A navigator’s milestone belongs to the whole crew story
A congressional announcement identifies Steve “Thirsty” Smith as a 93rd Bomb Squadron navigator when he reached 10,000 B-52 flying hours in March 2017.
Bibliothèque d'appareilsBoeing B-52G Stratofortress
Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo · Public domain · A B-52 of the 307th Bomb Wing; family photograph, not the catalogue B-52GBoeing B-52G Stratofortress
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
Military jet1 choix de profil
Connaître l'avion
The B-52 entered US Air Force service in 1955 and became a central aircraft of the Cold War bomber force. Its large wing, paired engine nacelles and bicycle-style main landing gear give it a distinctive shape. Later upgrades changed its missions and equipment over a long operational life.
The simulator product represents the historical B-52G. The B-52H and its later upgrades have different equipment.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress · Specifications (B-52H) · real aircraft; source units retained
- Length
- 159 ft 4 in (48.5 m)↗
- Wingspan
- 185 ft 0 in (56.4 m)↗
- Height
- 40 ft 8 in (12.4 m)↗
- Wing area
- 4,000 sq ft (370 m² )↗
- Empty weight
- 185,000 lb (83,250 kg)↗
- Gross weight
- 265,000 lb (120,000 kg)↗
- Max takeoff weight
- 488,000 lb (221,323 kg)↗
- Powerplant
- 8 × Pratt & Whitney TF33 -P-3/103 turbofans , 17,000 lbf (76 kN) thrust each↗
- Maximum speed
- 650 mph (1,050 km/h, 560 kn)↗
- Cruise speed
- 509 mph (819 km/h, 442 kn)↗
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Development milestones
First flight: 15 April 1952 ( 1952-04-15 )
Learning to manage the bomber’s inertia and its crew
Coming from instructing in the T-38, Shiban found the B-52’s size and inertia a major adjustment. The aircraft responded more slowly than the trainer he knew, and after his first training flight he was astonished to look back at the bomber and realise he had landed it. Aerial refuelling took several sorties before it began to feel manageable.
Command also meant listening to a much larger crew. Navigators and electronic-warfare specialists could have different immediate concerns, leaving the aircraft commander to weigh their advice while keeping the aircraft flying. Shiban was clear that success belonged to the whole crew. His account makes learning the bomber a combination of physical coordination, patience and trust in the people at the other stations.
Watching aircraft outside the laboratory leads to a cockpit career
Jensen already held a private pilot’s licence when she began work as a project engineer at Edwards. Watching the aircraft outside the laboratory helped turn flying from a hobby into a career ambition. Pilot training and a period instructing on the T-37 eventually led to B-52 conversion and command qualification in 2004.
By the interview, she had about two years on the bomber and was flying over Afghanistan. She valued the connection with controllers on the ground, whose calm voices helped the crew understand situations that looked very different from high above. Jensen also reflected on the women whose earlier service had made her own path possible.
Jet power changes a bomber pilot’s working day
Of the large bombers Potter had flown, the B-52 was his favourite. He appreciated the reduction in engine-management tasks compared with the B-36, where descent preparation involved several systems and a carefully ordered sequence. The jet still kept the crew busy with checklists, but he remembered its quicker pace as enjoyable.
A Pacific assignment also left a vivid memory of flying over Manila with crowds below and a senior officer in the jumpseat. Potter recalled the visitor’s enthusiasm at a first ride in the bomber. His later interview mixes that public occasion with the demands of Strategic Air Command life, including long working hours and separation from family. The dates of some recalled events are uncertain.
Sources publiques 8
- Boeing B-52 StratofortressResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1374248432 · retrieved 2026-09-12
- X-Plane 11 Desktop Manual
- X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
- The Empire’s Ironclad: flying and fighting in the B-52Keith Shiban · 11 June 2016
- B-52 pilot shares her Air Force experience and contributionsMaster Sgt. Scott King interviews Andrea Jensen · 20 March 2006
- Interview with Col. Francis Potter, March 1990Interview published by Ben Phillips · 10 January 2014
- Steve Smith reaches 10,000 B-52 flying hours3 March 2017 · explicitly identifies Smith as a navigator
- ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
Comment le profil le modélise
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress
Free + ProX-Plane 11
The B-52 entered US Air Force service in 1955 and became a central aircraft of the Cold War bomber force. Its large wing, paired engine nacelles and bicycle-style main landing gear give it a distinctive shape. Later upgrades changed its missions and equipment over a long operational life.
