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Freeware Cessna 195. Good enough to save £7+ ?

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There's a freeware Cessna 195 available which does look pretty good visually. There's an issue with the VC, but externally it looks great. Here's the VC:-

2017-4-13_17-29-58-138_zps1je8jybt.png

Here's the shiny Cessna.

2017-4-13_17-29-41-847_zpsjtbyofaw.png

 

 

https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/5028/fsx-cessna-195-shakey-jake/

 

Now I've had opinions that the Flysimware payware 195 doesn't feel right to fly or land even for a taildragger :p  Does this freeware example fly any better? I can land it without making a mess...

Cheers.

Mark Robinson

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Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon)

I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation

Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)

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I fly the freeware shakey Jake!  Flies and lands like it should!  Great aircraft!  I'm

wearing pants, though!

 

JakeVC.jpg

 

ShakeyJake.jpg

Edited by charliearon
Added VC picture

Charlie Aron

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Just going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱
Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!

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Now that you are looking into alternatives, maybe you want to look at a different aircraft?

JustFlight's Electra Model 10A is quite nice.

Two engines, a bit older, a bit larger, a bit faster, but still a classic tail dragger :)

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Charlie - I notice that the coaming in your screenshots is black and not transparent, not to mention a different panel. Is there another version?

Thomas - nice find. The Electra is indeed a classic, and it's the same price over on Just Flight, but we're almost into DC-3 territory. I don't know why, but I'm not keen on the overall looks . Hey, we're all different and I do appreciate the idea. Thank you.

Mark Robinson

Part-time Ferroequinologist

Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon)

I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation

Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)

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1 hour ago, HighBypass said:

Charlie - I notice that the coaming in your screenshots is black and not transparent, not to mention a different panel. Is there another version?

 

I got this version in the Flightsim.com library.  It's for FS2004 but is a perfect match for FSX.  The

file is shkyjake.zip

Charlie Aron

AVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-Registrar

Just going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱
Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!

                          images (1) (1).jpeg

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Thanks Francis, but I've already applied that. I still have the missing black curved part at the top of the instrument panel (well, it may be there, but it is totally transparent...).

Mark Robinson

Part-time Ferroequinologist

Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon)

I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation

Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)

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Solved it! There's a texture , blleather. I just inverted the Alpha from within DXTbmp, and I now have a black leather coaming above the instrument panel. :) 

Mark Robinson

Part-time Ferroequinologist

Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon)

I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation

Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)

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