Biblioteca de aeronavesCessna 172 Skyhawk
Cessna 172 SkyhawkAdrian Pingstone · Public domain · 1966 Reims F172G

Cessna 172 Skyhawk

Cable-operated yoke controls with airspeed-dependent resistance, pitch-trim relief and a stall-warning horn.
General aviationC17227 opciones de perfil

Conoce el avión

The Skyhawk developed from the tailwheel Cessna 170, adopting tricycle landing gear. The first 172 flew in 1955. Its combination of a practical cabin, fixed undercarriage and straightforward layout helped make it a familiar aircraft for personal flying and instruction.

The 172's long history includes different engines, panels and equipment. That variety is especially visible in simulation: a conventional-instrument aircraft, a G1000-equipped version and an add-on with persistent maintenance systems offer different experiences despite sharing the same basic silhouette.

Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000)

Powerplant
Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 hp↗
Seats
4↗
Max takeoff weight
2,550 lb (1,157 kg)↗
Wingspan
36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)↗
Length
27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)↗
Never exceed (Vne)
163 KIAS↗
Max structural cruise (Vno)
129 KIAS↗
Maneuvering (Va)
105 KIAS at 2,550 lb↗
Stall, landing config (Vs0)
40 KCAS↗
Cruise
≈124 KTAS at 75% power↗
Service ceiling
14,000 ft↗
Usable fuel
53 US gal↗

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A familiar shape that evolved

The 172 began with the tailwheel Cessna 170. Moving the third wheel to the nose helped create the aircraft that became familiar to generations of students. Its outline changed along the way: early examples had a straight fin, the swept fin arrived with the 172A, and the lowered rear fuselage and rear window followed with the 172D. A photograph of an early Skyhawk can therefore look surprisingly different from the training aircraft on a modern ramp.

Familiar controls, a different engine experience

Flying factory JT-A N688CS from San Marcos, Texas, Goyer immediately noticed how different the turbodiesel sounded. Its quieter whirr accompanied a climb that felt convincingly stronger than the earlier diesel Skyhawk the writer had evaluated. The cockpit also changed the pilot's relationship with the engine: one power lever requested output while electronic controls managed fuel and propeller settings. The report describes the Continental-powered JT-A and its Garmin NXi installation, rather than the conventional Lycoming-powered training aircraft that shares its silhouette.

Despite those changes, Goyer found the flight-control feel and most of the familiar Skyhawk flying manners intact. One difference appeared in landing: the demonstrator seemed inclined to float more when approach speed was not closely controlled. The writer suggested residual thrust as a possible explanation, explicitly as an interpretation.

Living with an early straight-tail 172

Davisson's account of Jim Landers's restored 1957 aircraft explains why an early 172 can feel different before it even leaves the ground. The low instrument panel and more upright seating create an unusually open view over the nose. He describes the six-cylinder Continental as smoother than the later Lycomings and finds the aircraft's familiar, approachable character already present in this early version. Landers had moved up from a Cessna 150 chiefly to gain useful space for travelling with his wife and their baggage.

That extra space did not mean treating every seat as routinely available. Operating in Arizona, Landers generally used the aircraft as a two-person tourer and took high density altitude seriously when deciding on a load. His account also includes the less glamorous side of ownership: an engine failure inside the crankcase led to a rebuild, and the polished finish required considerable labour.

A student’s view of the glass-panel Skyhawk

For Cox's 2009 review, student pilot Peggy Herrera offered a perspective quite different from a veteran test pilot's. She had been able to try a varied group of aircraft and was training in a recent, air-conditioned Skyhawk with Garmin G1000 instruments. What she appreciated most was the aircraft's unhurried response: gentle control behaviour, effective flaps and low speeds in the circuit left her time to understand what was happening. That mattered particularly while she was learning to land.

