Piaggio P180 Avanti

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Piaggio P180 Avanti II
FGAddon
Image requested
Type Civil aircraft, Civil utility aircraft, Business aircraft
Configuration Canard aircraft, Pusher aircraft
Propulsion Propeller aircraft, Turboprop aircraft, Twin-engine aircraft
Manufacturer Piaggio Aero
Author(s) Guillaume Chauvat
FDM YASim
--aircraft= P180-YASim
Status alpha
Development
 Website The website for the Piaggio P180 Avanti II developments.
 Repository The development repository of the Piaggio P180 Avanti II.
Download Download the Piaggio P180 Avanti II aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).
Forum 'Piaggio P180 Avanti II' topic on the FlightGear forum.
License GPLv2+

The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is a twin-engine pusher turboprop business aircraft, built by the italian aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace. Its canard wing and continuously varying fuselage shape make it one of the most remarkable business turboprops.

Status in FlightGear

The model in FlightGear contains a YASim FDM, a medium exterior model and a rough interior model. The glass cockpit instruments are only barely represented. On startup, the aircraft is already started. The door as well as the landing gear and flight surfaces are animated, the engine animation even includes a visual representation of the variable pitch propellers. There is no livery animation present and there is no systems simulation.

Aircraft Help

Key Function
d Toggle door
Ctrl+a Toggle autopilot

External Links

Manufacturer's Homepage

Avanti Evo Page (updated version of this aircraft), includes Specifications, Brochures and a "Virtual Tour"

EASA Type-Certificate Data Sheet