This starting point selects Boeing B-52G Stratofortress. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.
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.
Controls and trim
This reference selects the historical B-52G rather than modern B-52H equipment or current upgrade plans. Its paired engine nacelles and bicycle-style main gear define the bomber's configuration. The retained aircraft background supplies identity and history without an exact cockpit-force, trim or autopilot-output specification for this selected model.
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%
L'échelle globale finale appliquée à tout ce que produit le modèle, avant la limite du périphérique.
Plus : tout (ressort, charges, effets) se renforce ensemble.
Moins : tout s'adoucit ensemble.
Pourquoi ici : Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.
Forces
Spring strength80%
La force de rappel de base qui ramène le manche au neutre. Toutes les autres forces s'empilent dessus. Trop faible, le manche paraît mou en vol normal ; trop forte, elle lutte contre la main et masque les signaux plus fins.
Plus : un centrage plus ferme qui résiste davantage à la main.
Moins : un manche plus mou qui ne compte que sur la charge aérodynamique.
Pourquoi ici : The configured control response is a nominal B-52G starting estimate; its size and engine count do not establish a cockpit force schedule. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS.
Spring deadband4%
Une petite zone neutre autour du centre où le ressort reste muet, pour que les micro-mouvements à l'arrêt ne vibrent pas. Plus large, c'est plus calme mais plus lâche ; plus étroite, plus précis mais parfois nerveux au neutre.
Plus : un centre plus calme mais plus lâche, avec plus de jeu.
Moins : un centre plus serré qui peut vibrer au repos.
Pourquoi ici : Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.
Overall aerodynamic load25%
Une échelle maîtresse sur les deux charges d'axe, appliquée avant leur équilibre individuel. Les profils la laissent en général en place et règlent les deux axes.
Plus : les deux axes chargent plus fort.
Moins : les deux axes s'allègent ensemble.
Pourquoi ici : The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 260 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation.
Airspeed blendingTrue
Active la fenêtre d'engagement basse vitesse du ressort (début/plein en nœuds ci-dessus). Désactivé, le ressort est constant à toute vitesse.
Pourquoi ici : Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.
Low-speed spring floor55%
La part du ressort qui survit à l'arrêt, avant que la vitesse ne crée la moindre force aérodynamique. Un plancher haut garde le manche ferme au parking ; un plancher bas donne le jeu de câbles d'un avion léger au parking.
Plus : un manche plus ferme au parking et au roulage.
Moins : un manche mou au parking qui ne s'éveille qu'avec la vitesse.
Pourquoi ici : Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.
Spring engagement start20 kt
La vitesse à laquelle le ressort quitte son plancher basse vitesse vers la pleine raideur : le début du réveil des commandes au roulage de décollage.
Pourquoi ici : Sets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.
Spring engagement full90 kt
La vitesse où le ressort atteint sa pleine raideur. Entre le début et ce point, le centrage se raffermit avec le vent relatif.
Pourquoi ici : Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
Vitesse de réglage des forces260
La vitesse indiquée où la charge aérodynamique atteint son niveau de conception. Elle ancre toute la courbe au domaine réel : un 172 charge dès 110 nœuds, un jet bien plus tard.
Plus : les charges arrivent plus tard ; le manche reste léger jusqu'à plus vite.
Moins : les charges arrivent plus tôt et la croisière pèse davantage.
Pourquoi ici : Sets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.
Centre firmness vs speed0%
Combien le centrage lui-même se raidit avec la vitesse, en plus des charges de braquage. Zéro garde un centre constant ; plus fait centrer dur en croisière et souple en tour de piste.
Plus : un centre qui durcit nettement avec la vitesse.
Moins : une sensation de centre constante à toute vitesse.
Pourquoi ici : The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading.
Centre stiffening cap5
La limite haute du raidissement lié à la vitesse, pour que le vol très rapide ne remonte pas le ressort sans borne.
Plus : plus de raidissement total permis à haute vitesse.
Moins : le raidissement se bride plus tôt.
Pourquoi ici : Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.
Aileron load65%
La charge de roulis soutenue issue du braquage d'ailerons et de la vitesse, équilibrée indépendamment du tangage. Avec la charge de profondeur, elle fixe l'harmonie des commandes dont parlent les essais.
Plus : des efforts de roulis plus lourds.
Moins : des ailerons plus légers, plus vifs.
Pourquoi ici : Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.