Her principal difficulty lay in the panel rather than the airframe. The G1000 initially felt overwhelming until its organisation began to make sense, and the tall instrument panel could restrict the view for a shorter pilot despite the adjustable seat. Cox set those observations alongside his own experience in numerous Skyhawks, including long trips, and described the model's appeal as a balance of useful qualities.

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Cómo lo modela el perfil

Bagolu C172 Amphibian

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MSFS 2020Bagolu

The Skyhawk developed from the tailwheel Cessna 170, adopting tricycle landing gear. The first 172 flew in 1955. Its combination of a practical cabin, fixed undercarriage and straightforward layout helped make it a familiar aircraft for personal flying and instruction.

This profile selects Bagolu C172 Amphibian for MSFS 2020.

Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.

Valid trim provides the configured pressure relief. Autopilot following is off.

Esta revisión exacta aún no está habilitada para su instalación pública.

Controls and trim

C172 manuals describe mechanical cables and linkages operating the primary controls and an elevator trim tab operated from the cockpit wheel. Published handling accounts describe greater elevator effort than aileron effort and hands-off stability after trimming. These are qualitative accounts, not one fixed ratio for every Skyhawk or loading condition. Engine upgrades, float kits, taildragger conversions and analog or glass panels retain their own simulator scope.

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The selected implementation

Bagolu's discontinued v1.5.0 amphibian uses a 210-hp conversion, 0/10/20/40-degree flaps and Wipline 2350 floats with retractable wheels.

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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 gain85%

La escala final de salida global aplicada a todo lo que produce el modelo, antes del tope del dispositivo.

Más: todo (muelle, cargas, efectos) se refuerza a la vez.

Menos: todo se suaviza a la vez.

Por qué aquí: Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.

Forces

Spring strength74%

La fuerza base de centrado que devuelve la palanca al centro. Todas las demás fuerzas se apilan sobre ella. Demasiado baja y la palanca se siente floja en vuelo normal; demasiado alta y lucha contra tu mano y enmascara las señales más pequeñas superpuestas.

Más: un centrado más firme que resiste más la mano.

Menos: una palanca más blanda que depende solo de la carga aerodinámica.

Por qué aquí: Mechanical controls and published pitch-heavy handling motivate speed-dependent yoke resistance and a separately selected roll balance. The baseline spring is 0.74. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 45 KIAS.

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Spring deadband4%

Una pequeña zona neutra alrededor del centro donde el muelle queda en silencio, para que los movimientos mínimos en reposo no traqueteen. Más ancha es más tranquila pero más suelta; más estrecha es más precisa pero puede vibrar en el centro.

Más: un centro más tranquilo pero más suelto, con más holgura.

Menos: un centro más apretado que puede vibrar en reposo.

Por qué aquí: Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.

Overall aerodynamic load80%

Una escala maestra sobre ambas cargas sostenidas de eje, aplicada antes de su equilibrio independiente. Los perfiles normalmente la dejan quieta y ajustan las dos cargas de eje.

Más: ambos ejes cargan más fuerte.

Menos: ambos ejes se aligeran a la vez.

Por qué aquí: The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.8 with an indicated-speed reference of 90 KIAS. This supplies speed-dependent loading alongside the spring.

Airspeed blendingTrue

Activa la ventana de acoplamiento del muelle a baja velocidad (nudos de inicio/pleno de arriba). Apagado, el muelle es constante a todas las velocidades.

Por qué aquí: Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.

Low-speed spring floor55%

Cuánto del muelle sobrevive con el avión parado, antes de que la velocidad pueda generar fuerza aerodinámica. Un suelo alto mantiene firme la palanca aparcada; uno bajo da la sensación suelta, de cables con holgura, de una avioneta estacionada.

Más: una palanca más firme aparcado y rodando.

Menos: una palanca floja aparcado que solo despierta con la velocidad.

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

Spring engagement start8 kt

La velocidad a la que el muelle empieza a subir desde su suelo de baja velocidad hacia la fuerza plena: los mandos «cobrando vida» en la carrera de despegue.

