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Boeing 747 familyIberia Airlines · CC BY 2.0 · Boeing 747 pictured

Boeing 747 family

Hydraulically powered controls with artificial yoke feel, autopilot backdrive and a stick shaker.
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Kenne das Flugzeug

The 747 first flew in 1969 and entered airline service in 1970. Its broad main deck transformed the scale of passenger flying, while the elevated cockpit also suited a freighter with a nose-loading door. Passenger and cargo developments remained important throughout the programme.

The flight deck changed dramatically between classic three-crew 747s and later two-pilot aircraft. The 747-8 also brought a further wing and engine development. The simulator products cover several generations, including the classic 747-200 and modern 747-8.

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

Powerplant
4× GEnx-2B67, 66,500 lbf each↗
Seats
≈410 typical three-class↗
Max takeoff weight
987,000 lb (447,700 kg)↗
Wingspan
224 ft 7 in (68.45 m)↗
Length
250 ft 2 in (76.25 m), the longest airliner of its day↗
Max operating (Mmo)
M0.90↗
Typical cruise
M0.855↗
Max operating altitude
43,100 ft↗
Range
≈7,730 nm↗
Fuel capacity
≈63,034 US gal↗
Flight controls
Hydraulic with artificial feel, control column↗
First flight (747-8I)
2011↗

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How the upper-deck shape emerged

Boeing’s early concept archive shows that the familiar 747 shape was not the starting point. The development team studied several arrangements with two passenger decks. Problems with those configurations led Joe Sutter’s team toward a wide fuselage with most accommodation on one level. Moving the flight deck upstairs also left room for a cargo door in the nose below it.

A production story ending with a freighter

The 747 evolved through several generations, including the 747-400 and the later 747-8, while passenger and freight operations gave the family different careers. Boeing marked the final delivery on 31 January 2023 at Everett, handing a 747-8 freighter to Atlas Air. The manufacturer recorded 1,574 aircraft built over more than half a century.

People who had helped design and build the original aircraft returned for the ceremony. Atlas provided another link across generations: the company began with a converted 747-200 freighter and later operated types including the enlarged Dreamlifter, used to transport 787 components.

Sharing the coveted Kai Tak landing

Westerdijk recalls choosing a first-officer position on the 747 over an opportunity to command the DC-9. After earlier F27 and A310 flying, the prospect of long-haul operations appealed to him, and he eventually became a 747 captain. His recollections of the 200 and 300 include six-day rotations through Dubai and Bangkok to Hong Kong, with the return journey retracing those stops.

Kai Tak made those trips particularly memorable. He describes the transition from instrument guidance to the visual turn beside the city, with buildings close by and western winds sometimes adding turbulence. As a first officer, the allocation of flying duties determined whether he received that prized landing. When he later commanded the aircraft, he discussed the division of sectors with his first officer.

A childhood ambition waiting beside the employee car park

Osborne traces his fascination with the 747 to seeing Airport 1975 as a ten-year-old. Years later, as a US Air Force C-141 instructor, he would look across Frankfurt airport at newly arrived 747-400s and imagine flying one. After leaving the Air Force, his airline employer acquired the aircraft used in the film, and he eventually became part of its crew. The machine that had started the ambition became part of his working life.

Writing as a 747-400 captain, he describes another connection with that childhood excitement: the preserved N661US at the Delta Flight Museum. Passing it near the employee parking area at the beginning and end of trips brought back the same sense of wonder. The recollection is about a lasting attachment to the aircraft rather than a technical evaluation of its handling.

Acceptance flights, an old mentor and a family reunion

By the time of this 2022 interview, Vize had spent more than twenty-two years flying 747s for Atlas and visited more than a hundred destinations in the type. The cargo varied from cars and boats to holiday gifts and equipment for sports teams. Acceptance flights for two new 747-8 freighters gave that career a personal turn: while he flew the aircraft, Joe Masone carried out the functional checks and systems tests. Masone had trained him about twenty-five years earlier and helped him find his way to Atlas.

