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Piper PA-28 familyMike Burdett · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee; family photograph

Piper PA-28 family

A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
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Conheça o avião

Piper built the Cherokee family around an all-metal low-wing airframe, an unpressurised cabin and a single piston engine. Entry is through a right-side door reached from the wing. Engines, wing shapes and landing gear changed across the range.

Warrior, Arrow, Turbo Arrow and Dakota models use different configurations. Fixed or retractable gear and normally aspirated or turbocharged engines are described in each simulator product's manual.

Aircraft / family

Propulsion
Single piston↗
Configuration
Low wing · Fixed / retractable gear↗

Piper PA-28 Cherokee · Specifications (1964 model PA-28-140 Cherokee 140) · real aircraft; source units retained

Length
23 ft 3.6 in (7.102 m)↗
Wingspan
30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)↗
Height
7 ft 3.6 in (2.225 m)↗
Wing area
160 sq ft (15 m² )↗
Empty weight
1,201 lb (545 kg)↗
Gross weight
2,150 lb (975 kg)↗
Max takeoff weight
2,150 lb (975 kg)↗
Powerplant
1 × Lycoming O-320-E2A 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW)↗
Propellers
Sensenich M74DM↗
Maximum speed
123 kn (142 mph, 228 km/h)↗

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A first aircraft that became part of everyday life

Derendal bought the Warrior with his friend Luke while the two were working towards different flying qualifications. He completed his private certificate soon afterwards, and the aircraft accumulated hundreds of hours in their first months together. When Luke finished his instrument rating, Derendal bought out his share as they had planned. Personalising the cockpit and cabin became another part of the attraction.

Flying then opened up trips around the Southwest with his girlfriend, including coastal visits and journeys through busy airports. Ownership also brought practical interruptions: a vacuum failure in flight, an alternator problem during run-up and a punctured tyre tube. His account combines enthusiasm for the machine with the work of keeping it going. By the end, an instrument rating and an aircraft with room for more people were on his wish list.

Two family trips that made the Arrow worthwhile

Wright’s first trip took his wife Lisa and daughter Sydney to Minneapolis for the Olympic gymnastics trials. Weather shaped the journey, including a fuel stop that preserved options if conditions deteriorated. They arrived ahead of the storms, but a hoped-for detour to photograph Mount Rushmore was dropped when the weather failed to cooperate.

A later trip to a Billy Joel concert brought a different milestone: using the new avionics for an instrument approach in actual cloud. Wright checked the selected modes carefully and remained ready to intervene while the system followed the approach. The return included the Hudson corridor and a fuel stop where the family watched the Olympics opening ceremony.

Learning the panel and sorting out the airframe

Twombly’s experience with the sweepstakes Archer included the less glamorous work behind a polished aeroplane. It had arrived with a tendency to roll right and an off-centre slip indication. A specialist found several rigging and instrument-alignment issues, then corrected them. That work mattered even though much of the project’s attention naturally went to its new interior and electronic cockpit.

A friendly comparison flight with Dave Hirschman in an ordinary Archer supplied a more playful test. The modified aircraft’s advantage proved smaller than Twombly’s racing imagination had suggested, and he ended the story joking about its extra weight and his own diet. His report also stresses the time needed to learn the upgraded avionics.

