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Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The guide notes that an automatic stop can leave fuel unavailable on restart. It instructs the user to close and reopen the fuel shutoff valve.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 6; documented workaround, not a current runtime test
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Two switches between the seats deploy and retrieve the buoys. The guide applies this feature to all included Wal variants.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 7
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
MAN uses a manually set course. VOR requires the battery, radio master and a received NAV signal. The guide restricts this radio-compass feature to the Cabina variant.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 15, visually checked
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The NETZAUSSCHALTER interrupts power and engine fuel supply. The guide’s normal state is pushed in, with the cover closed.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 16
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The Cabina hatches respond to mouse clicks from inside the cockpit. The guide also describes moving along the deck and into the cabin and cargo spaces.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 17
Do J Wal · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The March 2022 Local Legend III package brings three versions together. The Cabina and N-25 are accompanied by missions recreating an Italian passenger route and an Atlantic crossing.
2022-03-29 · release and package scope
The Wal, German for whale, became an important Dornier flying-boat design. Its engines were arranged in a tractor-and-pusher pair, with one propeller facing forward and the other aft. The hull and stabilising side structures reflect its water-based transport role.
Civilian, military and long-distance expedition aircraft used the basic design. It offers an unusual comparison with later flying boats: two engines share the centreline rather than occupying separate wing nacelles, and the cockpit belongs to the early years of long-range aerial navigation.
Aircraft / family
1925 edition · separate chapters by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and Leif Dietrichson
24 February 1973 · page 10; retrospective with Wolfgang von Gronau’s quoted recollections
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The linked August 2023 guide explains the MSFS 2020 engine controls. It provides equipment background; this older manual does not establish unchanged MSFS 2024 controls.
Legacy guide; MSFS 2024 interface remains unverified
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The tug requires all engines off and wind below 10 knots. With tug operation enabled, separate knobs set towing speed and direction. The same panel controls the anchor.
August 2023 MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 4–5
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Hold an Engine Autostart switch in Start for three seconds to begin the sequence. The guide also supplies a separate manual starting procedure.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 6–11
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