Does anyone have recommendations for free and complete (e.g. VC) aircraft for FSX Acceleration?

Uh... well short of recommending you use Avsim's "file search", could you give us a little more idea as to what kind of planes you want?

Personally I enjoy the planes at PAD: http://www.premaircraft.com/ as they have VC's, they fly nice, many bush planes and regional turboprops. These days I love the DHC-5 Buffalo, which is a twin turboprop cargo STOL plane that can carry 32 people with equipment.

Mostly trial and error when it comes to aircraft for me. I've deleted more then i've saved.

Look up Mike Stone, Kirk Olsson and Kazunori Ito for some great aircraft.

God that search blows (yes, I've been looking there), along with fsdownload, etc. I can't believe how incredibly bad the searching/categorizing is at these sites.



I like the turboprops and commercial jets, along with large military (cargo) aircraft. Haven't gotten into the military jets much.

Simviation is pretty good and Hovercontrol for helicopters.

To my knowledge, Mike Stone and Kazunori Ito don't do virtual cockpits.

That may be the case, but there are others that do for their A/C ^^

Think this may help all those in the elusive search for a great aircraft to fly.
Let me start off with AlphaSim's F-105D which was released as freeware recently. Does not work in FSX for some reason so this shot was taken in FS9.
Has a VC which looks better then the 2D cockpit as half the gauges were missing.

Package includes an F-105D and F model with 5 skins.

Available here
http://www.alphasim.co.uk/fwd.html




Keep it to freeware please and include link if possible.

One key to your question is in asking for aircraft for FSX Acceleration. Which personally I think is a very smart move as chances are that if it doesn't work with FSX Acceleration you may looking at an aircraft that is not a true FSX aircraft.

Once again, here's Phil Taylor's "Official" list of true FSX freeware aircraft that are fully FSX compatable.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/archive/2008/08/31/available-freeware-aircraft-add-ons-and-fsx.aspx

Unfortunantly the link to the original full list, with both freeware and payware fully FSX compatible aircraft, linked in Phil's message was lost in a forum data base corruption. But his original freeware list is still up and a great place to start.

Once you start looking at the list of true FSX available you may start noticing that certain freeware authors have already made the move to full FSX compliance. This should make seraching for more and newer aircraft made by them a little easir.

From Weird Crapolla. Thank you sir
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Hi,

Just released (Avsim) and great

BSMP Bae ATP

File Description:
BSMP is proud to present the BAe ATP Advanced Turboprop V1.0. This version includes wingviews, high quality 32-bit textures, realistic flight dynamics, 3D Flight crew, accurate dimensions, dynamic shine, many animations, push-back truck, airstairs, and much more! This is the base package which includes both wingview and non-wingview models. This package also includes the liveries of British Airways, Air New Zealand, British Midlands, Sata, Magic Bird, and the fictional Vincent Aviation livery. All in a convenient self-installer package. Visit us at: www.bsmp.co.nz



Filename: bsmpatpv1.0.zip
License: Freeware, limited distribution
Added: 25th November 2008
Downloads: 3266
Author: Blu-Sky Mine Productions
Size: 43818kb

http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=130746

Pics:





Vidéo:
http://www.vimeo.com/2343899

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The Buffalo, a turboprop STOL cargo transport:

http://www.premaircraft.com/dhc5_FSX/index.html
http://www.premaircraft.com/

ST edit...(added screenshot) A/C has VC

Bill Wolfgen Su-27/30 (no VC that i know of)

http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?ID=64&page=11&mark=2732

Blackbird... the "sled"!

Now, years ago Paul Varn made edits to an old model that made the SR-71 fly fairly accurately. I had many hours of mach 3 fun with it, but when I contacted him he gave me an updated set of dynamics that were far more realistic. I asked him to release them, but he was convinced it was unready. Then Alphasim released their SR-71 model, which was very nice, but didn't fly very realistically. The problem though, was that addapting Paul's dynamics to the new model would take a lot of time. Well, that time has come, and you can now download the 5 part set of files from Avsim:
Part 1:

Filename: sra_prt1.zip
License: Freeware
Added: 6th December 2008
Downloads: 124
Author: Paul R Varn
Size: 4380kb

The other parts:
Filename: sra_snds.zip
Filename: sra_panl.zip
Filename: sra_gaug.zip
Filename: sra_eff.zip

Now, since this uses the Alphasim freeware model, you need to go to their site http://www.alphasim.co.uk/fwd.html and follow the "freeware" link to their page, and scroll down the USAF column and download
http://www.alphasim2.com/downloads/Freeware/ALPHA_SR-71A_Blackbird.zip

And then install it all.

I downloaded that set. The only thing that bugs me is that it aparently requires Active Sky according to the readme in order to function. I have issues with a freeware product requiring a payware addon to properly function. Even FSUIPC has a functional free componet.