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

Spring engagement full45.0 kt

La velocidad a la que el muelle alcanza su fuerza plena. Entre el inicio y este punto, el centrado se endurece progresivamente a medida que el flujo de aire crece sobre los mandos.

Por qué aquí: Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.

Velocidad de ajuste de fuerza90

La velocidad indicada a la que la carga aerodinámica alcanza su nivel pleno de diseño. Ancla toda la curva de carga al rango real de velocidades del avión: un 172 carga hacia 110 nudos, un jet mucho después.

Más: las cargas llegan más tarde; la palanca sigue ligera hasta más velocidad.

Menos: las cargas llegan antes y el crucero pesa más.

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

Centre firmness vs speed15%

Cuánto se endurece el propio centrado con la velocidad, además de las cargas por deflexión. Cero mantiene constante la sensación de centro; más hace que la palanca centre más duro en crucero y más suelta en el circuito.

Más: un centro que endurece claramente con la velocidad.

Menos: una sensación de centro constante a cualquier velocidad.

Por qué aquí: The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0.15. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 45 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 5.

Centre stiffening cap5

El límite superior del endurecimiento de centro por velocidad, para que el vuelo muy rápido no pueda tensar el muelle sin freno.

Más: más endurecimiento total permitido a alta velocidad.

Menos: el endurecimiento se corta antes.

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

Aileron load72%

La carga sostenida de alabeo por deflexión de alerones y velocidad, equilibrada con independencia del cabeceo. Junto con la carga del timón de profundidad fija la relación de armonía de mandos de la que hablan las reseñas.

Más: esfuerzos de alabeo más pesados.

Menos: alerones más ligeros y vivos.

Por qué aquí: Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.72 and 1, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.

Elevator load100%

La carga sostenida de cabeceo por deflexión del timón de profundidad y velocidad, equilibrada con independencia del alabeo. Es la palanca principal detrás del peso de cabeceo de un tipo. No toca alerones, muelle, compensador ni fuerzas de bataneo.

Más: esfuerzos sostenidos de cabeceo más pesados a velocidad.

Menos: una profundidad más ligera, con menos músculo que sostener.

Por qué aquí: Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.

Max output force55%

Un tope sobre cada fuerza estable de cabeceo o alabeo antes de llegar al dispositivo, protegiendo contra golpes o saturación del hardware en maniobras fuertes.

Más: picos de fuerza estable más altos antes del recorte.

Menos: un techo más suave; las maniobras duras se aplanan antes.

Por qué aquí: Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.

Trim

Trim relief (elevator)30%

Con qué fuerza el compensador de profundidad alivia el esfuerzo de cabeceo mantenido y desplaza dónde se asienta la palanca. Al 100 %, un avión bien compensado no necesita presión mantenida: el flujo de trabajo de compensar la carga del vuelo real.

Más: el compensador quita más esfuerzo mantenido; al 100 %, compensado del todo lo anula.

Menos: sigues sosteniendo esfuerzo aun compensado.

Por qué aquí: The elevator trim tab supports pitch-load relief. A ground-adjustable rudder tab is not a pilot-operated aileron-trim signal. Pitch authority 0.3 provides load relief and permitted centre movement; roll authority is 0.

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Trim relief (aileron)0%

El mismo alivio para el compensador de alabeo. La mayoría de los tipos de aviación general no tienen compensador de alerones real, así que se queda a cero; los tipos con compensador de alabeo reciben un valor acorde.

Más: el compensador de alabeo quita más esfuerzo mantenido.

Menos: el compensador de alabeo hace menos.

Por qué aquí: Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.

Effect gains · Ground

Runway rumble12%

Vibración de rodadura según la velocidad de las ruedas y el tipo de superficie: asfalto, hierba o grava bajo el tren.

Más: una textura de superficie más fuerte en la palanca.

Menos: un rodaje más liso.

Por qué aquí: Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.

