Find aircraft background, systems descriptions and manuals for the aircraft you are researching. Each note keeps its source and version context close by.
Simulator manuals describe the developer’s implementation. Aircraft background is research-based; pilot accounts describe an individual’s experience. Coverage here is limited to the selected notes and linked resources, not the full contents of every manual.
Embraer E-Jets
Embraer developed the original E-Jets around regional and shorter mainline airline routes. Two underwing engines and a conventional tail surround a cabin wider than the company's earlier narrow regional jets. Different fuselage lengths serve different passenger capacities.
The original family is distinct from the later E2 programme. X-Crafts's documentation also separates airframe variants, avionics options and the Lineage business-aircraft development. Each simulator product identifies its included variants and equipment.
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Phenom 300 · Aerobask · X-Plane 12
FADEC, cruise-speed control and three spoiler roles
Aerobask pairs Laminar's GFC700 with custom FADEC and current-speed-control logic in the Phenom 300. The spoilers perform distinct jobs as roll aids, ground spoilers and speed brakes. The published systems also include pressurisation, oxygen and standby instrumentation, as described in the developer documentation.
Phenom300 XP12 page · Avionics; deep system emulation
Eurocopter EC135 · Hype Performance Group · MSFS 2020
HPG’s earlier H135 has its own avionics and assistance choices
The v1.4 notes describe automatic PMS GTN750 display on the lower screens when installed, with different flight-model behaviour in Advanced and Basic/Xbox modes. An EFB could show browser or screen-capture content, but required additional setup files distributed through the developer’s Discord at that time.
HPG H135 v1.4 · 26 July 2021; historical release scope
Eurocopter EC135
The EC135, later renamed H135, developed from the MBB Bo 108 programme. Its enclosed tail rotor, twin turbines and practical cabin made it a useful platform for emergency services and other operators. The type first flew in 1994 and entered service in 1996.
The H135 name covers later development of the same lineage. Mission interiors, avionics and flight-control equipment differ between operators and versions. The photograph depicts a medical installation; simulator documentation identifies the included mission equipment.
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F-23A (hypothetical package variant)
The F-23A is Top Mach Studios' imagined production development of the YF-23, not a built operational aircraft. Its avionics, weapons and performance are developer-defined. The package supplies custom fly-by-wire controls, twin jet engines and retractable landing gear.
F-23A (hypothetical package variant)
Got Friends Astro ONE
The Astro ONE is Got Friends' creative electric-VTOL design inspired by the Jetson ONE. Its manual describes an independent custom physics engine and a race-focused cockpit with terrain tracking, hover, sport and boost modes.
The developer takes liberties with the real design, including its avionics, guards, lighting and assistance features. Emerald Scenery Design and community contributors supplied racetracks for the package.
Got Friends Astro ONE · Got Friends Astro ONE manual; virtual aircraft figures
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
The Tomcat was developed for the US Navy after the F-111B programme ended. Twin engines, widely spaced tails and variable-sweep wings supported fleet defence and, later, strike missions.
Pilot and radar-intercept officer divided the work between two cockpits. Engines, avionics and other systems changed between F-14 versions; the X-Plane documentation describes the model included in that simulation.
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Helio Courier H-295
The Helio Courier H-295 is a high-wing utility aircraft designed for short-field operation. Upside Down Aviation represents it with GNS 430 and GTR 225 avionics in a product specifically for MSFS 2024 on PC.
Helio Courier H-295
FlightFX HJet HA420 · FlightFX · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The original HJet cockpit
The original MSFS 2020 HJet product documents a custom G3000, VNAV and CSC functions and automated hydraulic systems. More than 130 CAS messages report aircraft conditions through the crew-alerting system.
Original HJet product, detailed systems and avionics
IRIS Simulations Jabiru J160 · IRIS Simulations · MSFS 2020
J160 and J170 package context
Wing and weight distinguish the J160 and J170. Option A and Option B denote avionics choices. The archived AFM identifies v2.0.0, while the product page lists 1.5.6; those are retained as separate document and product versions.
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Jabiru J160
The J160 is a strut-braced high-wing aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear and two seats, intended for training and recreation. Its Jabiru 2200 four-cylinder engine accompanies electrically operated flaps.
IRIS's shared J160/J170 manual describes a common central stick and Teleflex push-pull primary controls. The J160 and J170 differ in wing and weight; the package offers Option A and Option B avionics arrangements.
Jabiru J160
Jabiru J170
The J170 shares Jabiru's two-seat, strut-braced high-wing layout with the J160. Fixed tricycle gear, the Jabiru 2200 four-cylinder engine and electric flaps form the configuration described in IRIS's manual. Wing and weight differences identify the J170 within the pair.
The simulator's Option A and Option B refer to avionics arrangements. Both use the documented central-stick and push-pull control layout.
Jabiru J170
