FS2004 Utilities/Misc

Page 10

Sort

Reset

Sail Ship Schooner 'Etoile'

She serves as a training vessel for French Navy cadets and bears the Etoile name, with her sister Belle Poule. They sail to Great Britain in 1940 and are listed in the Free French Navy, while a cfg and a .air file courtesy of Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi accompany the craft.

: 2.48 MB
: 1K
: 5/5
: 6

Complete with Base Model

FS2004/FS2002 1951 VW Beetle

The 1951 Volkswagen Beetle, known as splitwindow for its rear design, presents two variants: a European version with German plates ABG Altenburger Land, and an American version with Washington registration. Additional identifiers originate from Alaska, California, Florida, New York, and Texas.

: 5.37 MB
: 1K
: 5/5

Complete with Base Model

Lufthansa Airport Bus

Lufthansa operates an airport bus at Frankfurt's EDDF, a real vehicle equipped with lights and a control panel. Its presence on the field highlights typical ground operations around the terminal and taxiways for daytime service.

: 396.59 KB
: 1K

Complete with Base Model

Abrams M-1A1 Tank

Version 3 of the M-1A1 Abrams tank presents a panel featuring two bitmaps—the main panel and a gunner's panel—with gauges at the top and ten lighted sound buttons that trigger tank gun sounds. Ten sounds cover weapons and incoming fire, including automatic weapons, each playing once; color-coded buttons light, by David Roush.

: 3.79 MB
: 996
: 3

Catering Truck Replacement Textures

Most airports worldwide host four BMP files that accompany night and day visuals for a catering truck sporting Lufthansa Sky service branding and Gategourmet. It targets the default Landmark trucks and remains compact, with a file size around 2 MB.

: 1.87 MB
: 993
: 1

Military Airshow Manoeuvres

An F/A-18F Super Hornet project by the FSKBT Team presents maneuver sequences described in a word document, anchored to the aircraft’s flight dynamics. Inspired by Farnborough in the UK, the airshow plan targets completion in under 10 minutes, noting real pilots achieve the task in under 6 minutes.

: 49.94 KB
: 968
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Sanyo Blimp

Frank J. Petriccione authors the blimp concept. An image file named sanyoblimp.jpg sits at /media/images1/Image/sanyoblimp.jpg, with alt text Sanyo Blimp and a JPG-format graphic, confirming the asset's visual identity for cataloging purposes in archives today.

: 1.68 MB
: 959
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Fuji Blimp

By Frank J. Petriccione, the world famous Fuji Blimp features an enhanced gondola and night lighting, with Bill Lyons supplying the blimp sound and G. Kirschstein tunes the flight dynamics.

: 1.76 MB
: 898
: 1

Complete with Base Model

ISA Whitestar Sci Fi model

The Whitestar warship from Babylon 5 stands as the Interstellar Alliance’s principal warship. Matthew T. Stapleton credits a model that captures the vessel’s profile, offering a concise, standalone representation for fans and modelers alike today.

: 481.94 KB
: 864
: 1

EZ-Landclass Version 2.00

An Excel-based tool lets users reposition landclass and waterclass mappings across two editions released in 2002 and 2004, enabling addition of small towns and correction of vegetation or ground cover in targeted areas, by Russel Dirks.

: 737.66 KB
: 863
: 4/5
: 12

Complete with Base Model

FS2004Macross VF-1S Valkyrie

Series No.19 hosts a plastic model that depicts Roy Fokker's Special of U.N.SPACY, based on the Japanese animation Super Dimension Fortress MACROSS. It can transform into three forms—Gerwalk, Fighter, and Valkyrie—with a limitation, and an image labeled VF-1S_Gerwalk.jpg accompanies it.

: 1.44 MB
: 845
: 3

Complete with Base Model

Tall Ship Bermuda

An element of the Bermuda project, this work credits Ian Thatcher for the Cfg sources and wake effect used to compile all the models. Ron Jeffreys receives credit, and references point to freeware ships, boats, and submarines.

: 3.69 MB
: 822
: 8

Seaplane Bases Listing

An uncomplicated listing presents all default seaplane bases in a Microsoft Excel format, with coverage limited to the United States. The author clearly disclaims any guarantee of accuracy or usefulness, noting it is for entertainment and should not be used for real-world aviation.

: 32.36 KB
: 797
: 4/5

Fly By v2.0

An option adds fly by view in tower mode and introduces AI fly-by choices; users can pick planes from a list and display them in fly by or spot plane views, cycle through with keyboard commands, and apply horizontal and vertical randomization with two modes, constant and variable distance, by Valery Stenin.

: 369.19 KB
: 794
: 5

EUroute Module

A free extension for flight simulators organizes flight planning information for virtual flights. A new cockpit pop-up planning computer opens when accessed, and more than 7000 European routes exist, with regular checks maintaining quality; the database covers Europe only, excluding the USA and other regions.

: 340.16 KB
: 789
: 1

Water Dump/Drop Effect

The water discharge effect relies on fx_water_dump.fx and links three smoke entries, smoke.0, smoke.1, and smoke.2 invoking fx_water_dump. In flight, pressing i starts the release, and pilots skim a lake or ocean to replenish, preferably aboard water landable aircraft.

: 2.44 KB
: 749

Complete with Base Model

Chicago TrolleyCopter

By Wm. R. Pulick, the Chicago TrolleyCopter merges vintage Chicago streetcar inspiration from the 1940s with aerial capability, allowing it to fly, hover, and float while featuring advanced hidden rotors. The design enables sign customization through a BMP file, adjusting side, front, and roof markings to display a personal name or image.

: 1.36 MB
: 742
: 1

Flips version 1.1

Flips functions as a small utility that renders flightplans in 3D, helping users confirm waypoints align with exit landmarks. Version 1.1 reads three variations and eases loading of flightplans edited in an earlier workflow, with Michael Rook credited as the creator.

: 1 MB
: 698
: 3

Pushback Tug Textures for POSKY Boeing 737-700

Early builds display incorrect tug visuals, and later versions correct them for pushback operations. Visual mappings cover Aeromexico, Air Berlin, Air China, AirTran, Alaska, Aloha, Boeing House, Braathens, China Eastern, Continental, Copa, Easyjet, Ethiopian, Jet Airways, Luxair, malex, Malev, Royal Air Maroc, SAS, and Southwest.

: 3.18 MB
: 689

Complete with Base Model

FS2004/FS2002 Unreal Aviation SWing SST

An unconventional slew-wing supersonic transport prototype delivers STOL performance and Mach 2 capability. The idea traces to Dr Voght of Blohm und Voss via NASA-Dryden, and Kevin Bryan credits it as a simple, quick-development project.

: 1.82 MB
: 687
: 2