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Airbus H145 · Hype Performance Group · Hype Performance Group · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The weight page changes the aircraft, with a display caveat
The October 2022 guide lets users enter payload, crew and fuel on the VMS WEIGHT page and commit with VAL. It warns that those changes affect the aircraft without updating the separate MSFS weight dialog. Its engine-power-check page was not implemented in that documented version.
HPG H145 guide v1.0 · PDF p.38
H160 · Hype Performance Group · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The preview guide does not require a separate throttle axis
HPG maps collective to either THROTTLE AXIS or COLLECTIVE AXIS, with only one chosen. The simulated FADEC handles engine fuel control. This differs from packages that require separate collective and twist-throttle assignments.
HPG H160 preview · 20 October 2023 · PDF p.3
H225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Choose the level of detail on the vehicle display
The VEH page groups oil, fuel and hydraulic information. Its NUM key shows or hides numerical values that are within range; out-of-range parameters automatically gain numerical indications. The guide explains this alongside the separate engine and FADEC pages.
H225 user guide 1.0 · PDF pp.67–70
Airbus Helicopter H225
The H225, formerly EC225, developed the civilian Super Puma family into a long-range transport helicopter. It combines a substantial passenger cabin with twin turbine engines and a five-bladed main rotor. Offshore support, search and rescue, and government transport are among its roles.
HPG's simulation includes automatic flight controls and a separate vibration-control system, with their functions described in its manual.
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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
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
Antonov An-2
The An-2 first appeared in 1947. A radial engine, braced biplane wings and fixed landing gear form its utility-aircraft layout. The aircraft carried people and cargo and also worked in agriculture and other specialist roles.
Its large cabin carries passengers or cargo. The generous wing area and high-lift devices are part of its short-field design. Simulator products offer different cockpit equipment and working configurations.
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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
An-225 Mriya · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Cargo changes more than the view
The EFB’s Main Door control opens the nose, lowers the ramp and kneels the aircraft. Cargo adds weight; loading requires stopped engines.
Manual pages 9–12
Antonov An-225
The An-225 was developed from Antonov's heavy-airlift work to support the Soviet space programme, including transport of the Buran orbiter. Six engines, a vast wing and a twin-fin tail distinguish it from the related An-124. Its name, Mriya, means dream in Ukrainian.
The only completed aircraft later became associated with outsized commercial cargo. The simulation includes a specialised flight deck and loading interface, with electronic flight bag and ground-service features described in the developer manual.
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Avro Lancaster
The Lancaster grew from Avro’s twin-engined Manchester into a four-engined heavy bomber. Roy Chadwick’s team retained the broad design idea while addressing the Manchester’s difficulties, and the prototype flew in January 1941. The RAF Museum describes it as Bomber Command’s principal heavy bomber during the last three years of the war. Its long unobstructed bomb bay became an important part of its adaptability.
Lancaster · RAF Museum total · Aeroplane Heaven implementation
