January 2, 201610 yr I have just bought XP 10 and I want to get some good planes to use instead of the default ones which I don't think is good. In the first place I want a GA planes but others might be of interest later. I hould point out that I'm spoiled with A2A Realair and PMDG in FSX so I wan't the best for XPlane. First question is there some high quality free ware planes for XP or will I have to get pay ware ?
January 2, 201610 yr I have just bought XP 10 and I want to get some good planes to use instead of the default ones which I don't think is good. In the first place I want a GA planes but others might be of interest later. I hould point out that I'm spoiled with A2A Realair and PMDG in FSX so I wan't the best for XPlane. First question is there some high quality free ware planes for XP or will I have to get pay ware ? You will find that same as FSX, the best and more complex aeroplanes are payware. If you are looking at GA, have a look at the SMS DHC-2 Beaver, an absolute marvel, full engine management, great STOL performance, comes with amphibian and cargo versions as well. If you want something not so vintage, the Airfoil Labs Cessna 172 is worth looking at, and also the Carenado C210 Centurion or Beech F33 as you can add an REP package to them (think of AccuSim) and give them full engine management, failures, wear and tear, etc. The regional Turboprops are well represented, the SF340, the AN24, JS32, E175 are wonderful machines. Have a look at some YouTube videos on them, see which fits your needs. Will Reynolds Flight Sim Addict
January 2, 201610 yr Just go head first into quality payware and buy the Leading Edge Simulations Saab 340 - there's a gold star review on the avsim home page It will remind you of the pmdg jetstream but better Otherwise the Carenado GA offerings are quite good in XP10, unlike FSX versions | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
January 2, 201610 yr If you are looking for really realistic GA plane, I would reommend either Carenado C210 or Carenado Bonanza F33. Both have Reality Expansion Packs available that make those two aircraft ultra realistic, from the flightmodel to pilot induced failures. DHC-2 Beaver SouldMadeSim also deserves recognition. And if you like some "oldies but goldies" - AN-2 from RedEyes is a real treat. As others said - if you are into regional turboprops, Saab 340A is just marvelous in every detail. Just to name the few I own and am very pleased with
January 2, 201610 yr Like Russian aircraft ? Get IL-14 from here And please make sure you visit XPFR for great freeware aircraft and scenery... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 2, 201610 yr Payware is probably the way to go. Since you mention GA and A2A, my vote would be Simcoders/Carenado with the REP engine (similar to Accusim). If a 172 is something you enjoy flying, look at airfoillabs-C172SP.
January 2, 201610 yr Moderator I second the recommendation for Airfoil's C172, it's a great aircraft and reminds me a lot of Realair (Which I miss from FSX/P3D). I hope to see more from this company who just seemed to appear out of nowhere.
January 3, 201610 yr Get IL-14 from here Sorry for hijiacking the topic here, but is IL-14 working properly for you? I've downloaded it from various sources and can't get any avionics to actually show. My whole panel is lacking of any dials.
January 3, 201610 yr Commercial Member Not mentioned yet: Leading Edge Simulation's MU2. We didn't make the MU2. That was Tom Kyler at X-Scenery, who is now working on the IXEG 737. We both sell under the same store, though.
January 3, 201610 yr Sorry for hijiacking the topic here, but is IL-14 working properly for you? I've downloaded it from various sources and can't get any avionics to actually show. My whole panel is lacking of any dials. Hmmm, I don't even have the installer anymore Lena., Will try to check it and will report back. EDIT: Just got the installer from here, selecting the "HTTP EU Direct" blue tinted link, ahead of "Download file:". Will try it home and report back... REPORT: It doesn't work :-/ Probably a script version incompatibility... Will check and try to find any fix... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 3, 201610 yr Found something worth the try to make the IL-14 work on recent XP10 64 bit versions... ... will test it ASAP... http://asn-xp.aerosoft.com/?page_id=7897 Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 3, 201610 yr Unfortunately the links in the post above didn't help... :-/ Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 3, 201610 yr Author If you are looking at GA, have a look at the SMS DHC-2 Beaver, an absolute marvel, full engine management, great STOL performance, comes with amphibian and cargo versions as well.If you want something not so vintage, the Airfoil Labs Cessna 172 is worth looking at, and also the Carenado C210 Centurion or Beech F33 as you can add an REP package to them (think of AccuSim) and give them full engine management, failures, wear and tear, etc. It seem to me that the Airfoil Labs C172 and the SMS DHC-2 Beaver are the best GA planes available for XP and if I want top quality GA I need one or both of them.
January 3, 201610 yr Author Otherwise the Carenado GA offerings are quite good in XP10, unlike FSX versions How and why can the same plane be better in X-plane compared to FSX ?
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