I see a freeware ATR72-600  that uses another default aircraft internals.

Is it any good?

I am enjoying the A330 Freeware. I am flying this more than the 737.

I'd like some feedback please.

Thx

Manny

It's the old Virtualcol ATR-72, which used to be payware but was donated as freeware by Virtualcol along with a few of their other older products about a year or so ago. The VC on the version at flightsim.to uses the default CJ4's VC from MSFS in combination with the Virtualcol exterior, so you could actually make this yourself pretty easily with the MSFS Legacy extractor. This means its more of a fun thing than a real representation of the actual aeroplane although the performance is broadly similar to the real thing and for a freebie it's okay.

5 minutes ago, Chock said:

or a freebie it's okay

And that's one of the main things.😊 I'm just taking it on its maiden flight right now. It takes off just fine and appears to handle the same. Sounds a bit odd from outside (maybe a legacy sound?). If you overspeed, the cockpit will exhibit constant and fairly violent juddering. whether the amount is true to life, I have no idea but it's pretty extreme and looms too much from outside.

I don't know if it's struggling to show contrails or heat haze but there's an odd-looking effect at the tail cone. Try to imagine a stuttering heat haze.😁

But despite that, I'm not knocking it because it's free and it flies fine.👍

Just completed the 100 minute flight between EGXC RAF Coningsby and EGEF Fair Isle (after a mid-flight pause), which allowed me to try out not only the plane but freeware versions of both locations. A bit tricky to control the throttle when using the Thrustmaster Airbus TCA quadrant with the detents in use (but it's hassle to disable them), so I was balancing between stall and overspeed but it was worth it for the touchdown on Fair Isle which had me just bringing the plane to a full stop with about 2 or 3 metres of runway remaining!😓

I like it overall. No, I wouldn't pay for it but I wouldn't expect it to be released as payware since it's a fairly rough and ready port rather than a new model. Happy to keep it.👍