FSX / P3D

FSX/P3D Edgley Optica

Edgley EA-7 Optica brings the real aircraft’s distinctive glazed observation cabin and slow-speed handling to life with full animations, 3D gauges, baked textures, and a detailed virtual cockpit. Designed for FSX and Prepar3D v4/v5, it includes multiple ready-to-fly repaints plus additional liveries, with an optional winter kit toggle.

4.7/5 (6) 37.9k downloads 🔥 Popular 177.91 MB Scanned clean
Flight Simulator X Prepar3D v4, v5, v6

The Edgley EA-7 Optica, designed by John Edgley and built by Brooklands Aerospace, had an unusual configuration with a fully glazed forward cabin seating three across.

Optica UK Police Force in Prepar3D v5.This model, compatible with all versions of FSX and Prepar3D (including P3Dv4 and P3Dv5) includes full animations, 3D gauges, and baked textures.

The package comes with several repaints already configured and ready to use, they are;

  • OA7 Optica Series 300 (Aeroelvira)
  • OA7 Optica Series 300 Scout Master "Hampshire Police Force"
  • OA7 Optica Series 300 Prototype
  • OA7 Optica Series 300 Demonstrator
  • OA7 Optica Series 300 Manitou Fork Lifts

We have included a set of additional liveries (which require manual install) for the Optica created by various freeware developers. The liveries include;

  • Coastwatch Australia
  • British Antarctic Survey
  • British Army
  • Canadian Air Force
  • US Coast Guard

Installation instructions

Once extracted, copy the "Edgley Optica" folder inside the ZIP file into your SimObjects/Airplanes directory.

If you want to install the extra/additional liveries then you can follow the instructions in the subfolders of "Additional Repaints".

The red button on the control sticks turns the "winter kit" on and off.

Developer: Craig Richardson. Flight model by Pam Brooker.

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File information

Filename
edgley_optica.zip
File size
177.91 MB
Virus scan
Clean (scanned with ClamAV)
Access
Freeware
Content rating
Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 0.5 Mbps (this file takes approximately 50 mins at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

This is a freeware file — use is subject to our freeware copyright terms.

How to install this mod

FSX / P3D add-on

  1. Extract the downloaded archive

    Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.

  2. Place files per the readme

    Most FSX add-ons go into one of: SimObjects\Airplanes\, Addon Scenery\, Effects\, or Gauges\.

  3. Always read the included readme

    Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.
Still stuck? The readme included with the file is the authoritative source for this specific mod. Visit our Flight School tutorials or ask in our Q&A forum.

What’s inside this archive

The archive edgley_optica.zip has 295 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory File Date File Size
Additional Repaints11.17.200 B
Edgley Optica_gm_BAS11.02.160 B
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BAS010.jpg10.28.16145.06 kB
Readme.txt10.29.164.79 kB
SimObjects10.23.160 B
Airplanes10.23.160 B
Edgley Optica10.23.160 B
texture.gm_BAS10.23.160 B
Optica.dds03.16.165.33 MB
Optica1.dds03.01.165.33 MB
Optica10.dds03.16.165.33 MB
Optica2.dds03.01.165.33 MB
Optica3.dds03.02.165.33 MB
Optica4.dds03.01.165.33 MB
Optica5.dds03.04.165.33 MB
Optica6.dds10.25.165.33 MB
Optica7.dds03.15.165.33 MB
Optica8.dds03.16.165.33 MB
Optica9.dds03.16.165.33 MB
gauges1.dds03.01.165.33 MB
pilot.dds03.15.161.33 MB
texture.cfg10.13.1142 B
thumbnail.jpg10.24.1614.28 kB
Edgley Optica_gm_British Army11.02.160 B
British Army004.jpg10.24.16231.61 kB
British Army006.jpg10.24.16370.24 kB
Readme.txt10.29.164.79 kB
SimObjects10.23.160 B
Airplanes10.23.160 B
Edgley Optica10.23.160 B
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Optica.dds03.16.165.33 MB
Optica1.dds03.05.165.33 MB
Optica10.dds03.16.165.33 MB
Optica2.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica3.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica4.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica5.dds03.18.165.33 MB
Optica6.dds12.05.155.33 MB
Optica7.dds03.11.165.33 MB
Optica8.dds03.18.165.33 MB
Optica9.dds03.18.165.33 MB
gauges1.dds03.11.165.33 MB
pilot.dds03.08.161.33 MB
texture.cfg10.13.1142 B
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RCAF008.jpg10.28.16194.30 kB
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Edgley Optica10.23.160 B
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Optica.dds03.08.165.33 MB
Optica1.dds02.28.165.33 MB
Optica10.dds03.13.165.33 MB
Optica2.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica3.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica4.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica5.dds03.04.165.33 MB
Optica6.dds12.03.155.33 MB
Optica7.dds03.13.165.33 MB
Optica8.dds12.04.155.33 MB
Optica9.dds03.16.165.33 MB
gauges1.dds02.22.165.33 MB
pilot.dds03.15.161.33 MB
texture.cfg10.13.1142 B
thumbnail.jpg10.24.1614.37 kB
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SimObjects10.23.160 B
Airplanes10.23.160 B
Edgley Optica10.23.160 B
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Optica.dds03.08.165.33 MB
Optica1.dds02.28.165.33 MB
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Optica3.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica4.dds03.03.165.33 MB
Optica5.dds10.23.165.33 MB
Optica6.dds10.25.165.33 MB
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Optica8.dds11.29.155.33 MB
Optica9.dds10.24.165.33 MB
gauges1.dds02.22.165.33 MB
pilot.dds10.22.161.33 MB
texture.cfg10.13.1142 B
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readme.txt12.24.121.17 kB
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Optica5.dds12.24.121.33 MB
Optica6.dds12.24.125.33 MB
Optica7.dds12.24.121.33 MB
Optica8.dds12.24.121.33 MB
Optica9.dds12.24.121.33 MB
texture.cfg12.21.1242 B
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Edgley Optica11.11.200 B
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model06.25.200 B
model.Police06.25.200 B
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optica.air06.25.207.00 kB
panel06.25.200 B
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Optica6.dds06.22.201.33 MB
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Busy_Bee PRO

