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Cruise ship Asuka

An onboard passenger cruise ship model offers new smoke, raise and lower anchors, and wake effects files. It includes built-in sound and a panel, credited to Mitsuya Hamaguchi, enabling operators to explore the seven seas in a realistic maritime simulation environment.

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Simple AI v. 1.06

This simple utility generates departure and return flights from default airports and uses any installed aircraft that are configured correctly. It supports generating both outbound and return legs from a range of installed aircraft, by Garrett Hardesty.

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The Most Realistic Envmap

An Envmap is provided in the DXT3 format and loads quickly, benefiting the flight-simulation experience for enthusiasts and professionals alike. The specification centers on a single format and asserts quick loading performance for users engaging in virtual flights.

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Complete with Base Model

'Thunderbirds' Fireflash v2

An atomic-powered airliner from a 1960s TV series, the Fireflash cruises at Mach 3.2 and FL700 with global range. The model includes an animated undercarriage, taxi and landing lights, splash lighting, plus automatic exhaust and reheat effects, with flight dynamics and lighting by Martyn Becker and design by Brian Douglas.

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Complete with Base Model

FS2004/2002 Unreal Aviation Skywalker Strap-On Helicopter

Two counterbalanced, contra-rotating single-blade rotors power a tiny backpack helicopter, each rotor driven by a 125cc ten-horsepower engine. Rooted in Paul Baumgartl’s 1940s work, Kevin Bryan refines the design with subtle safety changes, emphasizing compact dimensions and dual-engine propulsion.

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NAV Light Package

An additional navigation lights configuration, by Mark Poole, offers a lower-intensity option compared with the first set and presents a clearly distinct lighting profile for aircraft users seeking an alternative approach. It does not require editing aircraft.cfg files.

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VW Beetle Cabriolet

Represents a late-sixties to early-seventies car model, with two color options, red and blue. The top opens by pressing Shift E, and this two-color car model presents itself as a faithful late-era reproduction worldwide today.

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Complete with Base Model

UFO

A scout ship arrives as Earth braces for an anticipated alien advance. The FSDS-built model by Andy Johnston includes a custom panel with XML gauges and a full virtual cockpit, while the craft misjudges Earth reactions, producing unusual ground handling.

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C-130 Cargo Air Drop FX

These FX files enable palletized cargo drops from a C-130, and editing the included door-location text in the aircraft.cfg allows similar drops from other airframes. The work is shared with permission from Pierino Primavesi, adapting his JU-52 Luftwaffe variant; further updates are linked at ju52-3m.ch.

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VPN Virtual Pilot Network

1.4us enables access to weather radar, forecasts, METAR, and NOTAMS from a cockpit kneeboard that doubles as a web browser. Virtual airlines can create their own content, and pilots log in with a username and password to access data without leaving the cockpit, by Jared Smith and Nick Schreger.

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Complete with Base Model

1998 Porsche 911 GT2 R

A test version mirrors its full counterpart, presenting a model with a fully customizable surface appearance now included. The work is by Jessy Corrales, and the project draws inspiration from earlier car addons that started a revolution in virtual car simulations.

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FS2004/2002 RX-78GP03 Gundam Dendrobium

Two models, GP03 DENDROBIUM and GP03S STAMEN, appear in this science fiction animation plastic model series No.22 by Kazunori Ito. GP03 combines the armed base ORCHIS DENDROBIUM with the Mobile Suit STAMEN for control, and ORCHIS mounts a large booster unit, armed-container, mega beam cannon, and I-field generator.

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Shoot Config File Voice Control

Peter Wilding presents a voice control configuration, version 1.6.3, designed to work with a freeware controller available from the linked download page to operate the simulator by spoken commands. It enables ATC dialogue, autopilot controls, and cockpit view navigation, with a readme and instructions accompanying it.

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Flight Dynamics Tutorial

Bob Chicilo presents a PDF that marks the final edition of a guide on adjusting flight behavior, with added items and clearer explanations for earlier material. The document stays focused on practical tweaks and keeps guidance aimed at readers seeking precise performance adjustments.

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Oscar Class Submarine

An enhanced Oscar-class submarine replica showcases a detailed cockpit, textures, and an animated flag with props, featuring two variants, each equipped with its own sound files. A basic working autopilot rests alongside FSDS source files for learners seeking to upgrade the existing work.

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EditVoicepack 3.0

By Lars Moellebjerg, EditVoicepack adds missing callsigns, aircrafts, and airports, delivering 800 new callsigns out of the box. A centralized upload system keeps these additions accessible to all users, while it requires Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 and does not support the 2002 edition.

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FS98 - FS2K4 FS Real Time v1.77

Developed by Joshua Robertson, a UTC time-sync utility keeps time in step with real-world standards, matching the current UTC or applying a +/- offset for varied flight timing. It also incorporates Dennis Thompson's World Time Zones v3.0, which reduces time-zone errors seen in recent software versions.

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Aviation Weather Information System

HTML pages viewable on a kneeboard provide fingertip access to up-to-date weather in quick-to-digest graphics, version 1.0. Content comes from NOAA and includes a METAR Applet, US National Radar with cloud-top heights, PIREPs for icing, turbulence, and sky condition, plus a decoded and raw TAF lookup tool.

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FSAutoStart v1.1

A system automation utility named FSAutoStart automatically shuts down services and programs to free resources for demanding applications. It also launches selected programs before the main application starts and can restart those processes to return the system to its prior state, while adding a Defragment Memory option and freeware status.

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World Of Fireworks

Ron Jeffers presents a method to add fireworks displays across the globe using own effects files and the Microsoft bglcomp.exe tool. By navigating to the desired location, recording the lat. and lon. coordinates, and processing them with the utility, users view a show, aided by a fireworks tutorial with two ready-to-go examples.

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