Vize also recalls a brief meeting with his son Brandon during a military deployment in 2010. His own arrival coincided with his son departing aboard another Atlas 747, flown by a colleague. Among the many journeys and loads he remembers, that chance encounter stands out as a moment when the aircraft joined his professional and family lives.

Flying a 747 with a Space Shuttle on its back

At Oshkosh in 1995, McMurtry stood beside his own Waco biplane and amused his interviewer by describing a much larger two-winged machine he flew: the 747 carrying a Space Shuttle. His route to that unusual assignment included naval aviation, test-pilot training and Lockheed U-2 flying before joining NASA in 1967. He became one of the original 747 project pilots for the Shuttle approach-and-landing test programme.

Asked how the carrier handled with the Shuttle aboard, he said the change was less dramatic than an observer might expect. The added vehicle nevertheless produced considerable drag, and disturbed airflow around it transmitted shaking to the 747’s tail and airframe. These handling observations concern the modified carrier combination.

Öffentliche Quellen 25
  1. Boeing 747Research background · Wikipedia revision 1373946440 · retrieved 2026-09-12
  2. Boeing 747-8i & 8f Instructions and Reference
  3. Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
  4. MSFS 2024 FAQ and edition aircraft inventory
  5. Boeing 747 Global Supertanker Instructions and Reference
  6. Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter Instructions and Reference
  7. MSFS 2020 FAQ and edition aircraft inventory
  8. Boeing 747-400 POH
  9. X-Plane 11 Desktop Manual
  10. X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
  11. 747-200 passenger productOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  12. 747-200F Classic CargoOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  13. Gerhard Westerdijk on flying the 747 into Kai TakLieneke Koornstra interview · 17 December 2022
  14. 747 Memories: Captain Tony OsborneTony Osborne recollection · archive page dated 23 October 2024; recollection predates that page date
  15. Delivering the final 747s for our customersTailwinds · 24 October 2022 · captain Tom Vize
  16. Pilots: Tom McMurtryDecember 1995 profile · interview at Oshkosh 1995
  17. Early 747 Concept ModelBoeing historical caption · asset BI222911 / k16432
  18. Boeing and Atlas Air celebrate the final 747 deliveryManufacturer announcement · 31 January 2023
  19. Aircraft & Avionics Update 02 release notesMSFS 2020 · version 1.33.8.0 · 22 June 2023
  20. ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
  21. B 747-8 Intercontinental Prime Edition-FPS-747-8Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  22. 747-400Product listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  23. Boeing 747-8 documentationGedruckte oder archivierte Quelle; kein öffentlicher Link
  24. Boeing published dataGedruckte oder archivierte Quelle; kein öffentlicher Link
  25. FAA TCDS A20WEGedruckte oder archivierte Quelle; kein öffentlicher Link

Wie das Profil es modelliert

Boeing 747-8

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The 747 first flew in 1969 and entered airline service in 1970. Its broad main deck transformed the scale of passenger flying, while the elevated cockpit also suited a freighter with a nose-loading door. Passenger and cargo developments remained important throughout the programme.

The factory starting point selects Boeing 747-8 across MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020, X-Plane 11, X-Plane 12.

Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. Directed aerodynamic loading is omitted.

Pitch-trim relief is off. Autopilot following is enabled for supported control references.

Diese genaue Revision wurde noch nicht für die öffentliche Installation freigegeben.

Controls and trim

The 747 family spans the classic -200, -400 and later -8, with separate avionics and engine installations. The cited -400 maintenance discussion reports breakout and full-aft column effort varying with trim; an early-747 handling account describes its wheel effort. These are related-type reports, not measured -8 force curves. Dreamlifter and Supertanker guides additionally describe specialized autopilot controls and mission configurations.

Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter Instructions and ReferenceBoeing 747 family reference

About the values

The gains are normalized profile settings. They describe the chosen effect balance; hand force depends on the device and its output limits. IAS references are tuning values rather than operating limits. Physical acceptance of this revision remains pending.