In what way can a plane addon require a weather addon?

That's what the readme says. I'm only going off of that. I wonder why Active sky is (according to the readme) "required".

From the readme.txt file:

Hmm, that's weird. I don't think it won't work without it though, AS' WX engine is not that different from the default one. Why don't you try it and see how it goes?

System died. Once I can find out how bad the damage is and fix it, I intend to. If Active Sky is not required, the author may want to modify the readme to list Active Sky as a recommended addition, not a requirement.

Hi,



http://www.alphasim2.com/downloads/Freeware/ALPHA_SR-71A_Blackbird.zip

The readme .......



So ... ???

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Um... guys... it's dragging this thread WAY off topic, which was to have a small library of cool aircraft listed for us to download and use, but since you guys asked: Paul is VERY much into simulating the entire physics of the Blackbird. ALL of it. He's not making a nice plane to blast holes in the sky with, no, he's made something that can be flown by the numbers using a real SR's aircraft handbook reference data. Seriously. Now, when he started, he didn't have active sky. This apparently put many limitations on just what the upper atmosphere would behave like in FS, among other things, air pressure didn't behave real at all. This caused all sorts of havoc with outside air temps on the plane, stability issues, you name it. Yes he's that serious. When he got Active Sky, it modeled the upper atmospheric conditions, and thus he's spent roughly the last two years making the current version work directly with the aircraft.cfg and whatnot.

If you just want a powerful black jet to blast to Mach 5 and then do touch and go's, download any other Blackbird (there are many variants and FS add ons), but if you want a serious idea of just what it was like to fly the real jet, with all the implications involved, then get this package. See, the Blackbird isn't a fighter jet with a rocket pack, no, it's more like a Boeing 707 with an F1 rocket attached to the back of it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_(rocket_engine) , and you have to baby the jet, fly it very carefully, even though you are going very fast.

Yeah i already gave up on it.

OK, back on-topic.

JustFlight Cessna-152. Free if you subscribe to the (free and sometimes useful) FS Insider E-mail Newsletter.

http://www.fsinsider.com/news/Pages/FreeGiftfromFSInsider.aspx

Freeware Lockheed L-1649A Starliner, Version 2.1 by Manfred Jahn, for FSX and FS9

This is a Super Constellation, the last piston version, in all it's splendor! It flies VERY nicely, has a very nice 3d virtual cockpit, 2d panel to match, and a really complex engineer's panel. The checklist for getting the systems up and engines going is... daunting... but FEAR NOT: there is a shortcut in the form of a "auto start engines" icon on the engineer's panel (the icon resembles the Microsoft FS toggle shortcuts that bring up the radio panel, or the GPS, throttles and so on), this icon square has a image resembling a key and is located at the far right, third icon down. "Supercharger and Mixture level set best" icon is also available, look for the square "SM" icon.

You DO however need to open up the fuel tanks and a few other procedures, but there is a good tutorial included.

More to the point though, this is a truly beautiful plane, and it's represented as well as anyone could reasonably expect from freeware, with very nice repaints, custom gauges and autopilots, a panel that's either somewhat "easy", or it's complex (somewhat easy being with the shortcuts I mention), it flies just as one would expect out of a very well engineered airliner of the 40's and 50's, graceful landings and takeoffs, and just chugs along without a hurry in the world at a leisurely FL220 (22000 feet ASL). Very much worth the effort to install and learn.


Oh, and I downloaded the engine soundpack made for the Cyclone engines by Friedrich Trachsel from flightsim.com, which was made for this pack. However, if you are using this in FSX, you may have to choose a different soundpack, I'm not sure of that.

Freeware Lockheed L-1649A Starliner, Version 2.1 by Manfred Jahn, for FSX and FS9

Link please!

Don't know about the big stuff but for smaller stuff search at the usual places for anything by Tim Piglet Conrad.
He douse some great and unusual stuff and all his more recent releases are full FSX models.

avsim.com i found has some nice free and complete aircraft.

Doh!

Flightsim.com , Avsim.com for the downloads, but for support and additional repaints, this plane project's forum is located at: http://calclassic.proboards55.com/index.cgi?board=general

Some screenshots :
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?p=23265#post23265
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=2568&page=3

http://calclassic.proboards55.com/index.cgi?board=screenies&action=display&thread=628
http://www.calclassic.com/starliner.htm

I should point out that I have many hours with the earlier version 1.0 Beta, but the 2.1 has a great many improvements, including the VC. The other night, I did a full IFR flight, going from VOR to VOR, from Victoria Canada to Burbank California, all in rain/lowClouds, and then landed manually but using the ILS beam to follow blindly until finals. The autopilot is a vintage one, but works exactly as advertised, and it's not really any more complicated than any other AP. Bottom line: I can't find ANYTHING worth criticizing about this outstanding effort, although it gave me a deeper appreciation for how complex operating those old piston engines must have been!

