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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. These features give the simulator aircraft practical context beyond its exceptional physical size.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.14-17,32
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. In the simulator, its scale is matched by a specialised flight deck and loading interface. The developer's documentation explains the electronic flight bag and ground-service features rather than leaving the aircraft as a collection of impressive dimensions.
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SA316B Alouette III · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The bucket changes the aircraft's load
The Alouette III manual describes water-bucket filling and emptying as changes to the carried weight. It also identifies the release binding and mission controls. That connection between a visible attachment and the load it represents is a useful detail when exploring this working helicopter.
SA316B manual v1.7 · PDF p.20; water bucket operation
Aérospatiale Alouette III
Sud Aviation developed the Alouette III as a larger follow-on to the Alouette II. The design uses a single turbine, a three-bladed main rotor and wheeled landing gear. It served civilian and military operators in transport, rescue and many other roles.
Different engine versions and mission installations appeared during its long production life. In the simulator, package-specific flight-model options and external-load tools belong alongside the cockpit description, while the broader aircraft history provides context for its working role.
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SA315B Lama · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Sling loads and selectable flight models
Taog provides regular and beginner flight-model choices for the Lama. The water-bucket system changes the carried payload as it fills and empties, and the guide identifies the simulator binding used for pickup and release. These options belong to this package; they should not be assumed to describe another developer's Lama.
Archived Lama flight manual · PDF p.19; Flight models
SA315B Lama · Philip Ubben / Khamsin · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
Separate simulator builds and stored stability settings
Ubben's Lama has separate X-Plane 11 and 12 versions, with its own stored artificial-stability settings and sling-load support. The update history also tracks changes to load indications. These are features of this developer's Lama and should remain separate from the flight-model choices in Taog's MSFS package.
SA315B v2.5 July2025 · Features; v2.4-v2.5 history
SOURCELama XP12 ↗Philip Ubben / Khamsin / X-Plane.org store
Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
The Lama was developed for demanding high-altitude work. Its exposed structure, compact cabin and single turbine retain the visual simplicity of the Alouette II, while the powerplant and other components came from the larger Alouette III lineage.
It became associated with mountain transport and external loads. The simulator catalogue includes developers with different stability options and sling-load features, so those features remain implementation-specific. The real aircraft's reputation does not prove how an individual add-on behaves.
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146 Professional · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
An older regional jet's flight-control architecture
The 146 manual describes autopilot movement of the control columns and elevator servo tabs, automatic pitch trim and flap-dependent trim speed. It also explains the SYNC function and distinguishes stick shakers from the nose-down stall-identification force. These are separate systems and indications, not interchangeable names for one cockpit effect.
146 manual v2.4 · PDF pp.35,82; pitch controls and automatic trim
RJ Professional · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The RJ is a systems development of the 146
The RJ documentation covers its flight-guidance computers and autoland modes and annunciations. Just Flight also provides a dedicated differences booklet. That is useful evidence for comparing the RJ with the 146: a shared airframe family does not make the later flight deck a mere visual reskin.
MSFS2024 RJ operations manual · Autoflight; Flight controls; autoland annunciators
BAe 146 / Avro RJ
The BAe 146 was developed for short-haul airline service, with -100, -200 and -300 fuselage lengths. Its high wing and T-tail make it readily recognisable. The Avro RJ continued the family with revised engines, avionics and other systems.
The 146 and RJ are especially rewarding to compare in simulation because similar-looking airframes can conceal different flight-guidance and cockpit arrangements. Just Flight supplies separate manuals and a differences guide rather than treating the RJ as a cosmetic update to the 146.
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Baron G58 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
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Beechcraft Baron G58 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
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