Master gain & control system

Master gain95%

Die letzte Gesamtskalierung über alles, was das Modell erzeugt, vor der Gerätegrenze.

Mehr: alles (Feder, Lasten, Effekte) wird gemeinsam stärker.

Weniger: alles wird gemeinsam weicher.

Warum hier: Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.

Forces

Spring strength20%

Die Grundzentrierkraft, die den Stick zur Mitte zieht. Jede andere Kraft baut darauf auf. Zu niedrig fühlt sich der Stick im Normalflug schlaff an; zu hoch kämpft er gegen deine Hand und überdeckt die feineren Signale.

Mehr: festere Zentrierung, die der Hand jederzeit mehr widersteht.

Weniger: ein schlafferer Stick, der sich allein auf die aerodynamische Last stützt.

Warum hier: The powered-control response uses qualitative family feel context; older maintenance and handling accounts do not calibrate every -8 axis. The baseline spring is 0.2. Low-speed spring blending is off.

Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter Instructions and ReferenceBoeing 747 family reference
Spring deadband0%

Eine kleine neutrale Zone um die Mitte, in der die Feder ruhig bleibt, damit kleinste Bewegungen im Stand nicht flattern. Breiter ist ruhiger, aber lockerer; enger ist präziser, kann aber um die Mitte zittern.

Mehr: eine ruhigere, aber lockerere Mitte mit mehr Spiel.

Weniger: eine straffere Mitte, die in Ruhe zittern kann.

Warum hier: Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.

Forces · Center starting force0.12

Warum hier: Adds smoothly ramped resistance outside the centre deadband. Zero removes this preload.

Overall aerodynamic load0%

Ein Gesamtmaß über beide anhaltenden Achslasten, vor ihrer Einzelbalance angewendet. Profile lassen es normalerweise stehen und stimmen die beiden Achslasten ab.

Mehr: beide Achsen laden härter auf.

Weniger: beide Achsen werden gemeinsam leichter.

Warum hier: The 0 gain omits sustained directed airspeed loading. Spring resistance remains independent.

Spring engagement full122 kt

Die Fahrt, bei der die Feder volle Stärke erreicht. Zwischen Beginn und diesem Punkt strafft sich die Zentrierung zunehmend mit der Anströmung.

Warum hier: Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.

Centre firmness vs speed100%

Wie stark sich die Zentrierung selbst mit der Fahrt strafft, zusätzlich zu den Ausschlaglasten. Null hält das Mittengefühl konstant; mehr lässt den Stick im Reiseflug härter und im Anflug lockerer zentrieren.

Mehr: eine Mitte, die mit Fahrt spürbar härter wird.

Weniger: konstantes Mittengefühl bei jeder Fahrt.

Warum hier: The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 1. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 122 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 7.8.

Centre stiffening cap7.8

Die Obergrenze der fahrtabhängigen Mittenstraffung, damit sehr hohe Fahrt die Feder nicht grenzenlos aufzieht.

Mehr: mehr Gesamtstraffung bei hoher Fahrt erlaubt.

Weniger: die Straffung klemmt früher ab.

Warum hier: Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.

Aileron load155%

Die anhaltende Rolllast aus Querruderausschlag und Fahrt, unabhängig vom Nick balanciert. Zusammen mit der Höhenruderlast bestimmt sie die Ruderharmonie, von der Testberichte sprechen.

Mehr: schwerere Rollkräfte.

Weniger: leichtere, quirligere Querruder.

Warum hier: Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 1.55 and 0.9, respectively. These stored weights do not create directed aerodynamic loading while that term is inactive. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.

Elevator load90%

Die anhaltende Nicklast aus Höhenruderausschlag und Fahrt, unabhängig von der Rollachse balanciert. Der Haupthebel für das Nickgewicht eines Musters. Er verändert weder Querruder, Feder, Trimmung noch Schüttelkräfte.

Mehr: schwerere anhaltende Nickkräfte bei Fahrt.

