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Restauravia's Nord 1101 uses a Renault 6Q piston engine and a variable-pitch propeller. Its landing gear retracts hydraulically, and the flaps have 15, 30 and 50 degree settings. A pitch-compensator lever is provided in the cockpit.
Nord 1101 Ramier
The Nord 3400 documentation describes a manual control stick, two elevator trim tabs and hydraulically operated flaps powered by a hand pump. The Potez-powered aircraft has fixed tailwheel landing gear. Restauravia supplies separate MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 packages.
Nord 3400 · Espace Air Passion Nord 3400 restoration and configuration account
The PC-21's control system uses different mechanisms in pitch and roll. A Pilatus-hosted flight evaluation describes mechanically reversible pitch control, hydraulically boosted ailerons and roll spoilers. The real aircraft's trim aid device can move the rudder pedals.
IRIS represents the turboprop trainer with retractable landing gear, flaps and three-axis trim indications. Its manual marks the TAD cockpit toggle as unimplemented, so the real system and the available simulator control have separate descriptions.
Pilatus PC-21
The PA-42 Cheyenne III is a pressurised business twin powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 engines. Propair Flight describes 720 shaft horsepower per engine, hydraulic landing gear with emergency backup, pneumatic airframe de-icing and engine and propeller ice protection.
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III
The 2011 SportCruiser handbook describes a Rotax 912ULS four-cylinder piston engine and a ground-adjustable three-blade Woodcomp propeller. Fixed tricycle landing gear includes a castering nosewheel and hydraulic wheel brakes. The flaps are electrically operated.
PiperSport SportCruiser
Commander 114 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Commander tablet includes an engine visualiser, a live electrical schematic and environmental-system displays, alongside payload, options and failures. The feature booklet describes hydraulic landing-gear behaviour and cabin heating, cooling and ventilation. These displays provide ways to explore what changes inside the simulated aircraft when equipment is operated or a fault is introduced.
Black Square Commander feature booklet, June/July 2026 edition; developer feature description · PDF p.7
Commander 114 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Black Square represents a 1977 normally aspirated Commander 114 and a turbonormalised, air-conditioned version. The manual describes interchangeable radio equipment, a stormscope, hydraulic landing gear and the S-TEC System 60-2 autopilot. Mechanical effects include wheel shimmy.
Black Square Commander 114 · PDF p.9; introduction and variants
Hangar Studios 713 Ryan Navion B Super 260 · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Navion B manual identifies a pitch-trim wheel, flap selector, gear handle and emergency hydraulic hand pump. Gear-position lights indicate the resulting state. They are separate from the controls that operate the hydraulic system.
Developer manual PDF7-9 visual cockpit labels
Hangar Studios 713 Ryan Navion L-17B · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The L-17B manual specifies a 205 hp O-470-7 with hydraulic flaps and retractable landing gear. Its L-17D ski configuration has inoperative gear and indicators, and version 1.0.1 removed the gear-lever function. The manual's aileron-trim label remains unresolved against its elevator-trim references.
Developer manual PDF6-7/16/21/34/38
Hangar Studios 713 Ryan Navion L-17D Skis · Hangar Studios 713 · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The L-17B manual specifies a 205 hp O-470-7 with hydraulic flaps and retractable landing gear. Its L-17D ski configuration has inoperative gear and indicators, and version 1.0.1 removed the gear-lever function. The manual's aileron-trim label remains unresolved against its elevator-trim references.
Developer manual PDF6-7/16/21/34/38
The Navion configurations described by Hangar Studios 713 include hydraulic landing gear and flaps, with an emergency hand pump in the cockpit. A pitch-trim wheel, flap selector and gear handle give each system its own control.
The Super 260 rendition uses a 260 hp Continental IO-520 and KAP140 autopilot. The L-17B uses the 205 hp O-470-7; its included L-17D ski version has an inoperative gear system. These engine and undercarriage differences distinguish the package's represented variants.
Ryan Navion
Institutional equipment history identifies hydraulic servos and artificial feel on the Vautour. Restauravia's IIN has twin jets, monotrace retractable landing gear and flap settings of 10, 20 and 30 degrees. The cockpit labels elevator, aileron and rudder trim individually.
SNCASO SO.4050 Vautour IIN
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