Fontes públicas 33
  1. Piper PA-28 CherokeeResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1370180190 · retrieved 2026-09-12
  2. Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
  3. PA28 Arrow manual
  4. PA28 Turbo Arrow manual
  5. PA28 Warrior manual
  6. PA-28-181 Archer TX/LX (X-Plane 12)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  7. PA-28-181 Archer III (X-Plane 12)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  8. PA-28-161 Warrior II (X-Plane 12)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  9. PA-28R Turbo Arrow III/IV (X-Plane 12)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  10. PA-28R Arrow III (X-Plane 12)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  11. PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSFS)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  12. PA-28R Turbo Arrow III/IV (MSFS)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  13. PA-28R Arrow III (MSFS)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  14. PA-28-181 Archer TX/LX (X-Plane 11)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  15. PA-28-181 Archer III (X-Plane 11)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  16. PA-28-161 Warrior II (X-Plane 11)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  17. PA-28R Turbo Arrow III/IV (X-Plane 11)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  18. PA-28R Arrow III (X-Plane 11)Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  19. Reality Expansion Pack · Piper P28R Arrow IIIOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  20. Reality Expansion Pack · JustFlight Piper PA-28 Turbo Arrow III/IVOfficial developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12
  21. Bold Warrior: A New Pilot Buys a Piper PA-28-151 for Training, TravelingJustin Derendal · 16 November 2018
  22. Trips that reward usChip Wright · 14 January 2025
  23. Get Your Glass Sweepstakes: Fly me to the moonIan J. Twombly · 5 November 2008
  24. Reality Expansion Pack for JustFlight Piper Arrow III-SimcodOfficial developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
  25. ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
  26. PA-28-181 Piper Archer III / LX / DX package for XP12-AeroSpProduct listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  27. Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C - XP12/XP11-AeroSphere-PA28-180Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  28. Piper PA-28-235 Charger / Cherokee 235-AeroSphere-PA28-235Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  29. Piper PA28-161 Warrior II XP12-AeroSphere-PA28-161-XP12Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  30. PA28-181 MSFS2020 – CarenadoProduct listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  31. PA28R-201 MSFS2020 – CarenadoProduct listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  32. vFlyteAir - add-on aircraft for X-PlaneProduct listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  33. Piper PA28R Arrow III G5 - E1000 XP12-vFlyteAir-ArrowG5-12Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue

Como o perfil o modela

AeroSphere Piper Archer III / LX Avgas

Free + Pro
X-Plane 12AeroSphere

Piper built the Cherokee family around an all-metal low-wing airframe, an unpressurised cabin and a single piston engine. Entry is through a right-side door reached from the wing. Engines, wing shapes and landing gear changed across the range.

This profile selects AeroSphere Piper Archer III / LX Avgas for X-Plane 12.

The stabilator and anti-servo tab motivate reversible yoke resistance. Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.

The tab supplies pitch trim; its cockpit control location varies by model. Valid trim provides the configured pressure relief. Autopilot following is off.

Esta revisão específica ainda não está habilitada para instalação pública.

The selected implementation

The avgas Archer has an O360 and fixed-pitch propeller. Its steam/glass cockpit choices are separate from the diesel DX.

PA-28-181 Piper Archer III / LX / DX package for XP12-AeroSpPiper ArcherIII POH VB1563 hosted by operator

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%

A escala final de saída aplicada a tudo que o modelo produz, antes do teto do dispositivo.

Mais: tudo (mola, cargas, efeitos) fica mais forte junto.

Menos: tudo amacia junto.

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

Forces

Spring strength74%

A força base de centragem que puxa o manche de volta ao centro. Todas as outras forças se empilham sobre ela. Baixa demais e o manche parece frouxo em voo normal; alta demais e ele briga com sua mão e mascara os sinais menores por cima.

Mais: uma centragem mais firme que resiste mais à mão.

Menos: um manche mais mole que depende só da carga aerodinâmica.

Por que aqui: The stabilator and anti-servo tab motivate reversible yoke resistance. The baseline spring is 0.74. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 65 KIAS.

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Spring deadband4%

Uma pequena zona neutra ao redor do centro onde a mola fica quieta, para que movimentos mínimos em repouso não trepidem. Mais larga é mais calma porém mais solta; mais estreita é mais precisa mas pode tremer no centro.

Mais: um centro mais calmo porém mais solto, com mais folga.

Menos: um centro mais apertado que pode tremer em repouso.

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

Overall aerodynamic load80%

Uma escala mestra sobre as duas cargas sustentadas de eixo, aplicada antes do balanço independente delas. Os perfis normalmente a deixam quieta e ajustam as duas cargas de eixo.

Mais: os dois eixos carregam mais forte.

Menos: os dois eixos aliviam juntos.

Por que aqui: The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.8 with an indicated-speed reference of 120 KIAS. This supplies speed-dependent loading alongside the spring.

Airspeed blendingTrue

Ativa a janela de engate da mola em baixa velocidade (nós de início/pleno acima). Desligado, a mola é constante em todas as velocidades.