Weniger: ein leichteres Höhenruder, das weniger Muskel braucht.

Warum hier: Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.

Max output force65%

Eine Kappe je stetiger Nick- oder Rollkraft vor dem Gerät. Der Schutz davor, die Hardware in harten Manövern zu überfahren oder zu sättigen.

Mehr: stärkere Spitzenkräfte vor dem Abschneiden.

Weniger: eine sanftere Decke; harte Manöver flachen früher ab.

Warum hier: Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.

Forces · Center starting force transition0.05

Warum hier: Sets the travel used to ramp in centre preload. Wider intervals make its onset more gradual.

Airspeed blendingFalse

Aktiviert das Niedrigfahrt-Einblendfenster der Feder (Beginn/Voll in Knoten oben). Aus bleibt die Feder bei jeder Fahrt konstant.

Warum hier: Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.

Low-speed spring floor45%

Wie viel Feder im Stillstand übrig bleibt, bevor Fahrt überhaupt aerodynamische Kraft aufbauen kann. Ein hoher Sockel hält den geparkten Stick straff; ein niedriger ergibt das lose Seilzuggefühl eines geparkten Leichtflugzeugs.

Mehr: ein festerer Stick beim Parken und Rollen.

Weniger: ein schlaffer geparkter Stick, der erst mit Fahrt aufwacht.

Warum hier: Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.

Spring engagement start0 kt

Die Fahrt, ab der die Feder vom Niedrigfahrt-Sockel Richtung volle Stärke steigt: der Beginn des "Lebendigwerdens" der Ruder im Startlauf.

Warum hier: Sets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.

Geschwindigkeit zur Kraftabstimmung300

Die angezeigte Fahrt, bei der die aerodynamische Last ihr ausgelegtes Vollniveau erreicht. Sie verankert die gesamte Lastkurve am realen Geschwindigkeitsbereich: eine 172 lädt bis 110 Knoten auf, ein Jet viel später.

Mehr: Lasten kommen später; der Stick bleibt bis zu höherer Fahrt leicht.

Weniger: Lasten kommen früher, und die Reise fühlt sich schwerer an.

Warum hier: Sets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.

Trim

Trim relief (elevator)30%

Wie stark Höhenrudertrimmung die gehaltene Nickkraft abbaut und den Ruhepunkt des Sticks verschiebt. Bei 100 % braucht ein sauber getrimmtes Flugzeug keinen gehaltenen Druck: das Wegtrimmen der Last wie im echten Fliegen.

Mehr: Trimmung nimmt mehr der gehaltenen Nickkraft; bei 100 % nullt volle Trimmung sie.

Weniger: du hältst auch getrimmt weiter Kraft.

Warum hier: Trim-sensitive column effort is family mechanism context, while the profile's exact trim authority remains a selected approximation. Pitch relief is off, with stored authority 0.3; roll authority is 0.09.

Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter Instructions and ReferenceBoeing 747 family reference
Trim relief (aileron)9%

Dieselbe Entlastung für Rolltrimmung. Die meisten GA-Muster haben keine echte Querrudertrimmung, daher bleibt sie bei null; Muster mit Rolltrimmung bekommen einen passenden Wert.

Mehr: Rolltrimmung nimmt mehr gehaltene Rollkraft.

Weniger: Rolltrimmung bewirkt weniger.

Warum hier: Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.

Effect gains · Ground

Runway rumble42%

Rollende Untergrundvibration aus Radgeschwindigkeit und Oberflächenart: die Textur von Asphalt, Gras oder Schotter unter dem Fahrwerk.

Mehr: lautere Oberflächentextur durch den Stick.

Weniger: ruhigeres Rollen.

Warum hier: Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.

Gear bumps38%

Kurze einzelne Stöße von Dehnfugen, Spurrillen und rauem Belag: die Interpunktion über dem kontinuierlichen Rumpeln.

Mehr: schärfere Stöße von Fugen und Rillen.

Weniger: weichere Bodendetails.