Freeware Lockheed L-1649A Starliner, Version 2.1 by Manfred Jahn, for FSX and FS9

This is a Super Constellation, the last piston version, in all it's splendor! It flies VERY nicely, has a very nice 3d virtual cockpit, 2d panel to match, and a really complex engineer's panel. The checklist for getting the systems up and engines going is... daunting... but FEAR NOT: there is a shortcut in the form of a "auto start engines" icon on the engineer's panel (the icon resembles the Microsoft FS toggle shortcuts that bring up the radio panel, or the GPS, throttles and so on), this icon square has a image resembling a key and is located at the far right, third icon down. "Supercharger and Mixture level set best" icon is also available, look for the square "SM" icon.

You DO however need to open up the fuel tanks and a few other procedures, but there is a good tutorial included.

More to the point though, this is a truly beautiful plane, and it's represented as well as anyone could reasonably expect from freeware, with very nice repaints, custom gauges and autopilots, a panel that's either somewhat "easy", or it's complex (somewhat easy being with the shortcuts I mention), it flies just as one would expect out of a very well engineered airliner of the 40's and 50's, graceful landings and takeoffs, and just chugs along without a hurry in the world at a leisurely FL220 (22000 feet ASL). Very much worth the effort to install and learn.


Oh, and I downloaded the engine soundpack made for the Cyclone engines by Friedrich Trachsel from flightsim.com, which was made for this pack. However, if you are using this in FSX, you may have to choose a different soundpack, I'm not sure of that.





Flightsim.com , Avsim.com for the downloads, but for support and additional repaints, this plane project's forum is located at: http://calclassic.proboards55.com/index.cgi?board=general

Some screenshots :
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?p=23265#post23265
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=2568&page=3

http://calclassic.proboards55.com/index.cgi?board=screenies&action=display&thread=628
http://www.calclassic.com/starliner.htm

I should point out that I have many hours with the earlier version 1.0 Beta, but the 2.1 has a great many improvements, including the VC. The other night, I did a full IFR flight, going from VOR to VOR, from Victoria Canada to Burbank California, all in rain/lowClouds, and then landed manually but using the ILS beam to follow blindly until finals. The autopilot is a vintage one, but works exactly as advertised, and it's not really any more complicated than any other AP. Bottom line: I can't find ANYTHING worth criticizing about this outstanding effort, although it gave me a deeper appreciation for how complex operating those old piston engines must have been!

I was finally able to get the Project Opensky 777-200 working in FSX with the VC. Its nice to have my airplane back. As an FYI, all I did to get it working in FSX is install the model and the VC model as it says on the POSKY website and then I had to put Boeing777-300.gau from FS9 into the FSX guages folder and msvcr70.dll into the FSX root folder. In the 777 panel I deleted all references to the dirty glass effect in the cfg file and it worked perfectly. Clickable VC.

Freeware (former payware) Alphasim A-90 Orlenok

What is this? Well, it's one of the weirdest aircraft ever! It's half boat, half airplane, but not a flying boat, not a floatplane... no, this is a jet powered mega-fast water-borne "thing". It flies in the air, but VERY low. So low that you have to pull back the stick to clear treetops on islands!!!

You won't need to use the autopilot. It maintains it's direction AND ALTITUDE all by itself, and with the right trim setting, will do so at top speed of 240 knots! At those speeds it'll normally sit at about 35 feet above the sea level. That's so low that to do a 30 degree turn, you'll need to gain at least 70 feet, or your wingtip will hit water and send you for a spin/crash! So to turn, pull back the stick and then bank gently.

Yes, it has flaps, use them to take off out of the water. Yes, it has landing gear... but fragile, very fragile. If you must (unrealistically I might add) land on a runway, do so with only about 100 fpm or you'll likely crash. In the real world it only uses the gear to slide up on land at concrete water ramps.

Where to fly it? Well, over water of course! Ok, I like to fly it around the Seattle-Victoria-Vancouver (Canada, not Oregon) area, as there is lots of water but also small island obstacles to navigate and deal with (can I fly over this bit or should I turn out of it's way?). Perhaps Finland-Sweden, Caspian Sea ports, the Mediteranean would make choice locations, and maybe even an invasion of Taiwan (no offense to the Taiwanese, just something to try in FS).

But what it it it really? An abandoned Soviet Union project to make a high speed transport capable of carrying much heavier cargo than an equivalent airplane, over water. Think naval assault invasions. Or cargo transport across seas. They worked as intended, but I think the limited utility (no overland flights) doomed a technically competent design to the historybooks.

