FsX native freeware aircraft list

[kilo delta]

Another one for the list... Rick Piper's Bristol Sycamore

Also Patrick Le Luyer's Dyn'aéro CR100 and Airbus A400M



Edit:Nigel Booth freeware CT-4E Airtrainer and Bac Strikefighter

North American Navion Rangemaster by Rich Schwertfeger & Bill Leaming

 

[Ferry_vO]

Rare Wings has several FsX aircraft: http://www.rarewings.com/index.mvc?page=aircraft

The Stearman-Hammond is native, but I'm not sure about the others.

 

[Bjoern]

One down, one to go.

 

[Spad54]

Lets not forget Golden Age Simulations Taylor J-2 Cub available through our website

 

[GT182]

Does anyone have the links for Tim Conrad's F-5A and OH6A? I can't find them at all. Thanks.

 

[peter12213]

As a total FSX Accel addict what we need is nore Turbo Props! The Iris Spartan being the best one I've flown, I wish there was more freeware aircraft like that!

 

[kilo delta]

Does anyone have the links for Tim Conrad's F-5A and OH6A? I can't find them at all. Thanks.

They're here in the SOH library. Check the archive library and search for author- Piglet

 

[vonstroheim]

"Posky" Bombardier CRJ 700

Minor update to the list: Open Sky "Posky" Bombardier CRJ 700. They have a native FSX conversion of their CRJ 700 line, and you can attach the default FSX CRJ 700 virtual cockipt (eyepoint=-1,-1.25,4.15). Why bother? The Posky external model by Hiroshi Igami is way better! Same with textures and repaints... Too bad the 200 and 900 didn't get the FSX treatment...

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Frontier repaint by Gary Hayes and Dickson Chan (4 variations), 16:9 2d panel stretched by me...
http://www.projectopensky.com/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=21

PS: The Konovalov's Il-96 is not native, only the Il-86... Well, unless I missed something...

 

[Bjoern]

Beware: The FDE for the POSKY CRJ is awful. I've tinkered with it in the last few days and the handling and performance is peculiar at best. JATO-like takeoffs, but if you tone down on the engines, you'll hit a wall at Mach 0.7.

The one from FSX's default model is much better, so use that as a base for a merge.

 

[Roger]

Ok the list has been updated from posts up to this point. Thanks for all the contributions!

 

[kilo delta]

Great work,Roger

Another one for the list... Dirk Stuck's Basler BT-67 AWI

PS. Don't forget to add the Rallye mentioned above

 

[Roger]

Great work,Roger

Another one for the list... Dirk Stuck's Basler BT-67 AWI

PS. Don't forget to add the Rallye mentioned above

Done!

 

[vonstroheim]

Deane Baunton Cresco & Fletcher

Deane Baunton's Cresco is already in the list, but I wanted to post some pictures for this quite exotic aircraft from from New Zealand. The Cresco is FSX Native and has modern avionics. Deane Baunton designed 3 different VC layouts. Very impressive...

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Too bad Deane Baunton's Fletcher, from the same Aerospace company from New Zealand it not FSX Native...

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Scenery: Abel Tasman Natl. Park (New Zealand) by Michael Allen-Andrews (http://www.fs-creations.org)

 

[Roger]

Just realised I've missed, probably one of the first FsX native models, Robert Bruce's Bristol Fighters!

 

[Roger]

A couple of screenshots of Robby's Biff...

 

[rcbarend]

Euuhhh.. Sorry for asking the obvious ...
But why a thread on "native FSX freeware aircraft" instead of just "FSX freeware aircraft" ???

I'm sure you know there are many "FS9-converted freeware aircraft" as well.
Even stronger (I know I'm stepping on thin ice here): many simmers aren't able to distinguish a "native" from a FS9-converted" aircraft. Simply because of their settings in FSX.
And I'm not even talking about a lot of FS9-converted addon's that are better then comparable native-FSX addon's....


Just trying to put things into perspective ....


Cheers, Rob

 

[mmann]

I think having a FSX native freeware aircraft list is a great idea. Even if I wasn't able to distinguish a "native" from a FS9-converted aircraft, my computer sure can and to show it's absolute disdain for FS9 aircraft it gives me totally abysmal frame rates.

 

[2Low]

I think having a FSX native freeware aircraft list is a great idea. Even if I wasn't able to distinguish a "native" from a FS9-converted aircraft, my computer sure can and to show it's absolute disdain for FS9 aircraft it gives me totally abysmal frame rates.

This I believe is why most of us that differentiate the types of freeware do it.

Rob, starting a new thread titled "Freeware FS9 aircraft converted for FSX" shouldn't be too difficult if you want to start one up. It's not one or the other, plenty of room in the forum for both. Post up a list of ones you know and others can add to it and maybe comment on the performance. Such a list may convince me to try a few more.

I think such a list could prove quite usefull but I personally would rather a seperate thread than combining the two topics. There is my $.02.

Cheers ,
Rob.

 

[Roger]

There is much confusion regarding optimised Fs9 models and models converted so they are FsX native. A port-over, where textures etc have been altered to allow them to function in FsX is not the same as a converted model where in the model file there are 2 files called ".mdl" one for the exterior and one actually called "interior.mdl". In the latter case there should be little difficulty in running it along side models that were only ever created for FsX. The above list does contain some models that have been converted to FsX native and so run much more smoothly than a simple port-over.

 

[2Low]

If it has the 2 .mdl files it is native is my understanding, if not it is a FS9 craft converted (should have said ported) to use in FSX. One list for FS9 made FSX native, one for FS9 port overs?

I personally mostly stick to native but do have a few gems ported from FS9. I think a ported list could be usefull, especially if people comment on the ports (performance/anomollies/issues). This could help people like myself that never owned FS9 find some more "gems".

With the amount of freeware and payware native craft I believe such a list's usefullness will decrease with time but for now the more unusual and less common craft (no native version) could still be popular.

This list would be huge and quite an undertaking to keep up I think.