Warum hier: Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.

Effect gains · Airframe

Stick shaker90%

Der dedizierte Stall-Stickshaker-Buzz, ausgelöst von der Überziehwarnanlage des Flugzeugs. Nur Muster mit echtem Shaker bekommen einen Wert; alle anderen verlassen sich auf Schütteln und Horn.

Mehr: ein härterer Shaker-Buzz.

Weniger: ein dezenterer Shaker.

Warum hier: Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.

Stall buffet18%

Zellenschütteln vor dem Überziehen und bei aktiver Überziehwarnung: wie laut diese Fläche ihr Unbehagen ankündigt. Muster mit sauberem Abriss bekommen moderates Schütteln, das Horn trägt die Warnung.

Mehr: lauteres Schütteln vor dem Überziehen.

Weniger: eine leisere Fläche; das Horn trägt die Warnung.

Warum hier: Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.

Mach buffet48%

Transsonisches Schütteln nahe der Machgrenze. Relevant für Jets nahe MMO, null für Kolben und Turboprops, die nie dort ankommen.

Mehr: stärkeres transsonisches Schütteln nahe der Machgrenze.

Weniger: ruhigerer Flug bei hohem Mach.

Warum hier: Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.

Flap buffet34%

Niederfrequente Zellenvibration mit Klappen im Fahrtwind, im Fenster, in dem sie wirklich Luft arbeiten.

Mehr: ein rauerer Lauf mit arbeitenden Klappen.

Weniger: ruhigere Anflugklappen.

Warum hier: Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.

Gear buffet34%

Zellentrommeln vom ausgefahrenen Einziehfahrwerk im Fahrtwind. Null für Festfahrwerke, deren Zelle nie die Form ändert.

Mehr: mehr Trommeln mit hängendem Fahrwerk.

Weniger: saubererer Flug mit Fahrwerk.

Warum hier: Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.

Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag

Touchdown thump95%

Der Einmalstoß beim Aufsetzen, skaliert mit der Sinkrate: ein Butterlander flüstert, ein fester Aufsetzer wummst.

Mehr: ein härterer Tritt beim Aufsetzen.

Weniger: weichere Ankünfte.

Warum hier: Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.

Reverse rumble55%

Ausrollvibration bei Schubumkehr oder Beta-Verstellung. Null für Muster ohne Umkehr.

Mehr: ein rauerer Ausrollvorgang unter Umkehrschub.

Weniger: leisere Umkehr.

Warum hier: Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.

Engine rumble11%

Kontinuierliche Triebwerksvibration, die der Drehzahl von Leerlauf bis Volllast folgt: die allgegenwärtige Erinnerung, dass vorn etwas Kraftstoff verbrennt.

Mehr: mehr Triebwerk im Stick.

Weniger: ein leiseres Triebwerk.

Warum hier: Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.

Flap motion28%

Dauervibration nur, solange der Simulator tatsächlich fahrende Klappenflächen meldet. Folgt echter Aktuatorbewegung und Ausfällen, keinem geschätzten Timer.

Mehr: mehr Vibration bei fahrenden Klappen.

Weniger: leisere Klappenläufe.

Warum hier: Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.

Autopilot follow

AP follow authority100%

Wie weit Autopilotbefehle den physischen Stick bewegen dürfen. In MSFS winzig gehalten, weil eine bewegte Achse als Pilotene ingabe zurückgelesen werden kann; null schaltet das Folgen ab.

Mehr: der Autopilot bewegt deinen Stick sichtbar weiter.

Weniger: ein kaum wahrnehmbares Folgen.

Warum hier: Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply.

Autopilot

Autopilot · Follow enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Following is on at 1 authority when a supported, valid autopilot control reference is available.

Autopilot · Neutral hold enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.

Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6

Warum hier: Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.

Stick feel

StickFeel · Trim feel enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.

StickFeel · Trim relief enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount.

StickFeel · Force trim enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification.

StickFeel · G load enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it.

StickFeel · Rate damping enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.

