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Robin DR400/100 Cadet · Just Flight · Just Flight · X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11
The X-Plane 11 feature list describes a popup engine-diagnostics display. Its interface is distinct from the EFB engine-condition page documented for X-Plane 12.
X-Plane 11 Regent interface
Robin DR400/100 Cadet · Just Flight · Just Flight · X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11
The developer lists an EFB engine-condition page and simulated spark-plug fouling and vapour lock. These are documented product features rather than independently tested behaviour.
X-Plane 12 Regent feature list
Robin DR400/100 Cadet · SimCoders · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The documented engine preheater continues its simulation while X-Plane is closed, allowing its effect to depend on elapsed time before the next flight.
REP preheater and persistent-state description
Robin DR400/100 Cadet · SimCoders · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The hangar covers engine, electrical, brake and tyre maintenance, including oil choice and battery charging. Damage and related features can be disabled through the package’s options.
REP maintenance and optional-damage features
The wooden DR400 has a side-by-side cabin under a large canopy and outer wing panels angled upward. French flying clubs have used it widely for instruction and personal flying.
Engines and roles vary across the family, including towing versions. The DR400/100 Cadet is a lower-powered development; photographs and specifications of larger-engined Robins describe those versions.
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Robinson R22 Beta II · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Laminar’s manual identifies a governor switch with an orange GOV indication when disabled, plus a separate overhead rotor brake. The illustrated controls distinguish engine-speed management from stopping the unpowered rotor after shutdown. The nearby landing-light switch operates the pair of lights in the nose.
Gathered Laminar manual · PDF pp.18–20
The R44 extends Robinson’s light-helicopter layout into a four-seat cabin. The Raven II uses a fuel-injected Lycoming IO-540 engine and retains the family’s two-blade main and tail rotors.
VSKYLABS represents the Raven II for X-Plane. Its documentation describes a cockpit designed for desktop and VR interaction, a native flight model and a separately maintained product for each supported simulator generation.
R44 Raven II; current manufacturer specification
Robinson R66 · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The R66 manual explicitly requires separate axes for collective and throttle. It identifies COLLECTIVE AXIS and SET HELICOPTER THROTTLE AXIS, and recommends using the mouse for the throttle when no dedicated axis is available. Engine-RPM trim is listed separately from cyclic trim.
Gathered Cowan R66 manual · PDF pp.1–4
The five-seat R66 uses a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft and has a separate baggage compartment. Its compact cabin and two-bladed main rotor retain the family outline of the smaller piston-powered R44. Certification was obtained in 2010.
Engine indications and management are specific to the R66's turbine system. Avionics and stabilisation equipment vary by installation and simulator model.
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Commander 114 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Black Square’s engine model includes cylinder compression and starter torque that depends on battery charge. Cold oil and reduced battery performance can make starting harder. A tablet-controlled preheater changes the simulated engine's condition before flight.
Black Square Commander manual · PDF pp.58–59
Commander 114 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Commander tablet includes an engine visualiser, a live electrical schematic and environmental-system displays, alongside payload, options and failures. The feature booklet describes hydraulic landing-gear behaviour and cabin heating, cooling and ventilation. These displays provide ways to explore what changes inside the simulated aircraft when equipment is operated or a fault is introduced.
Black Square Commander feature booklet, June/July 2026 edition; developer feature description · PDF p.7
Commander 114 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Black Square represents a 1977 normally aspirated Commander 114 and a turbonormalised, air-conditioned version. The manual describes interchangeable radio equipment, a stormscope, hydraulic landing gear and the S-TEC System 60-2 autopilot. Mechanical effects include wheel shimmy.
Black Square Commander 114 · PDF p.9; introduction and variants
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