Elevator load65%
La charge de tangage soutenue issue du braquage de profondeur et de la vitesse, équilibrée indépendamment du roulis. Le levier principal du poids en tangage d'un type. Il ne touche ni ailerons, ni ressort, ni trim, ni buffet.
Plus : des efforts de tangage soutenus plus lourds en vitesse.
Moins : une profondeur plus légère, moins musclée à tenir.
Pourquoi ici : Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.
Max output force55%
Un plafond par force stable de tangage ou roulis avant le périphérique : la garde contre le claquement ou la saturation du matériel en manœuvre forte.
Plus : des pics de force stable plus élevés avant écrêtage.
Moins : un plafond plus doux ; les manœuvres dures s'aplatissent plus tôt.
Pourquoi ici : Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.
Trim
Trim relief (elevator)30%
Combien le trim de profondeur soulage l'effort tenu et déplace le point de repos du manche. À 100 %, un avion bien compensé ne demande aucune pression : le geste réel de compenser la charge.
Plus : le trim retire plus d'effort tenu ; à 100 %, plein trim l'annule.
Moins : vous continuez à tenir de l'effort même compensé.
Pourquoi ici : Pitch relief is a selected software approximation, with no exact trim-to-hardware relationship established by the retained background source. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09.
Trim relief (aileron)9%
Le même soulagement pour le trim de roulis. La plupart des avions légers n'ont pas de vrai trim d'ailerons, donc zéro ; les types qui en ont reçoivent une valeur adaptée.
Plus : le trim de roulis retire plus d'effort tenu.
Moins : le trim de roulis fait moins.
Pourquoi ici : Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.
Effect gains · Ground
Runway rumble40%
Vibration de roulement issue de la vitesse des roues et du revêtement : la texture du bitume, de l'herbe ou du gravier sous le train.
Plus : une texture de surface plus forte dans le manche.
Moins : un roulage plus lisse.
Pourquoi ici : Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.
Gear bumps32%
Chocs courts et distincts des joints, ornières et surfaces rugueuses : la ponctuation au-dessus du grondement continu.
Plus : des chocs plus nets des joints et ornières.
Moins : des détails de sol plus doux.
Pourquoi ici : Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.
Effect gains · Airframe
Stall buffet30%
Buffet de cellule à l'approche du décrochage et pendant l'avertisseur : la voix de cette aile quand elle est mécontente. Les types à décrochage franc reçoivent un buffet modéré, le klaxon porte l'alerte.
Plus : un tremblement pré-décrochage plus fort.
Moins : une aile plus discrète ; le klaxon porte l'alerte.
Pourquoi ici : Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.
Mach buffet22%
Buffet transsonique près de la limite de Mach. Parlant pour les jets près de MMO, zéro pour pistons et turbopropulseurs qui n'y vont jamais.
Plus : un buffet transsonique plus fort près de la limite de Mach.
Moins : un vol plus lisse à haut Mach.
Pourquoi ici : Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.
Flap buffet14%
Vibration basse fréquence de cellule avec les volets dans le vent, dans la fenêtre où ils travaillent vraiment l'air.
Plus : un vol plus rugueux volets au travail.
Moins : des volets d'approche plus doux.
Pourquoi ici : Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.
Gear buffet10%
Le tambourinement du train rentrant sorti dans le flux. Zéro pour les trains fixes, dont la cellule ne change jamais de forme.
Plus : plus de tambourinement train sorti.
Moins : un vol train sorti plus propre.
Pourquoi ici : Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.
Stick shaker90%
Le vibreur de manche dédié, déclenché par l'avertisseur de décrochage de l'avion. Seuls les types à vrai vibreur reçoivent une valeur ; les autres comptent sur buffet et klaxon.
Plus : un vibreur plus dur.
Moins : un vibreur plus discret.
Pourquoi ici : Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.
Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag
Touchdown thump90%
Le coup unique au toucher, proportionnel au taux de chute : un kiss se murmure, une arrivée ferme cogne.
Plus : un coup plus dur au toucher.
Moins : des arrivées plus douces.
Pourquoi ici : Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.
Reverse rumble50%
Vibration de roulage sous inversion de poussée ou plage bêta. Zéro pour les types sans reverse.
Plus : un roulage plus rugueux sous reverse.
Moins : une reverse plus discrète.
Pourquoi ici : Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.
Engine rumble6%
Vibration continue du moteur suivant le régime du ralenti à la pleine puissance : le rappel permanent que quelque chose brûle du carburant devant.
Plus : plus de moteur dans le manche.
Moins : un moteur plus discret.
Pourquoi ici : Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.
