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CubCrafters XCub ↗Research-based aircraft background

CubCrafters XCub

CubCrafters introduced the XCub in 2016. It retains the braced high wing and compact tandem cabin associated with Cub-style aircraft while incorporating a modern airframe and equipment. The conventional-gear XCub is joined by the nosewheel NXCub.

The undercarriage distinction is visible before entering the cockpit and changes the aircraft's ground-handling arrangement. In the simulator catalogue, both names remain attached to their implementations so readers can distinguish equipment and configuration without losing the shared family connection.

Aircraft / family

SourceCubCrafters CC19 XCub ↗Wikipedia contributors
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Curtiss C-46 Commando ↗Simulator documentation

C-46 Commando · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Prepare a cold cockpit or a secured aircraft on the ground

The overhead Cold/Dark Start control provides a starting configuration. A separate Secure Aircraft control manages the parked scene with wheel chocks, flags and boarding steps. The manual identifies these as simulator cockpit controls, making them useful starting points for exploring the package.

Gathered C-46 manual · PDF p.4

SourceCurtiss C-46 Commanndo Manual ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Curtiss C-46 Commando ↗Simulator documentation

C-46 Commando · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Panel access and radio power have their own controls

A main-panel switch toggles the yokes for visibility. The Avionics Master powers the documented radio installation, which includes COM1, VOR, ADF and a transponder. The manual’s numbered panel illustrations and custom views help locate these controls within the large flight deck.

Gathered C-46 manual · PDF pp.4–5

SourceCurtiss C-46 Commanndo Manual ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Curtiss C-46 Commando ↗Simulator documentation

C-46 Commando · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Attitude and direction control from an earlier era

The C-46 manual describes the Sperry Gyropilot and hydraulic instrumentation. Its automation maintains attitude and direction rather than acting like a modern flight-management system that follows an entire route. That distinction helps make sense of the controls in this large piston transport.

Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.4,6-7

SourceCurtiss C-46 Commanndo Manual ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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