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Cirrus Vision SF50 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
The Vision Jet's documented configuration
Laminar's SF50 guide covers flight controls, autopilot and trim/configuration indications. It supplies the cockpit reference for the bundled Vision Jet, with the represented equipment kept separate from later real-aircraft upgrades or another developer's package.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.7,46-47
DHC-6 Twin Otter · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The Twin Otter's working cockpit
The aircraft operating manual identifies the armrest-mounted autopilot controls, trim and flap indications, and hydraulic-pressure instrumentation. These details sit alongside the package's utility configurations, helping connect the familiar exterior with the systems inside the simulator aircraft.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.7,11,21
C-47D Skytrain · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
A period Gyropilot and hydraulic system
The C-47 has separate trim controls and a Sperry Gyropilot for maintaining a selected attitude and direction. Its hydraulic system also serves landing gear, flaps and other auxiliaries. The manual explains the pump and selector arrangement, providing context for a cockpit that predates modern route-following autopilots.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.5,10,28
DC-3 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Choose a period or modernised cockpit
The DC-3 guide describes trim tabs and hydraulically operated auxiliary systems. It also offers a vintage Sperry installation or a modern GNS/autopilot configuration. Those choices represent different cockpit equipment, making the selected version important when looking up navigation or automation controls.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.5-6,10
DC-3 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Choose a period or modernised cockpit
The DC-3 guide describes trim tabs and hydraulically operated auxiliary systems. It also offers a vintage Sperry installation or a modern GNS/autopilot configuration. Those choices represent different cockpit equipment, making the selected version important when looking up navigation or automation controls.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.5-6,10
DC-6 · PMDG · MSFS 2020
Control tabs, trim tabs and the Sperry autopilot
The DC-6 manual distinguishes spring control tabs from trim tabs. They are different mechanisms, even though both involve small surfaces attached to larger controls. The Sperry A-12 autopilot also has a trim servo that responds to sustained pitch imbalance. That period system helps explain why the DC-6 cockpit is organised differently from a modern jet's flight-guidance panel.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.15,57,87
Douglas DC-6
Douglas developed the DC-6 from wartime transport work into a long-range commercial competitor. Its four radial engines and pressurised cabin supported passenger and freight operations. Production ran from the 1940s into the late 1950s, with later careers extending into specialist cargo and firefighting work.
The flight engineer is a major part of the aircraft's cockpit organisation. PMDG's simulation makes that role accessible through its own interface while retaining period systems such as the Sperry autopilot. The manual explains how those responsibilities are divided in the virtual aircraft.
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Draco X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
DRACO X's simulator-specific equipment
The Got Friends manual describes three-axis trim, pilot and copilot autopilot disconnects, G3X-based and custom instruments, and landing-gear squat behaviour. These features belong to DRACO X. They should not be substituted for the equipment of an ordinary Wilga or assumed to be an exact inventory of Mike Patey's original DRACO.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.5,7
SOURCEDraco X ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
Optica · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Observation-aircraft layout with modern navigation options
Got Friends documents a KAP140 autopilot used with the Working Title G530, along with pilot and copilot autopilot/trim-disconnect controls. Crew-dependent ballast options are also described. Those loading choices are a particularly useful detail in a small aircraft with its occupants far forward in the glazed cabin.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.5-7
E-Jets family · X-Crafts · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Flight-guidance behaviour and documented limits
X-Crafts documents autopilot disconnection from manual pitch trim or stick-shaker activation, and uses X-Plane's control-wheel-steering facility for Touch Control Steering. The reviewed release does not implement several trim cutouts and column-disconnect functions. The manual identifies those limits explicitly, keeping visible cockpit hardware distinct from working simulator controls.
E-Jets Family 2.0 manual copyright 2025 · PDF pp.25,160,162,164
A-10 Thunderbolt II · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Accessible systems with a documented autopilot scope
DC Designs describes an accessible A-10C implementation and identifies its trim and autopilot controls. The guide states that the autopilot does not provide NAV-coupled operation. That gives readers a concrete expectation without inferring combat-system completeness from the aircraft's name.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.4,9,19
FW 200 Condor · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Period trim and course instruments
The Fw 200 cockpit documentation identifies the pitch-trim control and its indication, together with autopilot course-deviation instruments. The illustrated guide is the appropriate reference for locating these controls in the Condor's period flight deck.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.10,19
