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MD-80 · Rotate · X-Plane 12

Loading and planning have dedicated package controls

The popup menu manages ground equipment, doors and fuel, cargo and passengers. A weight-and-balance section predicts centre of gravity at takeoff and landing, while the custom FMS supplies vertical-profile and time-and-fuel predictions.

Rotate MD-80 Pro developer feature list · captured September 2026

SourceMD-80 ↗Rotate
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun ↗Simulator documentation

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun · iniBuilds · MSFS 2020

Fuel behaviour has a dedicated implementation

The feature list identifies a functional fuel system using Microsoft Flight Simulator’s newer fuel mechanics. This establishes the developer’s stated implementation, without inventing exposed variables or hardware mappings.

Bf108 MSFS2020 feature list

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Simulator documentation

Nieuport 24 — original MSFS release · Flysimware · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Rotary-era controls

The aircraft uses a blip switch alongside throttle and mixture controls. Flysimware’s manual identifies the fuel-pressure gauge, hand pump, starter handcrank and cockpit clipboard. The manual shows where these controls are located.

Manual cockpit and panel sections

Nieuport 24 / 24bis ↗Simulator documentation

Nieuport 24 — native MSFS 2024 · Flysimware · MSFS 2024

Rotary-era controls

The aircraft uses a blip switch alongside throttle and mixture controls. Flysimware’s manual identifies the fuel-pressure gauge, hand pump, starter handcrank and cockpit clipboard. The manual shows where these controls are located.

Manual cockpit and panel sections

North American B-25 Mitchell ↗Simulator documentation

North American B-25 Mitchell · Khamsin · X-Plane 11

Cockpit functions and fuel management

The product description includes an on-panel checklist, operating bomb-bay doors, an interior with crew figures and management of seven fuel tanks. The listing identifies version 1.4, dated 4 July 2017, for X-Plane 11 on Windows, macOS or Linux. These details describe the publisher’s stated package scope.

X-Plane.org store · gathered 12 September 2026

SourceB-25 Mitchell ↗Khamsin
Panavia Tornado ↗Simulator documentation

Panavia Tornado · X-Trident · X-Plane 11

A supplied buddy tanker supports the refuelling feature

The package describes animated air-to-air refuelling with an included buddy tanker. Custom lighting, throttle animation and sound accompany the cockpit systems and moving-map features.

X-Plane 11 version 3.5 developer store description

Pilatus PC-24 ↗Simulator documentation

PC-24 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

A documented revision to the PC-24’s systems

Microsoft’s May 2025 Sim Update 2 notes identify Carenado PC-24 version 1.0.9 and list work on electrical setup, pressurisation, fuel and environmental displays, checklists and takeoff/landing data. This records a specific package update; it does not establish the state of a later installed version.

Official SU2 1.4.20.0 notes · 15 May 2025

SourceRelease Notes — Sim Update 2 [1.4.20.0] ↗Microsoft Flight Simulator
Pilatus PC-6 B2 ↗Simulator documentation

Pilatus PC-6 B2 · Thranda · Thranda · X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11

Configure a Porter for wheels, water or cargo

Thranda’s X-Plane 12 Porter includes land and amphibian versions, with selectable tyres, skis and underwing fuel tanks. Its EFB manages seats, cargo and fuel alongside panel layouts, including G1000 configurations and optional RealityXP integration. Loading and equipment choices are exposed in the weight-and-balance interface.

Gathered XP12 listing · distinct from the older XP11 package

Pilatus PC-6 B2 ↗Simulator documentation

Pilatus PC-6 B2 · SimCoders · X-Plane 12

The Porter REP targets Thranda’s X-Plane 12 aircraft

SimCoders explicitly requires the XP12 Turbo Porter and also supports its amphibian. Documented additions include a custom tailwheel model, engine-temperature and hot-start behaviour, persistent component condition and a maintenance hangar. An optional virtual economy connects flying with fuel and repair costs.

Gathered SimCoders product page · XP12 base-aircraft requirement

Piper Comanche ↗Simulator documentation

Piper Comanche · A2A · A2A · MSFS 2024 · MSFS 2020

An aircraft that retains its mechanical history

A2A's Accu-Sim 2 Comanche uses its external Merlin flight-physics system and a per-cylinder engine model. The manual describes fuel priming, fuel contamination and ground behaviour that responds to tyre loading. Persistent aircraft condition connects one simulator session with the next, while the maintenance and inspection interfaces make that condition visible. The full manual is the starting point for understanding the aircraft; the separate variable list serves cockpit builders.

Accu-Sim 2 Comanche for MSFS · PDF p.8; features and systems

SourceComanche Pilot Manual ↗A2A Simulations
Piper Comanche ↗Simulator documentation

Piper Comanche · A2A · A2A · MSFS 2024 · MSFS 2020

Loading the aircraft belongs to Accu-Sim

The Comanche's tablet handles fuel, passengers and baggage through Accu-Sim's own simulation. A2A states that the default MSFS weight-and-balance menu is not supported for this aircraft because the model uses external code. The tablet shows a live centre-of-gravity diagram as the load changes, provides fuel presets and can update the JPI engine monitor's fuel state. This is a consequential difference from a default simulator aircraft, even before considering how either one flies.

Accu-Sim Comanche 250 for MSFS · PDF p.50 / printed p.48 · Fuel and payload

SourceComanche Pilot Manual ↗A2A Simulations
Piper PA-11 Cub Special ↗Research-based aircraft background

Piper PA-11 Cub Special

The PA-11 developed the J-3 Cub before the later PA-18 Super Cub. Its changes included an enclosed engine cowling, a larger 18-gallon fuel tank moved into the left wing and revised seats. The first flight was in 1945.

Flight Replicas represents a present-day aircraft with radio, transponder and electrical master switches. Its manual identifies a stick, pitch trim, fixed tailwheel gear and no flaps.

Piper PA-11 Cub Special