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KML Utility V1.10 Beta

This freeware design utility, by Matthew Styles, converts Google Earth .kml files into compatible simulation formats for use in projects. The V1.10 Beta, dated 19 August 2007, introduces Land class tiles and Water class tiles.

: 2.46 MB
: 1.7K

AI Time Table 2

Genixsoft presents a real-time airport timetable tool that tracks your aircraft and AI flights, delivering more accurate departure numbers for up to five flights. It requires SP1 and SimConnect, and marks the first iteration of AITT2.

: 8.52 MB
: 1.6K
: 5/5

Soft Horizons

Soft Horizons, created by John Cillis, smooths the sky-ground transition using 110 daytime bitmaps and preserves 30 nighttime bitmaps, converted to the required format, and may not work with other sky environment add-ons in some cases.

: 190.74 KB
: 1.6K
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Spotter

By Peter Ceyssens, this spotting tool lets observers monitor the active runway from a cockpit view to watch departures and arrivals. Operators choose an airport and its active runway, set a day and hour, and toggle slew-mode with Y to reposition and follow aircraft on final and takeoff.

: 1.55 MB
: 1.5K

Wing Leveler/ForceFeedback Utility

Dave Westbury authors Version 3.1.0 of a specialized configuration utility that edits Aircraft.cfg to disable the default wing leveller and adjust autopilot handling, while inserting or deleting force feedback references to improve joystick feel; it can revert changes, and requires Visual Basic 6 runtimes, with a supporting GIF named ffwlu310.gif.

: 229.17 KB
: 1.4K

FS Texture Replacement Utility

Version 1.0.1 of a utility by Bill Tanner enables replacing image data in the primary image folder and other directories, with an option to back up the original files. It offers a simple workflow for applying changes across multiple locations while safeguarding originals.

: 249.8 KB
: 1.3K
: 1

Boat Traffic Viewing

Viewing remains difficult for observers of a boat traffic facility that presents planned vessel movements, and a program by Michel A. Mettling shows the intended traffic with the help of mapping services to visualize today.

: 1.87 MB
: 1.3K
: 5/5

FS Logbook

Danilo Cesar Munis develops the FS Logbook, a straightforward tool to reliably record flight logs and track hours across sessions. A screenshot depicts the FS Logbook main screen, illustrating a simple, user-focused interface with clear controls.

: 110.14 KB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 1

FSRemote Utility V2.0

Version 2.0 introduces a graphical interface for FSRemote, a remote-control utility via FSUIPC. The archive includes a .NET 2.0 FS-Remote executable, a configuration file, and a Word document; it requires .NET 2.0 or 3.0 and a registered FSUIPC4, with WideClient for remote use, and can view and control aircraft switches, autopilot, radio, attitude, and engines.

: 621.36 KB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 2

Aircrafter V1.5

Designed by Andreas Schwarz, the tool offers an aircraft overview and, in this version, enables editing of aircraft data and thumbnail updates within a redesigned interface. It includes a callsign editor for ATC callsigns, comes with a manual, and lists Setup_Aircrafter_1_5.exe as the installer.

: 1.66 MB
: 1K
: 1

Navari Utility

Navari offers a compact flight planner/navigation display and autopilot, enabling flight creation via simple clicks and imports from a routing tool. It lets users complete routes on local airfield maps by adding SIDs and STARs, then fly with LNAV and VNAV modes; a beta from Scumari Technologies, 2009.

: 24.57 MB
: 946
: 4

Mission Category Modifier

A utility moves all downloaded content into a single, user-created category, reducing the need to search across default groups and making organization simpler for long-term storage. It downloads and installs to perform this action, and Hugo Vieira receives credit as creator.

: 450.38 KB
: 938
: 3

Logitech G940 Lighting Control Software

Developed by Timo Hollwedel, this freeware utility links eight dedicated switches on the G940 throttle to real-time, color-coded indicators synchronized with your virtual cockpit. It offers 28 events such as Engine Fire and Landing Gear, with green/amber/red states, and allows per-button Off/Green/Amber/Red customization, including multi-aircraft use.

: 764.65 KB
: 922

In Flight Emergencies Demo

Demo version runs with the Cessna 172, while the full edition supports most standard aircraft and many add-ons. It presents events such as vacuum failure and engine fire, includes a Timed Event option for random incidents 2–30 minutes into flight, and notes are written in notepad and editable by the user.

: 9.07 MB
: 917
: 1/5
: 2

CFG Editor V1.01

Compact utility automatically locates the FSX.CFG file, loads and displays all FSX.CFG items except the [Trusted] section, and is distributed as a stand-alone executable named FSXCfgEditor.exe by TweakFS (Fermin Fernandez).

: 667.64 KB
: 913

Utility AiSort

AiSort v1.0.0.50 is a Visual Basic 6 utility with a runtime requirement that takes TrafficTools style flight plans, sorts them, and converts them into text for a TrafficDatabaseBuilder workflow to produce a flight plan .bgl file. Frank Salter is the credited author.

: 64.4 KB
: 878
: 4/5

Largest_Crash Utility

Grounded in the ASN Aviation Safety Database, this Excel file compiles airplane crash history from 1945 to today. Richard Monnin authors the work, presenting major narratives with accompanying photos, and listing each aircraft by the number of fatalities.

: 43.89 MB
: 872
: 5/5
: 1

AI Carriers for Flight Simulator X SP1

An efficient tool lets you place and command ships or fleets in the sim, avoiding edits to traffic or mission files. It requires Java JRE 1.5+, SP1 support with SP2 untested and Vista not tested; cruiser and destroyer hulls are included, plus aicarriers.cfg for customization and fleet insertion at the current user position via Shift+U.

: 915.82 KB
: 783

xml2shp Utility

Winfried Orthmann delivers a utility that converts an XML file into a group of shape files for processing with shp2vec included in the SDK. It includes example files, and Winfried Orthmann receives official credit for this work.

: 128.75 KB
: 746
: 1

TweakFS Menu Mate V1.0

Menu Mate delivers quicker access to more than sixty menu items, reducing the need to drill through multiple layers. The package includes exe.xml as an example, the main executable, a menu.cfg, plus two manuals in PDF and SWF formats.

: 1.65 MB
: 691
: 5/5