Aero

Aero · Max flap index6

Where this effect reaches full strength (or has fully faded, for washouts).

Mehr: a more gradual build to a later peak.

Weniger: a quicker build.

Warum hier: Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.

Aero · Min flap index1

Where this effect begins fading in.

Mehr: the effect begins later.

Weniger: it begins earlier.

Warum hier: Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.

Aero · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.

Aero · Shaker enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.

Spring response

SpringResponse · Travel enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Applies the configured pitch and roll spring travel curves.

SpringResponse · Output1

Warum hier: Sets response at the second pitch-curve point; it is an endpoint only if its input position is full travel.

SpringResponse · Output1

Warum hier: Sets response at the second roll-curve point; its input position and other points determine the travel law.

Ground

Ground · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry.

Engine

Engine · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.

Mechanical

Mechanical · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Warum hier: Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.

Mechanical · Gain0.18

The strength of this effect.

Mehr: a stronger effect.

Weniger: a weaker one.

Warum hier: Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.

Alle Profileinstellungen
Geschätzte Profileinstellungen
ParameterWertWas es steuert und warum
Spring strength0.2 The powered-control response uses qualitative family feel context; older maintenance and handling accounts do not calibrate every -8 axis. The baseline spring is 0.2. Low-speed spring blending is off.
Spring deadband0 Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.
Forces · Center starting force0.12 Adds smoothly ramped resistance outside the centre deadband. Zero removes this preload.
Force gain0 The 0 gain omits sustained directed airspeed loading. Spring resistance remains independent.
Master gain0.95 Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.
Spring full-strength speed122 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
Airspeed spring stiffening1 The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 1. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 122 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 7.8.
Airspeed stiffening cap7.8 Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.
Aileron force scale1.55 Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 1.55 and 0.9, respectively. These stored weights do not create directed aerodynamic loading while that term is inactive. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.
Elevator force scale0.9 Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.
Maximum output force0.65 Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.
Autopilot · Follow enabledTrue Following is on at 1 authority when a supported, valid autopilot control reference is available.
Autopilot · Follow authority1 Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply.
Autopilot · Neutral hold enabledFalse Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.
Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6 Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.
StickFeel · Trim feel enabledFalse Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.
StickFeel · Trim relief enabledFalse Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount.
Aero · Max flap index6 Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.
Aero · Min flap index1 Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.
Aero · Amplitude0.9 Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.
Forces · Center starting force transition0.05 Sets the travel used to ramp in centre preload. Wider intervals make its onset more gradual.
Dynamic-pressure blendFalse Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.
Minimum spring factor0.45 Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.
Spring wake-up speed0 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.
Geschwindigkeit zur Kraftabstimmung300 ktSets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.
SpringResponse · Travel enabledFalse Applies the configured pitch and roll spring travel curves.
SpringResponse · Output1 Sets response at the second pitch-curve point; it is an endpoint only if its input position is full travel.
SpringResponse · Output1 Sets response at the second roll-curve point; its input position and other points determine the travel law.
StickFeel · Elevator authority0.3 Trim-sensitive column effort is family mechanism context, while the profile's exact trim authority remains a selected approximation. Pitch relief is off, with stored authority 0.3; roll authority is 0.09.
StickFeel · Aileron authority0.09 Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.
StickFeel · Force trim enabledFalse Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification.
StickFeel · G load enabledFalse Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it.
StickFeel · Rate damping enabledFalse Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.
Aero · EnabledTrue Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.
Aero · Gain0.18 Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.
Aero · Gain0.48 Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.
Aero · Gain0.34 Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.
Aero · Gain0.34 Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.
Aero · Shaker enabledTrue Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.
Ground · EnabledTrue Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry.
Ground · Gain0.42 Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.
Ground · Gain0.38 Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.
Ground · Gain0.95 Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.
Ground · Gain0.55 Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.
Engine · EnabledTrue Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.
Engine · Gain0.11 Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.
Mechanical · EnabledTrue Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.
Mechanical · Gain0.28 Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.
Mechanical · Gain0.18 Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.
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