Imagine being a pilot racing these in 1932! Tips on flying the Gee Bee from the model’s creators at VSKYLABS: If the engine quits on It’s a challenge to fly, but it’s loads of fun. This week’s Featured Freeware is the Gee Bee Model R, an aircraft from the early days of competition air racing. In real life, it’s flown with a stick rather than a yoke, so for the most realistic experience,

It is immediately identifiable thanks to the unique dihedral (upward curve) of its wings. The Robin DR400-140B is a light, general aviation aircraft of French design that’s used around the world due to its easy handling characteristics. After spending some time with the aircraft, it isn’t hard to see why: the finely tuned flight model, realistic systems modeling, great flight manuals, and a mass

The Boeing 737 created by EADT as part of the x737 Project is one of the most popular freeware aircraft available for X-Plane, if not the most popular. Each year sees thousands of fly-in aircraft, campers, and visitors to this huge aviation event sponsored by the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association). Using the professional-use USB keys, the simulator can also be upgraded for commercial use, as well as for FAA certification.We have a special X-Plane 10 scenery package for the Oshkosh Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH), enhanced with buildings, custom objects, and aircraft, all designed around the annual AirVenture Expo. Upgrading to X-Plane for Professional Use Of course, the Plane Maker software (found in your X-Plane installation directory) can be used to create aircraft–for more information, see the Plane Maker manual. There, you’ll find information and links to the plug-in and scenery development kits. A good place to start is the Development Tools page. If you don’t find the aircraft, scenery, or plug-ins you’re looking for, you can create your own. Likewise, most scenery can be installed by simply moving the add-on scenery folder to your X-Plane installation’s Custom Scenery directory.įor more information about X-Plane add-ons and how to install them, see Chapter 4 of the X-Plane manual. Most aircraft models you download can be installed by simply unzipping the download and moving the resulting folder to your X-Plane installation’s Aircraft directory. You can also find free and paid add ons on other online sites such as. X-Plane supports three main kinds of add-ons:Īerosoft is the official distributor and source for X-Plane add ons. X-Plane may have the most realistic flight model on the market, but what is that worth if you can’t fly the planes that you want to fly, in the places you want to fly them?

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