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

Low-speed spring floor55%

Quanto da mola sobrevive parado, antes que a velocidade possa gerar força aerodinâmica. Um piso alto mantém o manche estacionado firme; um piso baixo dá a sensação solta, de cabos com folga, de um avião leve estacionado.

Mais: um manche mais firme estacionado e no táxi.

Menos: um manche mole estacionado que só desperta com velocidade.

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

Spring engagement start25 kt

A velocidade em que a mola começa a subir do piso de baixa velocidade rumo à força plena: os comandos "ganhando vida" na corrida de decolagem.

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

Spring engagement full65 kt

A velocidade em que a mola atinge força plena. Entre o início e este ponto, a centragem endurece progressivamente à medida que o fluxo de ar cresce sobre os comandos.

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

Velocidade de ajuste de força120

A velocidade indicada em que a carga aerodinâmica atinge seu nível pleno de projeto. Ela ancora toda a curva de carga à faixa real de velocidades do avião: um 172 carrega por volta de 110 nós, um jato bem depois.

Mais: as cargas chegam mais tarde; o manche fica leve até mais velocidade.

Menos: as cargas chegam antes e o cruzeiro pesa mais.

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

Centre firmness vs speed15%

Quanto a própria centragem endurece com a velocidade, além das cargas de deflexão. Zero mantém a sensação de centro constante; mais faz o manche centrar mais duro em cruzeiro e mais solto no circuito.

Mais: um centro que endurece nitidamente com a velocidade.

Menos: uma sensação de centro constante em qualquer velocidade.

Por que aqui: The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0.15. It strengthens the permitted spring response above 65 KIAS, with the squared-speed ratio capped at 5.

Centre stiffening cap5

O limite superior do endurecimento de centro pela velocidade, para que voos muito rápidos não tensionem a mola sem freio.

Mais: mais endurecimento total permitido em alta velocidade.

Menos: o endurecimento corta antes.

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

Aileron load78%

A carga sustentada de rolagem da deflexão dos ailerons e da velocidade, balanceada independentemente da arfagem. Junto com a carga do profundor define a razão de harmonia de comandos de que falam as resenhas.

Mais: esforços de rolagem mais pesados.

Menos: ailerons mais leves e vivos.

Por que aqui: Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.78 and 1, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.

Elevator load100%

A carga sustentada de arfagem da deflexão do profundor e da velocidade, balanceada independentemente da rolagem. É a alavanca principal por trás do peso de arfagem de um tipo. Não toca aileron, mola, compensador nem forças de buffet.

Mais: esforços sustentados de arfagem mais pesados em velocidade.

Menos: um profundor mais leve, com menos músculo para segurar.

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

Max output force55%

Um teto sobre cada força estável de arfagem ou rolagem antes de chegar ao dispositivo, protegendo contra pancadas ou saturação do hardware em manobras fortes.

Mais: picos de força estável mais altos antes do corte.

Menos: um teto mais suave; manobras duras achatam antes.

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

Trim

Trim relief (elevator)30%

Com que força o compensador de profundor alivia o esforço de arfagem mantido e desloca onde o manche assenta. Em 100 %, um avião bem compensado não precisa de pressão mantida: o fluxo de trabalho de compensar-a-carga do voo real.

Mais: o compensador tira mais esforço mantido; em 100 %, todo compensado o anula.

Menos: você segue segurando esforço mesmo compensado.

Por que aqui: The tab supplies pitch trim; its cockpit control location varies by model. Pitch authority 0.3 provides load relief and permitted centre movement; roll authority is 0.

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Trim relief (aileron)0%

O mesmo alívio para o compensador de rolagem. A maioria dos tipos de aviação geral não tem compensador de aileron real, então isto fica em zero; tipos com compensador de rolagem recebem um valor correspondente.

Mais: o compensador de rolagem tira mais esforço mantido.

Menos: o compensador de rolagem faz menos.

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

Effect gains · Ground

Runway rumble40%

Vibração de rolagem no solo pela velocidade das rodas e tipo de superfície: asfalto, grama ou cascalho sob o trem.

Mais: uma textura de superfície mais forte no manche.

Menos: um táxi mais liso.

Por que aqui: Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.

Gear bumps25%

Solavancos curtos e discretos de juntas de dilatação, sulcos e superfície irregular, pontuando o ronco contínuo.