Gear bumps10%

Golpes cortos y discretos de juntas de dilatación, surcos y superficie irregular, que puntúan el retumbo continuo.

Más: golpes más nítidos de juntas y surcos.

Menos: detalles de suelo más suaves.

Por qué aquí: Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.

Effect gains · Airframe

Stall buffet35%

Sacudida de la célula al acercarse a la pérdida y mientras suena el aviso: cuán fuerte anuncia esta ala que está incómoda. Los tipos con entrada en pérdida seca reciben bataneo modesto y dejan que la bocina lleve el aviso.

Más: un temblor previo a la pérdida más fuerte.

Menos: un ala más discreta; la bocina lleva el aviso.

Por qué aquí: Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.

Mach buffet0%

Bataneo transónico al acercarse al límite de Mach. Significativo para jets cerca de MMO, cero para pistones y turbohélices que nunca llegan.

Más: un bataneo transónico más fuerte cerca del límite de Mach.

Menos: un vuelo más liso a Mach alto.

Por qué aquí: Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.

Flap buffet0%

Vibración de baja frecuencia de la célula con los flaps extendidos al flujo, en la ventana de velocidad donde realmente trabajan el aire.

Más: un vuelo más áspero con flaps trabajando.

Menos: flaps de aproximación más suaves.

Por qué aquí: Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.

Gear buffet0%

Tamborileo de la célula por el tren retráctil colgando en la corriente. Cero para tipos de tren fijo, donde la célula nunca cambia de forma.

Más: más tamborileo con el tren fuera.

Menos: un vuelo con tren fuera más limpio.

Por qué aquí: Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.

Stick shaker50%

El zumbido dedicado del stick shaker de pérdida, disparado por el propio sistema de aviso del avión. Solo los tipos con shaker real reciben un valor; el resto confía en el bataneo aerodinámico y la bocina.

Más: un shaker más duro.

Menos: un shaker más discreto.

Por qué aquí: Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.

Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag

Touchdown thump22%

El golpe único cuando las ruedas tocan la pista, escalado por la velocidad vertical: un aterrizaje fino susurra, una llegada firme golpea.

Más: un golpe más duro en la toma.

Menos: llegadas más suaves.

Por qué aquí: Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.

Reverse rumble0%

Vibración de rodadura mientras trabajan la reversa o las hélices en rango beta. Cero para tipos sin reversa.

Más: un rodaje más áspero con reversa.

Menos: una reversa más discreta.

Por qué aquí: Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.

Engine rumble12%

Vibración continua del grupo motopropulsor siguiendo las RPM entre ralentí y plena potencia, el recordatorio siempre presente de que algo quema combustible delante.

Más: más motor en la palanca.

Menos: un motor más discreto.

Por qué aquí: Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.

Flap motion12%

Vibración continua solo mientras el simulador informa de que las superficies de flap se mueven realmente. Sigue el movimiento y las averías reales del actuador, no un temporizador estimado.

Más: más vibración con los flaps en movimiento.

Menos: recorridos de flap más discretos.

Por qué aquí: Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.

Autopilot follow

AP follow authority10%

Cuánto pueden mover físicamente la palanca las órdenes del piloto automático. Se mantiene minúsculo en MSFS, donde un eje movido puede leerse de vuelta como entrada del piloto; cero desactiva el seguimiento por completo.

Más: el piloto automático mueve tu palanca visiblemente más.

Menos: un seguimiento apenas perceptible.

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

Stick feel

StickFeel · Trim feel enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.

StickFeel · Trim relief enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: 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.

Por qué aquí: Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification.

StickFeel · G load enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

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

StickFeel · Rate damping enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.

Autopilot

Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.

Autopilot · Neutral hold enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.

Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6

Por qué aquí: Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.

Aero

Aero · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.

Aero · Max flap index3

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

Más: a more gradual build to a later peak.

Menos: a quicker build.

Por qué aquí: Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.

Aero · Min flap index2

Where this effect begins fading in.

