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An athlete did 1 hour run on an uphill treadmill. What is his altitude and how does he get back down?

As in title, I'm mostly (sim)flying on single engine piston aircraft and want to transition into something bigger.

I've tried the default King Air in X-Plane, but don't understand most of the engine gauges. Can anyone suggest any reading material that explain how turbo prop works, and proper engine management?

For example how is the propeller connected to the turbine? It can't be connected directly to the shaft, because changes to prop pitch change prop RPM, while turbine RPM stays the same.

Or maybe I should first try piston twin before advancing to turboprop?

I have switched to X-Plane a few weeks ago, and I'm loving it so far, but I'm starting to get bored with default selection of air planes. I'm mostly into small GA and looking for something that would meet below criteria.

• Virtual 3d cockpit is a must
• single engine, propeller
• cruise airspeed 180knots or more for long cross country flights
• can be payware if it doesn't cost more than $25
• decent visibility from the cockpit

Any suggestions?