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Grumman F-14 Tomcat · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Digital augmentation alongside the variable-sweep wing
The F-14 guide documents trim and spoiler indications, hydraulic systems and selectable digital augmentation in pitch, roll and yaw. These are separate cockpit systems within the simulated Tomcat, rather than treating the wing sweep as its only unusual feature.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.49,52,68
OH-6A / H500C · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Light controls and working configurations
The OH-6A and H500C are separately selectable aircraft in Taog's package, with different skid and float choices. The manual describes electric actuators for cyclic trim and controls without hydraulic boost. Mission attachments are more than visual accessories: their documented weights are placed at specified loading stations.
MSFS2024; flight manual 1.1 · PDF pp.9-10,22
Hughes OH-6 / 500
Hughes developed the OH-6 for the US Army's Light Observation Helicopter programme. Its compact airframe and single turbine suited reconnaissance and utility work. The civilian Hughes 500 lineage developed from the same basic design.
The OH-6 and later 500-family aircraft have different engines, rotor developments and equipment. Taog's simulator package also offers different skid and float configurations. Its documented electric cyclic trim should not be confused with a full automatic flight-control system.
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JU 52 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
A combined trim-and-flap control
The Ju 52 manual shows its combined trim/flap wheel and indication, alongside hydraulic, brake and heading-control equipment. This is an aircraft-specific cockpit arrangement rather than the separate flap lever and trim wheel common in later designs.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.4,6,14
Junkers JU 52
The Ju 52 began as a civil transport programme, with the three-engine Ju 52/3m becoming the familiar version. Its fixed gear, thick wing and corrugated exterior made a robust, readily recognisable aircraft. It served airlines before and alongside extensive military transport use.
The family includes different engines, equipment and historical roles. Its cockpit also uses period arrangements, including the combined trim-and-flap control mechanism described in the simulator documentation. Understanding those design choices is more useful than treating the Ju 52 as a modern airliner with an old exterior.
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Lancair Evolution · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
One real aircraft's equipment choices
Laminar models the Evolution after N844X, with that aircraft's particular cockpit and autopilot. There is no trim wheel in the represented panel: mapped commands operate pitch trim and the multifunction display shows its position. That is a specific installation within a kit-built aircraft family.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.6,51
Lancair Evolution
The Evolution was developed by Lancair and continued through Evolution Aircraft as an amateur-built design. Its low wing and compact cabin are arranged for high-performance personal travel. Both turbine and piston power have appeared in the programme.
An individual homebuilt aircraft can have equipment choices that differ from another example. Laminar's X-Plane model is based on a particular aircraft, N844X, so its cockpit and trim arrangement should be described from that implementation's manual rather than assumed to represent every Evolution.
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631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Large-flying-boat controls
The Latécoère 631 manual identifies trim controls on all three axes and separate heading- and altitude-hold controls. Its cockpit diagrams explain how the simulator presents a six-engine flying boat with several crew responsibilities.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.16,27
M-24 Orion · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Gyroplane controls rather than helicopter controls
The M24 manual identifies dual centre sticks, a trim button, a mechanical pre-rotator and a rotor brake. The pre-rotator is used to spin up the rotor; it is not the same as a helicopter's continuously engine-driven rotor system. The cockpit diagram shows how these distinct controls are arranged.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.3,5
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
A separate reference for the bundled MD-82
Laminar's guide identifies the MD-82's pitch-trim wheel and autopilot systems and provides illustrated cockpit locations. It is useful for the bundled aircraft, while Rotate's MD-80 has separate development history and systems documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.8,18,50
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 11
A separate reference for the bundled MD-82
Laminar's guide identifies the MD-82's pitch-trim wheel and autopilot systems and provides illustrated cockpit locations. It is useful for the bundled aircraft, while Rotate's MD-80 has separate development history and systems documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.8,18,50
MU-2 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
An illustrated guide to the MU-2 cockpit
The MU-2 manual is organised around cockpit layout and operation, including throttle and trim preparation. Its panel illustrations are the useful starting point for the controls represented in this MSFS aircraft; the guide does not by itself establish a separate hardware or telemetry API.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.34 and cockpit-panel sequence