Más: the effect begins later.

Menos: it begins earlier.

Por qué aquí: Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.

Aero · Shaker enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.

Ground

Ground · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: 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.

Por qué aquí: Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.

Mechanical

Mechanical · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por qué aquí: Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.

Mechanical · Gain0.025

The strength of this effect.

Más: a stronger effect.

Menos: a weaker one.

Por qué aquí: Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.

Todos los ajustes del perfil
Ajustes estimados del perfil
ParámetroValorQué controla y por qué
Spring strength0.74 Mechanical controls and published pitch-heavy handling motivate speed-dependent yoke resistance and a separately selected roll balance. The baseline spring is 0.74. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 45 KIAS.
Spring deadband0.04 Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.
Force gain0.8 The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.8 with an indicated-speed reference of 90 KIAS. This supplies speed-dependent loading alongside the spring.
Master gain0.85 Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.
Dynamic-pressure blendTrue Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.
Minimum spring factor0.55 Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.
Spring wake-up speed8 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.
Spring full-strength speed45.0 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
Velocidad de ajuste de fuerza90 ktSets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.
Airspeed spring stiffening0.15 The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0.15. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 45 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 5.
Airspeed stiffening cap5 Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.
Aileron force scale0.72 Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.72 and 1, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.
Elevator force scale1.0 Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.
Maximum output force0.55 Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.
StickFeel · Trim feel enabledFalse Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.
StickFeel · Trim relief enabledTrue Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount.
StickFeel · Elevator authority0.3 The elevator trim tab supports pitch-load relief. A ground-adjustable rudder tab is not a pilot-operated aileron-trim signal. Pitch authority 0.3 provides load relief and permitted centre movement; roll authority is 0.
StickFeel · Aileron authority0 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 enabledTrue Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it.
StickFeel · Rate damping enabledTrue Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.
Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.
Autopilot · Follow authority0.1 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.
Aero · EnabledTrue Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.
Aero · Gain0.35 Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.
Aero · Gain0 Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.
Aero · Gain0 Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.
Aero · Max flap index3 Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.
Aero · Min flap index2 Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.
Aero · Gain0 Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.
Aero · Shaker enabledFalse Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.
Aero · Amplitude0.5 Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.
Ground · EnabledTrue Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry.
Ground · Gain0.12 Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.
Ground · Gain0.1 Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.
Ground · Gain0.22 Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.
Ground · Gain0 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 · Gain0.12 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 · Gain0.12 Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.
Mechanical · Gain0.025 Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.
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  3. Cessna 172M manufacturer POHCessna172M POH PDF98/100/104, printed7-3/7-5/7-9,
  4. Cessna 172 SkyhawkCessna 172 Skyhawk
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  7. Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
  8. MSFS 2024 FAQ and edition aircraft inventory
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  10. Cessna 172 SP POH
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  14. C172 DigitalOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
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  16. Cessna 172M DGS series XP12Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  17. C172 NG AnalogOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  18. Reality Expansion Pack · Default XP11/12 Cessna 172SPOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  19. Turbodiesel Cessna 172 JT-AIsabel Goyer · 12 March 2018. Continental CD-155-powered factory JT-A, N688CS. Byline as currently published.
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  27. C172 Bushkit current productProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  28. C172 Taildragger current productProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  29. C172M current productProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  30. C172SP AS1000 improvement current productProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  31. FR172 Reims Rocket / R172 Hawk XP II current productProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  32. C172 MSFS2020 – CarenadoProduct listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  33. C172 MSFS2024 – CarenadoProduct listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  34. WBSim C172SP current changes and interface documentation scopeProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  35. C-172S, C-172R, C-172M/N Enhanced Flight ModelsProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  36. Cessna 172S POH; FAA TCDS 3A12Referencia impresa o archivada; sin enlace público
  37. Cessna 172S POHReferencia impresa o archivada; sin enlace público
  38. FAA TCDS 3A12Referencia impresa o archivada; sin enlace público

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