It's a bit of fun.

I found the first cockpit view showed only the GPS unit whilst the second view of the cockpit added light and fuel pump switches. Other than that I couldn't coerce any others to appear.

Sorry, it does have a compass hanging off the windscreen strut - which turned out to be handy on my first (and only, so far) flight. A long flight might not be on my agenda for the foreseeable future unless I can find an altimeter somewhere in the glove box.

Any old how, as I said at the beginning, it's a bit of fun.

  1. William Bonellie

    Excellent sight! Do you take donations?

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  2. Fredm2002

    Will this ever come to FS2020/2024?

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  3. Kevin ROBB

    I've always wanted to know what is like to fly in this plane! My only criticism is trying to access the GPS, the usual keyboard combination doesn't work. But you can't knock the workmanship or the price!

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  4. Maurice Lyon PRO

    I can't get it to start, please help me.

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  5. xereca titia

    After a few seconds I start the plane, the simulator crashes.

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  6. Stephen Dolloff

    Everything works on the Edgley Optica except I can't find where to switch from NAV to GPS (toggle). Default N doesn't work.

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  7. jack

    Very nice addon! Almost as well put together as a payware addon. The command keys could use some work. the top 1-9 & 0 keys do absolutely nothing even though they should bring up things like GPS, radio stack, throttle panel, etc.

    Interior VC GPS is a nice touch but impossible to see when zoomed out to pilot eyesight level & has trouble zooming back in after zooming out. Other than that one issue I love this addon.

    A unique & pretty easy & fun to fly aircraft. Install went smoothly with no issues, unlike other freeware add-ons that don't seem to be filed properly which makes for a very troublesome install.

    Anyone having trouble installing just remember; install it in FSX/simobjects/aircraft & not to the main FSX game file or it won't install to the aircraft selection menu. Some add-on developers don't seem to set up the files properly so that it does this.

    I actually had to go in & fix all the files of an addon to get it to work one time because the files within the addon were all zip compressed.

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  8. Corey Keller

    Does anybody else have an issue with the aircraft pitching up severely on take-off? Even trimming the elevators full nose down has failed to resolve the issue.

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  9. carl vokes

    I've flown this plane from the beginning, and l love it. But... Have just upgraded to P3v4.5 and disaster... It won't work. In fact, it crashes the flight sim. So, could somebody update it, please?

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  10. Gil Yoder

    This is a fun and unusual aircraft, but I found it hard to fly. Extremely difficult to trim out for level flight, and easy to stall. It stalls at about 80 kts even with full flaps. It's not a plane I'd want to fly in real life.

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