Freeware Ilyushin IL-103 released

[DennyA]

I could have sworn I saw this mentioned here when the author was still gauging interest on release, but couldn't find the topic in my topic list.

At any rate, the freeware IL-103 Russian GA plane is now available on Flightsim.to: https://flightsim.to/file/48873/ilyushin-il-103

Flies well, the visual modeling is superb. Definitely interesting contrast to the more common western GA planes -- metric instruments, etc.

 

[dvj]

Russian's were not very high on my Christmas list this year.

 

[DennyA]

Yeah, totally get that. But it's a piece of hardware, not a Putin simulator.

Folks around here like to fly WW2 German planes, and those guys killed my great uncle and bombed my grandmother. Planes ≠ politics.

100% acknowledging the Russian gov't is murdering innocents in Ukraine, sending their own soldiers to pointless deaths, and risking escalating WW3. But a 1994 GA plane isn't connected to that other than geographical origin.

 

[StormILM]

The author of this model did a fine job, it is a keeper!

 

[DaveKDEN]

I've consistently been gobsmacked by the outstanding quality of many of the freeware models released for MSFS. This new model is outstanding.

 

[Snurdley]

Hmmm, wonder if this thread will be nuked too. Yes it is a great model, the author did a wonderful job, both inside and out. Love the somewhat ratty look, will be great fun to putter around Eastern Europe in.

 

[Tom Clayton]

Hmmm, wonder if this thread will be nuked too.

Not as long as it doesn't go political like the last one did.

 

[DennyA]

A couple of repaints have appeared on flightsim.to, including a much-less-beat-up flying club repaint by TiAir.

Hoping someone does one of the military paints -- the South Korean T-103 looks really clean, and Peru flies them too.

 

[TiAr]

Thanks, some screenshots of VP-CWZ Flying Club. Sergey did a great job.

VP-CWZ2 by TiAr, auf Flickr

VP-CWZ9a by TiAr, auf Flickr

VP-CWZ by TiAr, auf Flickr

Thomas

 

[DennyA]

Beautiful paint, Thomas! Sergey's original is really impressive in how beat up the interior is, but if I'm gonna trust a plane with my life, I'd rather it be a little bit maintained.

 

[Brytskiva]

Looks nearly as good as Payware like Wing42´s Boeing 247D q:i

 

[SeanTK]

The flying club livery looks great! Glad to see a cleaned up cockpit in this one. Someone posted some tweaks to the model (post 24) in the MSFS forums thread, for those interested: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/il-103-add-on/572010/25

Looking forward to seeing how this aircraft develops further from this author, and looking forward to seeing same author's Ilyushin Il-114 (which is basically like a Saab 2000 or BAE ATP) come to fruition.

In the meantime, if anyone knows if there is a config edit that can be done to enable a visual copilot, please share. Currently even with weight applied to both seats, only the pilot position is filled.