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Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The cockpit levers command groups 1–6 and 7–12. Only coupled engines respond there; an uncoupled engine requires its individual engine-room control.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 14 and 27; coupling diagram visually checked
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The cockpit illustration identifies a dedicated water-rudder handle wheel beside the other controls.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 13
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Cockpit window handles operate the front and side windows. Pilot and copilot yokes have separate visibility controls.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 12–14
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The radio room contains the avionics master, NAV heading selectors, ADF controls and separate NAV frequency adjustments. Its illustrated panels supplement the cockpit instruments.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 30–34
Do X · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Local Legend 12 introduced the Do X in August 2023. The original Marketplace package has Historic, Aviators Club and Xbox Aviators Club liveries.
2023-08-23 · release and package scope
Claude Dornier's Do X was conceived on a scale far beyond the light flying boats of its era. Completed in 1929, it combined a broad hull with a high wing and six tractor-and-pusher engine pairs. Its accommodation and public demonstrations reflected ambitions for large-scale air travel over water.
The aircraft's engineering is as interesting as its size. A separate flight engineer managed the engines, creating a very different division of work from a modern two-pilot cockpit. The simulator manual is the guide to how that complex machine has been made usable by one person.
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Stefan Bartmann · 30 May 2022; historical account referring to Wagner’s recollections
Morris Markey · September 1931
Evelyn Crellin · 11 April 2014; museum biography with a quoted postcard
Seastar · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The Seastar uses two turboprops in a tandem tractor-and-pusher installation above the fuselage. Its boat hull and stabilising sponsons follow a recognisable Dornier flying-boat tradition, while retractable landing gear allows runway operations as well.
The programme has had a long development history since its first flight in the 1980s. Its layout is a useful contrast with aircraft that place one engine on each wing. The simulator's own model and manual identify the equipment represented rather than implying that all prototypes and later developments were identical.
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J. Mac McClellan · 15 January 2010
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