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CRZ Studio Chinook SJ ↗Research-based aircraft background

CRZ Studio Chinook SJ

CRZ Studio’s Chinook SJ is a fixed-wing ultralight with a 64-hp Rotax 582 UL pusher engine. The developer documents modelled mechanical control linkages and a native MSFS 2024 rendition. This is the Chinook ultralight, a separate aircraft from the Boeing tandem-rotor helicopter.

CRZ Chinook SJ · Developer configuration · CRZ rendition

Camair 480 Twin Navion ↗Simulator documentation

Hangar Studios 713 Camair 480 Twin Navion · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Twin-engine cockpit and configuration

The manual describes the two 240 hp O-470B installations, constant-speed propellers, retractable landing gear and flaps. Pitch and rudder controls are identified on the pedestal. The KAP140 and optional navigator choices form the documented avionics fit.

Developer manual PDF1/6/13/35, cockpit page13 visually reviewed

SourceDeveloper Navion manual ↗Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx
Camair 480 Twin Navion ↗Research-based aircraft background

Camair 480 Twin Navion

The Camair 480 Twin Navion in Hangar Studios 713's manual uses two 240 hp Continental O-470B engines and constant-speed propellers. Its landing gear retracts, and pitch and rudder controls are grouped on the pedestal.

The simulator includes a KAP140 autopilot and optional navigators. Later trim-indicator additions change the available cockpit information; the product is documented as an MSFS 2020 aircraft with MSFS 2024 backwards compatibility.

Camair 480 Twin Navion

SourceDeveloper Navion manual ↗Hangar Studios 713 via Orbx
Cessna 140 ↗Research-based aircraft background

Cessna 140

Aeroplane Heaven’s Cessna 140 is a single-piston, high-wing taildragger with fixed landing gear. The rendition documents a four-position flap lever and an elevator trim tab on the starboard side.

C140 reference figures in the developer guide; individual engines and modifications vary.

SourceCessna 140 — product page ↗www.aeroplaneheaven.com
Cessna 152 / Aerobat ↗Simulator documentation

Cessna 152 / Aerobat · Just Flight · Just Flight · X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11

A trainer with simulated wear and starting problems

The X-Plane 12 manual describes spark-plug fouling after prolonged low-power operation, vapour lock during a hot turnaround, and a battery that can be exhausted by electrical loads or repeated starting attempts. The EFB exposes engine-condition information and failure options. Ground equipment includes chocks and tie-downs that appear only with the aircraft stationary, engine stopped and parking brake applied. This description applies to the Just Flight/Thranda package.

C152 X-Plane 12 Operations Manual · PDF pp.26–27 · documented simulation features

SourceC152 X-Plane 12 Operations Manual ↗Just Flight / Thranda Design