For more on the aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKi58lEFZo
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=hSaAvl3egwg


Go to
http://www.alphasim.co.uk/

And click on Freeware, then scan the Soviet column for the A-90. ALPHA Simulations 2004 A-90 'Orlenok' ('Eaglet') transport & assault ekranoplan

Once you have it installed, add a trim setting gauge of your choice, personally I use the gauge "747RT.rp.trim" but this is not a standard trim gauge so unless you have this one already it won't appear, but be sure to add the gauge line to the panel.cfg something like this:

gauge27=747RT.rp.trim, 590,735, 30, 15 // your edit additional trim gauge

The best freeware I have ever seen for FS2004/FSX

http://sectionf8.com/



Super hi-poly 3D model, high-poly best 3-D pit I've seen in FS- flight model-incredible realism..etc

This bird is some serious sh*t tha could have been $100+ payware...

SimHQ MUST REVIEW THIS BIRD!*

* - just give me credit for the heads up...;)

The best freeware I have ever seen for FS2004/FSX

http://sectionf8.com/



Super hi-poly 3D model, high-poly best 3-D pit I've seen in FS- flight model-incredible realism..etc

This bird is some serious sh*t that could have been $100+ payware...

SimHQ MUST REVIEW THIS BIRD!*

* - just give me credit for the heads up...;)

Trial version....very nice, i'll have to pick it up. Yes to VC

http://www.fscloud9.com/php/downloads.php?lang=EN

The screenshot does not do that airplane justice. It's actually photo-real. You can't tell it from that shot. This jet is a must have. I've bought payware that I wished look that good.

Which is is why I'm so suprised it's not on this thread list already...

u guys are slipping...lol

Would recommend recently released 727 for FSX by Captain Sim. They have really outdone themselves with this bird. Loved it in FS9, in FSX it is even better!

Stam,good to know! Thank You,A lot of people have been complaining that the sounds were very bad.Did you find any problem?
Thanks Stam
/Patrick/

I was most attracted by your photos and particularly the site regarding the F86 "free" download. So I attempted to do so...I was sent this is not a download page immediately requiring registration. I properly registered, using proper name and email address, though the site "implied" that I could register as Zippy The Clown.

In the event, I pressed "register" and was invited back to the registration page I had just completed without explanation. Please explain the err of my ways.

Maybe ther are no spaces allowed in usernames.

Patrick,
In fact I don't care too much about the sounds. I'm more in visuals and systems
These are more than perfect.

After some effort,changing .NET to .COM and attacking SectionF8.com through other means...I was finally able to download and install the F86 and its derivatives. It is beautiful and very intricate in regard to dial, switch and valve responsiveness. Flying the jet is an experience, child-like meandering across the control panel is something else. The effect reminded me of the fiddling with a Fokker Dr1 simulator available at the same location where an honest "what is this switch?" question resulted in a fuel line shut down.

The F86 is a FS9 airplane. General guidance is give as to how to paste it into FSX are given. These instructions do work in that a plane becomes accessible. However, no matter what texture files I changed or .CFG files modified, my canopy on the SectionF8 F86 in FSX remains clouded and the controls barely responsive. Can this be worked around? Any experience out there?

I did an "upgrade" to properly bring the F-86 into FSX.

Did you download it from SectionF8s homepage ("Intermediate Fix"), read the readme thoroughly and did everything mentioned in it?

I am now thanking a Heretic from the former DDR. Hooray, as they say in Kalifornia, I can see outside! Previously, I printed and followed the "instructions" without success. This time, I deleted all prior work and rebuilt the F86 in the SimObjects/Airplanes folder following an obsessed step-by-step method, making certain that no bitmap files remained in any subfolder. I fumbling about I also found a large file to extract in the Panels folder that expanded the instrument panel performance in FSX. Please have a look, Mr. Heretic if you have not already found this "secret" unextracted file within the Panel folder.

And if you like vintage planes, I would recommend the FW-190a series which was just released and mentioned elsewhere at this site. It is pricey (29E)and limited in dowloads (x3), but a worthy addition to FSX.

First of all, you're welcome. Unless, of course my sarcasm detector is broken.



The panel.cfg?

The only other file I could think of would be an archive containing gauges and stuff. But this one didn't get modified for the upgrade...




Yep, it's an awesomely well made plane, but...
a) I prefer 109s
b) I'm more of the "haulin' butt" type of pilot (CRJs, 737s...you get the idea)
...thus I can't find a good reason to justify spending money on this aircraft.
As a student, I need to think about 34093489347 times before getting an add-on. This is limiting my payware portfolio to absolute necessities (Ultimate Terrain X, Acive Sky X).

Greetings to "Californee" (to quote South Park)!

Link to that Sukoi is for FSX only.

O.K. I'll bite on this one but does it require FS2004 or will it work in FSX?

If so how's the model in FSX and will it work w/ Acceleration add-on?

THANKS.

for some FAA , thats Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, fun..

http://www.flyingstations.com/