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Piper PA-18 Super Cub · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
The represented Super Cub cockpit
Laminar's Super Cub guide identifies pitch trim, stick controls and the installed instruments. It documents this particular aircraft's panel rather than proving that every Super Cub has the same navigation or automatic-flight equipment.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.7-8,20
PA-28 family · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Arrow's stabilator and landing-gear system
Just Flight's Arrow manual describes an all-moving stabilator with an anti-servo/trim tab, plus spring-centred rudder trim. It also covers the automatic landing-gear extension system fitted to the represented aircraft. The stabilator arrangement is a useful distinction from an aircraft with a fixed tailplane and separate elevator.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.13-14; flight controls
PA-28 family · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Turbo Arrow flight controls
The Turbo Arrow manual describes the stabilator's anti-servo/trim tab and the spring-centred rudder-trim mechanism. These controls remain separate from the turbocharged engine's management. The dedicated manual is useful when comparing the Turbo Arrow with both the normally aspirated Arrow and fixed-gear members of the PA-28 family.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF p.14
PA-28 family · Just Flight · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Flaps, pitch and the stabilator
Just Flight's Warrior documentation describes the pitch changes associated with flap movement and the use of stabilator trim to relieve sustained control pressure. It also identifies the rudder's spring-trim arrangement. The manual makes the underlying control design visible rather than reducing trim to an unexplained simulator percentage.
Archived document; installed package version not observed · PDF pp.13-14
Taurus M · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Compact sailplane controls
The Taurus M cockpit has an elevator-trim handle, flap controls and retractable landing gear. A combined lever serves the airbrake and parking-brake functions. The manual's cockpit diagram is the useful reference for understanding how those controls are arranged in the side-by-side cabin.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.7
Robinson R22 Beta II · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Direct controls and a mechanical trim aid
The R22 overview describes direct, unboosted controls. Its right-trim system uses a pulley and spring arrangement to relieve cyclic load associated with faster flight. This is a mechanical trim aid, distinct from the autopilot or stability systems described for larger helicopters.
Laminar R22 guide · PDF pp.4,8,33
Robinson R22 Beta II
Frank Robinson developed the R22 as a light helicopter, with production beginning in 1979. Its compact cabin, exposed tail boom and simple-looking rotor arrangement made it a familiar training and private-use aircraft.
The Beta II is a specific development within the family. Its unboosted controls and trim arrangements are different from the hydraulic and automatic flight-control systems of larger helicopters. The simulator manual's description of the cyclic trim cord should therefore be read on its own terms, rather than described as an autopilot.
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17 B · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Trim and undercarriage controls
The Saab 17 guide identifies rudder and elevator trim, normal landing-gear controls and the emergency gear system. Those cockpit details belong to the historic Saab 17, entirely separately from the later Saab 340 regional-airliner documentation.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.27
S.55 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
A basic simulator autopilot beside the historical cockpit
The S.55 pilot's guide identifies pitch-trim indication and an optional basic simulator autopilot on the options board. The latter is useful convenience equipment and is described as part of the simulation, rather than silently attributed to the original inter-war flying boat.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.10,20
SC.7 Skyvan · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Utility aircraft, full set of flight-guidance controls
The Skyvan guide documents a dedicated autopilot master, navigation and capture modes, pitch and roll trim controls, and hydraulic preparation. Its straightforward exterior therefore does not mean the simulator cockpit consists only of basic flight instruments.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.25,27
S12G · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
A sailplane cockpit with separate engine electrics
The Stemme S12G manual identifies digital trim indication and gliding instruments, together with separate engine and airframe electrical controls. The propulsion installation is part of a self-launching sailplane, so its controls have a different purpose from those in a conventional touring single.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.8; cockpit
Vans Aircraft RV-10 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
A G1000-equipped homebuilt in X-Plane
Laminar's RV-10 guide documents stick controls, electric pitch-trim commands and a G1000/autopilot panel. That avionics choice identifies the represented homebuilt aircraft. A later special livery does not, by itself, establish a new control interface or different underlying aircraft systems.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.11,17,21
