframe details.
The S-1 is single-seat; the larger S-2 has tandem seats. Cockpit views, proportions and equipment differ between the two branches.
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Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey
The SeaRey combines a strut-braced high wing with an enclosed two-seat cockpit and a boat-shaped hull. Its amphibious landing gear makes both water and runway operations part of the design. The engine sits above and behind the cabin, leaving a broad forward view.
FlightSim Studio’s SeaRey Elite comes in Light and Advanced editions. The Advanced edition adds homebuilt and experimental cockpit features, camping equipment, an anchor simulation and an interactive walkaround.
FlightSim Studio SeaRey Elite, Rotax 914 UL configuration
Lionheart Quickie Q200 · Lionheart Creations · MSFS 2020
Fuel and cockpit equipment
Lionheart describes a 5 US gal header tank feeding the engine and a 15 US gal tank under the seats. An electric pump transfers fuel to the header tank. Its simulator cockpit includes GNS navigation equipment and a basic autopilot for flight assistance.
Product description and feature list
Reims F406 Caravan II · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Hear the aircraft’s working details
Echo 19 Audio Productions supplies the listed cockpit and exterior sound suite, covering the PT6A engines and three-bladed McCauley propellers.
Developer attribution; sound-source description does not establish physical fidelity
Reims F406 Caravan II
Reims Aviation and Cessna developed the F406 Caravan II as a twin-turboprop utility aircraft. It has a separate airframe and systems from the single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan family despite the shared name.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
The Thunderbolt combined a powerful radial engine and eight .50-calibre machine guns in a fighter that also became a major ground-attack aircraft. The Smithsonian places it among the principal American fighters of the Second World War and records its ancestry through Republic’s earlier Seversky designs. The P-47D and the later P-47N retain that family name while representing different configurations.
P-47 family background · Aeroplane Heaven Razorback · Different catalogue implementations
Mini-500 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Engine and rotor management
The simulation includes manual engine and rotor-speed management and low rotor inertia. The developer describes using recordings of Mini-500 engine and rotor sounds.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
Revolution Mini-500
Dennis Fetters developed the single-seat Mini-500 as a homebuilt helicopter in the 1990s. The design has a compact cabin and light rotor system.
VSKYLABS models low rotor inertia and manual engine and rotor-speed management. The developer describes research with helicopter pilots and sound recorded from the aircraft as part of its development work.
VSKYLABS Mini-500, X-Plane 12 handbook rev.005