Mais: solavancos mais nítidos de juntas e sulcos.

Menos: detalhes de solo mais suaves.

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

Effect gains · Airframe

Stall buffet35%

Sacudida da célula ao se aproximar do estol e enquanto o aviso soa: quão alto esta asa anuncia que está infeliz. Tipos de quebra seca recebem buffet modesto e deixam a buzina levar o aviso.

Mais: um tremor pré-estol mais forte.

Menos: uma asa mais discreta; a buzina leva o aviso.

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

Mach buffet0%

Buffet transônico ao se aproximar do limite de Mach. Significativo para jatos perto de MMO, zero para pistões e turboélices que nunca chegam lá.

Mais: um buffet transônico mais forte perto do limite de Mach.

Menos: um voo mais liso em Mach alto.

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

Flap buffet0%

Vibração de baixa frequência da célula com flapes estendidos no fluxo, na janela de velocidade em que eles realmente trabalham o ar.

Mais: um voo mais áspero com flapes trabalhando.

Menos: flapes de aproximação mais suaves.

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

Gear buffet0%

Tamborilar da célula pelo trem retrátil pendurado na corrente de ar. Zero para tipos de trem fixo, onde a célula nunca muda de forma.

Mais: mais tamborilar com o trem embaixo.

Menos: um voo com trem embaixo mais limpo.

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

Stick shaker50%

O zumbido dedicado do stick shaker de estol, disparado pelo próprio sistema de aviso do avião. Só tipos com shaker real recebem valor; o resto confia no buffet aerodinâmico e na buzina.

Mais: um shaker mais duro.

Menos: um shaker mais discreto.

Por que aqui: Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.

Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag

Touchdown thump65%

O golpe único quando as rodas tocam a pista, escalado pela razão de descida: um pouso macio sussurra, uma chegada firme bate.

Mais: um golpe mais duro no toque.

Menos: chegadas mais suaves.

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

Reverse rumble0%

Vibração na corrida enquanto o reverso ou as hélices em beta trabalham. Zero para tipos sem reverso.

Mais: uma corrida mais áspera sob reverso.

Menos: um reverso mais discreto.

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

Engine rumble12%

Vibração contínua do grupo motopropulsor seguindo a rotação entre marcha lenta e potência máxima, o lembrete sempre presente de que algo queima combustível lá na frente.

Mais: mais motor no manche.

Menos: um motor mais discreto.

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

Flap motion12%

Vibração contínua apenas enquanto o simulador informa as superfícies de flape realmente em movimento. Segue o movimento e as falhas reais do atuador, não um cronômetro estimado.

Mais: mais vibração com os flapes em movimento.

Menos: cursos de flape mais discretos.

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

Autopilot follow

AP follow authority10%

Quanto os comandos do piloto automático podem mover fisicamente o manche. Mantido minúsculo no MSFS, onde um eixo movido pode ser lido de volta como entrada do piloto; zero desativa o seguimento por completo.

Mais: o piloto automático move seu manche visivelmente mais.

Menos: um seguimento quase imperceptível.

Por que aqui: 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 que aqui: 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 que aqui: 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 que aqui: 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 que aqui: 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 que aqui: Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.

Autopilot

Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

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

Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6

Por que aqui: Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.

Aero

Aero · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por que aqui: 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).

Mais: a more gradual build to a later peak.

Menos: a quicker build.

Por que aqui: 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.

Mais: the effect begins later.

Menos: it begins earlier.

Por que aqui: 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 que aqui: 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 que aqui: 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 que aqui: Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.

Mechanical

Mechanical · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Por que aqui: Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.

Mechanical · Gain0

The strength of this effect.

Mais: a stronger effect.

Menos: a weaker one.

Por que aqui: Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.

Todas as configurações do perfil
Configurações estimadas do perfil
ParâmetroValorO que controla e por quê
Spring strength0.74 The stabilator and anti-servo tab motivate reversible yoke resistance. The baseline spring is 0.74. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 65 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 120 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 speed25 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.
Spring full-strength speed65 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
Velocidade de ajuste de força120 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 65 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 scale0.78 Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.78 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 tab supplies pitch trim; its cockpit control location varies by model. 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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