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USMC Grumman JRF-1A VMS-3 1939

St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands hosts a USMC JRF-1A assigned to VMS-3, circa 1939, depicted as a Grumman G-21 modification. The cockpit uses gauges from the DC-3 and adds a power-settings placard gauge below the autopilot.

: 25.91 MB
: 3K
: 5/5
: 8

Complete with Base Model

Hughes H1 Racer

Tim Conrad’s H1 Racer inspires a variant that adjusts the alpha channel to better match the original and updates wing N numbers. It includes a complete aircraft, the original readme, and several photos, with the technique by RSDG and color work by Mark Rooks.

: 4.97 MB
: 2.9K
: 5/5
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Messerschmitt Me-163B Komet

Full animations and clickable gauges, levers, and switches define the Me-163B Komet, with Warwick Carter crafting the visual model in FSDS2.4 and David Friswell with Warwick Carter contributing the flight model.

: 3.44 MB
: 2.8K
: 5/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

Greek Bleriot XI

Louis Bleriot’s 1909 Bleriot XI appears with cockpit, virtual cockpit, sounds, and refined flight dynamics. Two aircraft serve with the Greek army in the First and Second Balkan Wars, tied to Arniotis Karamanlakis, Greece’s first private aviator and first air accident victim, by Thanasis Delizisis and Panagiotis Delizisis.

: 7.76 MB
: 2.7K
: 4/5
: 24

Complete with Base Model

Lockheed Vega

David Grindele presents a converted Lockheed Vega with a radial-powered design from the late 1920s, yielding balanced aerodynamics and refined engine behavior for the newer simulator. The offering includes eight distinct markings representing historical and fictional operators, while upgraded navigation lights and beacons brighten the night, with optional Shockwave 3D Lights enhancing visibility.

: 24.76 MB
: 2.6K
: 4/5
: 11

Complete with Base Model

Fokker Spider

The Spin-3 replica, by Rien Cornelissen, adapts the Fokker Spin’s powerplant with an Argus AS 1 engine, yielding 100 hp takeoff and 90 hp cruise. Flight dynamics are tuned to hold altitude at cruise 56 kt, and the design reflects the original arrangement where the wheel actuates the rudder and there are no ailerons.

: 1.15 MB
: 2.6K
: 4/5
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Tupolev Ant-20 Maxim Gorky

Michael E. Roberts reworks the Maksim Gorki ANT-20 by replacing incompatible cockpit gauges with Vladimir Zhyhulskiy gauges and adding a thumbnail, while updating the glass and prop surfaces; the modification covers both 2D and virtual cockpit panels.

: 12.86 MB
: 2.5K
: 3

Complete with Base Model

Berliner Joyce OJ-2

Two variants of the Berliner Joyce OJ-2 cover land-based and seaplane configurations, while the virtual cockpit stays animated with backlit instruments for night operations. The project credits Paul Clawson as its creator and designer today.

: 15.64 MB
: 2.5K
: 3/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

Hawker Tempest VI

It is a Hawker Tempest Mk VI model, registration NX142 GN-G of 249 Squadron RAF in 1948, powered by a 2,340 hp Sabre V and built on a FSDS V2 framework. It features 2D and virtual cockpit, opening canopy, moving pilot's head, lights and animated effects, with an airfile by Jerry Beckwith.

: 5.32 MB
: 2.5K
: 5/5
: 6

Complete with Base Model

KLM/Swissair Fokker FVIIb/3m

Version 2 model of the historic Fokker FVII trimotor depicts a new panel and a much-improved virtual cockpit. Jens B. Kristensen signs this work, and the lineup spans KLM, KNILM and Swissair operations worldwide today.

: 19.23 MB
: 2.4K
: 5/5
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Ira Kepford's VF-17 Corsair

A Corsair variant associated with Ira Kepford of VF-17, the Jolly Rogers, traces to November 1942 and marks Kepford's 16 confirmed victories. Mark Rooks of RDG provides the enhancements, including a 2D and 3D cockpit.

: 20.77 MB
: 2.4K
: 5/5
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Sopwith 5F-1 Dolphin

Version 0_1 by Edward Cook defines the 5F-1 Dolphin as the first multi-gun fighter associated with 79 Squadron based at Champion in February 1919. A gauge file ec5F1.CAB accompanies the panel setup for gauge integration.

: 6.18 MB
: 2.3K
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Short S.45 Solent, BOAC & TEAL

The Solent lineup shows a Solent 3 for BOAC and Solent 4s for TEAL, with Aquila Airways represented, spanning early and late variants. Version 2 undergoes modification to run with two flight simulators, and an improved panel accompanies the model.

: 10.41 MB
: 2.3K
: 5/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

F-4F Wildcat U.S. Navy

A highly modified version of Robert Hawk’s F-4F Wildcat carries U.S. Navy markings and remains a complete aircraft, standing as a mainstay of the carrier-based and land-based fighter force in the early Pacific War. Mark Rooks of RSDG Rooks Silva Design Group crafts the modifications.

: 7.78 MB
: 2.3K
: 1

Complete with Base Model

Dornier Do 17

By Ross McLennan, this Dornier Do17 variant modifies A.F. Scrub’s Do17Z-2 and adds a bomb-aiming view with flight plans to strike a 64-foot-wide target from 12,000 feet, plus a 100-foot low-level sight, and the aircraft uses a bomb sourced from WEAPONS4.ZIP.

: 53.06 MB
: 2.3K

Repaint for Payware Model

US Coast Guard PBY Catalina

This U.S. Coast Guard motif targets the Aerosoft Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina payware, crafted by Henry William with the official Aerosoft kit to reproduce authentic Coast Guard markings. The configuration uses atc_id PH-PBY and ui_variation PBY-5A USCG to establish the registration and external identity on the payware model.

: 22.73 MB
: 2.3K
: 5/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

DeHavilland Silver Comet

An enhanced DeHavilland Comet variant, Silver Comet, shows a high luster finish produced by a modified alpha channel and light bending process formula 14. Rooks Silva Design Group creates and uses the technique, with Mark Rooks credited for the finish work.

: 10.62 MB
: 2.2K
: 2/5
: 5

Complete with Base Model

Private Beech D18S

A private-use D18S variant derived from Milton Shupe’s Beechcraft D18 model, enhanced by Mark Rooks of RDG Aircraft with D18 Project visuals, carries registration N4477 and relies on Mohammed Al-Khalifa for a custom cockpit panel.

: 15.11 MB
: 2.2K
: 5/5
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Gee Bee Model Z Supersports

By Warwick Carter, the Z model delivers a three-dimensional construct with full animations, a clickable cockpit, levers, switches, and smooth 3D gauges, complemented by textures from Garry J. Smith, Rick Piper, and Carter and powered by FSDS3.51 with fsdstweak by David Nunez, including fx_Gee_smoke.fx and the GeeBee_ModelZ folder.

: 5.06 MB
: 2.1K
: 2

Complete with Base Model

1910 Kruse-Curtiss

Designed around 1910 from pictures of Frank Kruse’s plane and Curtiss-era plans in Popular Mechanics, this canard-era design uses basic controls and lacks brakes or ground steering. A fully functional virtual cockpit pairs with animation by Modeldef_Edit, while Dave Eckert pilots and Aaron Swindle provides the sound, with credits to Tom Eads.

: 2.62 MB
: 2.1K
: 5/5