Libreria dei velivoliCessna 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 opzioni di profilo

Conosci l'aereo

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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Come il profilo lo modella

Airfoillabs C172 NG

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X-Plane 12Airfoillabs

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 Airfoillabs C172 NG for X-Plane 12.

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.

Questa revisione esatta non è ancora abilitata per l’installazione pubblica.

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

Airfoillabs Digital and Analog share the modeled C172S and flight model; Digital has G1000 and Analog GNS/KAP140. Pro adds commercial licensing and teaching panels rather than a new control-force system.

Exact aircraft manual or configurationExact aircraft manual or configurationExact aircraft manual or configuration

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 scala finale complessiva applicata a tutto ciò che il modello produce, prima del limite del dispositivo.

Più: tutto (molla, carichi, effetti) si rafforza insieme.

Meno: tutto si ammorbidisce insieme.

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

Forces

Spring strength74%

La forza di centraggio di base che riporta la barra al centro. Ogni altra forza si somma a questa. Troppo bassa e la barra sembra molle in volo normale; troppo alta e combatte la mano, mascherando i segnali più piccoli sovrapposti.

Più: un centraggio più fermo che resiste di più alla mano.

Meno: una barra più molle che conta solo sul carico aerodinamico.

Perché qui: 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 52.5 KIAS.

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Spring deadband4%

Una piccola zona neutra attorno al centro dove la molla resta silenziosa, così i micro-movimenti a riposo non vibrano. Più larga è più tranquilla ma più lasca; più stretta è più precisa ma può fremere attorno al centro.

Più: un centro più calmo ma più lasco, con più gioco.

Meno: un centro più serrato che può fremere a riposo.

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

Overall aerodynamic load80%

Una scala maestra su entrambi i carichi d'asse sostenuti, applicata prima del loro bilanciamento indipendente. Di norma i profili la lasciano stare e regolano i due carichi d'asse.

Più: entrambi gli assi caricano più forte.

Meno: entrambi gli assi si alleggeriscono insieme.

Perché qui: The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.8 with an indicated-speed reference of 105 KIAS. This supplies speed-dependent loading alongside the spring.

Airspeed blendingTrue

Attiva la finestra di innesto della molla a bassa velocità (nodi di inizio/pieno qui sopra). Spento, la molla è costante a ogni velocità.

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

Low-speed spring floor50%

Quanta molla sopravvive da fermo, prima che la velocità possa generare forza aerodinamica. Un pavimento alto tiene salda la barra parcheggiata; uno basso dà la sensazione lasca, da cavi allentati, di un aereo leggero in sosta.

Più: una barra più salda in sosta e al rullaggio.

Meno: una barra molle da fermo che si sveglia solo con la velocità.

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

Spring engagement start8 kt

La velocità a cui la molla comincia a salire dal suo pavimento di bassa velocità verso la piena forza: i comandi che «prendono vita» in corsa di decollo.

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

Spring engagement full52.5 kt

La velocità a cui la molla raggiunge la piena forza. Tra l'inizio e questo punto il centraggio si irrigidisce progressivamente man mano che il flusso cresce sui comandi.

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

Velocità di regolazione della forza105

La velocità indicata a cui il carico aerodinamico raggiunge il livello pieno di progetto. Ancora l'intera curva di carico al reale intervallo di velocità dell'aereo: un 172 carica verso 110 nodi, un jet molto più tardi.

Più: i carichi arrivano più tardi; la barra resta leggera fino a velocità più alte.

Meno: i carichi arrivano prima e la crociera pesa di più.

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

Centre firmness vs speed15%

Quanto il centraggio stesso si irrigidisce con la velocità, oltre ai carichi da deflessione. Zero mantiene costante la sensazione del centro; di più fa centrare la barra più dura in crociera e più lasca in circuito.

Più: un centro che si indurisce nettamente con la velocità.

Meno: una sensazione di centro costante a ogni velocità.

Perché qui: The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0.15. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 52.5 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 5.

Centre stiffening cap5

Il limite superiore all'irrigidimento del centro dovuto alla velocità, così il volo molto veloce non può caricare la molla senza limite.

Più: più irrigidimento totale concesso ad alta velocità.

Meno: l'irrigidimento si ferma prima.

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

Aileron load72%

Il carico sostenuto di rollio da deflessione degli alettoni e velocità, bilanciato indipendentemente dal beccheggio. Insieme al carico dell'equilibratore fissa il rapporto di armonia dei comandi di cui parlano le recensioni.

Più: sforzi di rollio più pesanti.

Meno: alettoni più leggeri e scattanti.

Perché qui: 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%

Il carico sostenuto di beccheggio da deflessione dell'equilibratore e velocità, bilanciato indipendentemente dal rollio. È la leva principale dietro il peso di beccheggio di un tipo. Non tocca alettoni, molla, trim né forze di buffet.

Più: sforzi di beccheggio sostenuti più pesanti in velocità.

Meno: una profondità più leggera, meno muscolosa da tenere.

Perché qui: Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.

Max output force55%

Un tetto su ogni forza stabile di beccheggio o rollio prima che raggiunga il dispositivo, a protezione da colpi o saturazioni dell'hardware nelle manovre energiche.

Più: picchi di forza stabile più alti prima del taglio.

Meno: un tetto più morbido; le manovre dure si appiattiscono prima.

Perché qui: Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.