Flap motion12%
Vibration continue seulement pendant que le simulateur signale les volets réellement en mouvement. Elle suit la course réelle et les pannes, pas un minuteur estimé.
Plus : plus de vibration volets en mouvement.
Moins : des courses de volets plus discrètes.
Pourquoi ici : Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.
Autopilot follow
AP follow authority10%
Jusqu'où les ordres du pilote automatique peuvent bouger le manche physique. Minuscule dans MSFS, où un axe déplacé peut être relu comme entrée pilote ; zéro coupe le suivi.
Plus : le pilote automatique bouge visiblement plus votre manche.
Moins : un suivi à peine perceptible.
Pourquoi ici : Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply.
Stick feel
StickFeel · Trim feel enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Pourquoi ici : Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.
Autopilot
Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Pourquoi ici : Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.
Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6
Pourquoi ici : Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.
Aero
Aero · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
Pourquoi ici : Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.
Aero · Max flap index2
Where this effect reaches full strength (or has fully faded, for washouts).
Plus : a more gradual build to a later peak.
Moins : a quicker build.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Plus : the effect begins later.
Moins : it begins earlier.
Pourquoi ici : Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.
Aero · Shaker enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
Pourquoi ici : Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.
Ground
Ground · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
Pourquoi ici : 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.
Pourquoi ici : Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.
Mechanical
Mechanical · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
Pourquoi ici : Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.
Mechanical · Gain0.12
The strength of this effect.
Plus : a stronger effect.
Moins : a weaker one.
Pourquoi ici : Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.
Tous les réglages du profil
| Paramètre | Valeur | Ce que cela contrôle et pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Spring strength | 0.8 | The configured control response is a nominal B-52G starting estimate; its size and engine count do not establish a cockpit force schedule. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS. |
| Spring deadband | 0.035 | Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner. |
| Force gain | 0.25 | The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 260 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation. |
| Master gain | 0.85 | Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits. |
| Dynamic-pressure blend | True | Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it. |
| Minimum spring factor | 0.55 | Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength. |
| Spring wake-up speed | 20 kt | Sets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit. |
| Spring full-strength speed | 90 kt | Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it. |
| Vitesse de réglage des forces | 260.0 kt | Sets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit. |
| Airspeed spring stiffening | 0 | The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading. |
| Airspeed stiffening cap | 5 | Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap. |
| Aileron force scale | 0.65 | Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | 0.65 | Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings. |
| Maximum output force | 0.55 | Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate. |
| StickFeel · Trim feel enabled | True | Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement. |
| StickFeel · Trim relief enabled | True | Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount. |
| StickFeel · Elevator authority | 0.3 | Pitch relief is a selected software approximation, with no exact trim-to-hardware relationship established by the retained background source. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09. |
| StickFeel · Aileron authority | 0.09 | Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response. |
| StickFeel · Force trim enabled | False | Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification. |
| StickFeel · G load enabled | True | Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it. |
| StickFeel · Rate damping enabled | True | Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law. |
| Autopilot · Follow enabled | False | Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel. |
| Autopilot · Follow authority | 0.1 | Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply. |
| Autopilot · Neutral hold enabled | False | Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target. |
| Autopilot · Neutral hold strength | 0.6 | Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled. |
| Aero · Enabled | True | Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.3 | Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.22 | Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.14 | Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate. |
| Aero · Max flap index | 2 | Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3. |
| Aero · Min flap index | 2 | Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.1 | Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate. |
| Aero · Shaker enabled | True | Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment. |
| Aero · Amplitude | 0.9 | Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled. |
| Ground · Enabled | True | Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.4 | Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.32 | Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.9 | Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.5 | Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue. |
| Engine · Enabled | True | Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry. |
| Engine · Gain | 0.06 | Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration. |
| Mechanical · Enabled | True | Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement. |
| Mechanical · Gain | 0.12 | Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue. |
| Mechanical · Gain | 0.12 | Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects. |
Sources publiques 8
- Boeing B-52 StratofortressResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1374248432 · retrieved 2026-09-12
- X-Plane 11 Desktop Manual
- X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
- The Empire’s Ironclad: flying and fighting in the B-52Keith Shiban · 11 June 2016
- B-52 pilot shares her Air Force experience and contributionsMaster Sgt. Scott King interviews Andrea Jensen · 20 March 2006
- Interview with Col. Francis Potter, March 1990Interview published by Ben Phillips · 10 January 2014
- Steve Smith reaches 10,000 B-52 flying hours3 March 2017 · explicitly identifies Smith as a navigator
- ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
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