Trim

Trim relief (elevator)30%

Quanto il trim di profondità allevia lo sforzo di beccheggio mantenuto e sposta dove la barra si assesta. Al 100 %, un aereo trimmato bene non richiede pressione mantenuta: il flusso di lavoro trimma-via-il-carico del volo reale.

Più: il trim toglie più sforzo mantenuto; al 100 %, trim pieno lo annulla.

Meno: continui a tenere sforzo anche trimmato.

Perché qui: 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%

Lo stesso sollievo per il trim di rollio. La maggior parte dei tipi di aviazione generale non ha un vero trim degli alettoni, quindi resta a zero; i tipi con trim di rollio ricevono un valore corrispondente.

Più: il trim di rollio toglie più sforzo mantenuto.

Meno: il trim di rollio fa meno.

Perché qui: Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.

Effect gains · Ground

Runway rumble40%

Vibrazione di rotolamento da velocità delle ruote e tipo di superficie: asfalto, erba o ghiaia sotto il carrello.

Più: una texture di superficie più forte nella barra.

Meno: un rullaggio più liscio.

Perché qui: Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.

Gear bumps25%

Colpi brevi e discreti da giunti di dilatazione, solchi e superficie irregolare, che punteggiano il rombo continuo.

Più: colpi più netti da giunti e solchi.

Meno: dettagli del suolo più morbidi.

Perché qui: Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.

Effect gains · Airframe

Stall buffet35%

Scuotimento della cellula in avvicinamento allo stallo e con l'avviso attivo: quanto forte quest'ala annuncia di essere scontenta. I tipi con distacco netto ricevono buffet modesto e lasciano l'avviso alla sirena.

Più: un tremito pre-stallo più forte.

Meno: un'ala più discreta; la sirena porta l'avviso.

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

Mach buffet0%

Buffet transonico in avvicinamento al limite di Mach. Significativo per i jet vicino a MMO, zero per pistoni e turboelica che non ci arrivano mai.

Più: un buffet transonico più forte vicino al limite di Mach.

Meno: un volo più liscio ad alto Mach.

Perché qui: Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.

Flap buffet0%

Vibrazione a bassa frequenza della cellula con i flap estesi nel flusso, nella finestra di velocità in cui lavorano davvero l'aria.

Più: un volo più ruvido con i flap al lavoro.

Meno: flap d'avvicinamento più morbidi.

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

Gear buffet0%

Il tambureggiare della cellula per il carrello retrattile appeso nel flusso. Zero per i tipi a carrello fisso, dove la cellula non cambia mai forma.

Più: più tambureggiare col carrello fuori.

Meno: un volo col carrello fuori più pulito.

Perché qui: Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.

Stick shaker50%

Il ronzio dedicato dello stick shaker di stallo, attivato dal sistema di avviso dell'aereo stesso. Solo i tipi con un vero shaker ricevono un valore; tutti gli altri si affidano al buffet aerodinamico e alla sirena.

Più: uno shaker più duro.

Meno: uno shaker più discreto.

Perché qui: Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.

Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag

Touchdown thump65%

Il colpo singolo quando le ruote toccano la pista, scalato dal rateo di discesa: un atterraggio di velluto sussurra, un arrivo deciso batte.

Più: un colpo più duro al contatto.

Meno: arrivi più morbidi.

Perché qui: Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.

Reverse rumble0%

Vibrazione in corsa mentre lavorano l'inversione di spinta o le eliche in beta. Zero per i tipi senza reverse.

Più: una corsa più ruvida in reverse.

Meno: una reverse più discreta.

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

Engine rumble12%

Vibrazione continua del propulsore che segue i giri tra minimo e piena potenza, il promemoria sempre presente che qualcosa brucia carburante davanti.

Più: più motore nella barra.

Meno: un motore più discreto.

Perché qui: Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.

Flap motion12%

Vibrazione continua solo mentre il simulatore riporta le superfici dei flap davvero in movimento. Segue il moto reale dell'attuatore e i guasti, non un timer stimato.

Più: più vibrazione coi flap in movimento.

Meno: corse dei flap più discrete.

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

Autopilot follow

AP follow authority10%

Quanto i comandi dell'autopilota possono muovere fisicamente la barra. Tenuto minuscolo in MSFS, dove un asse mosso può essere riletto come ingresso del pilota; zero disattiva del tutto il seguito.

Più: l'autopilota muove visibilmente di più la tua barra.

Meno: un seguito appena percettibile.

Perché qui: 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.

Perché qui: 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.

Perché qui: 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.

Perché qui: 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.

Perché qui: 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.

Perché qui: Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.

Autopilot

Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Perché qui: 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.

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

Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6

Perché qui: Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.

Aero

Aero · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Perché qui: 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).

Più: a more gradual build to a later peak.

Meno: a quicker build.

Perché qui: 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.

Più: the effect begins later.

Meno: it begins earlier.

Perché qui: 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.

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

Ground

Ground · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Perché qui: 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.

Perché qui: Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.

Mechanical

Mechanical · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Perché qui: Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.

Mechanical · Gain0

The strength of this effect.

Più: a stronger effect.

Meno: a weaker one.

Perché qui: Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.

Tutte le impostazioni del profilo
Impostazioni stimate del profilo
ParametroValoreCosa controlla e perché
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 52.5 KIAS.
Spring deadband0.045 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 105 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 factor0.5 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 speed52.5 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
Velocità di regolazione della forza105 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 52.5 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 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 · Gain0.4 Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.
Ground · Gain0.25 Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.
Ground · Gain0.65 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 Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.
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