FSX / P3D Repaint

FSX Yakovlev Yak-18 Soviet Air Force Trainer

Yakovlev Yak-18 Soviet Air Force trainer repaint brings an authentic 1940s tandem two-seat primary trainer look to FSX, with crisp exterior textures tailored for SWingman’s free Yak-18 model. It captures the classic Shvetsov-powered era and includes a matching aircraft configuration entry; requires YAK-18_FSX_BETA.ZIP.

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Rate 381 downloads since 2016 6.41 MB Scanned clean · Jul 2026 Added 8 Jan 2016

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Repaint — base model required

Images & Screenshots

7 total

A yellow single-engine taildragger with red stars on its wings flies above a suburban area with fields and scattered houses.

A yellow and red taildragger aircraft with Russian insignia and two pilots is parked on grass near a building with glass doors.

A yellow and red taildragger aircraft with Soviet star markings taxis on grass with two pilots seated in tandem cockpits.

A yellow single-engine taildragger with red stripes and Soviet star markings flies above a patchwork landscape under a clear blue sky.

A yellow and red single-engine aircraft with Russian insignia flies above water, with two pilots visible in the tandem cockpit.

A yellow single-engine taildragger aircraft with red stars and the number 7 on its fuselage is seen from below in flight.

A yellow single-engine taildragger with red stripes and a red star flies in clear skies with three visible cockpits.

Textures only for free model Yak-18 (YAK-18_FSX_BETA.ZIP) from "SWingman". The Yakovlev Yak-18 (Russian: Rk-18, also transcribed as Jak-18, NATO reporting name Max) was a Soviet tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine, it entered service in 1946. It is also produced in China as the Nanchang CJ-5. By Milan Stefanovic.

Screenshot of Yakovlev Yak-18 Soviet Air Force Trainer in flight.

Installation:

Unzip to a temporary folder.
Copy the texture.7 folder into the Yak-18 folder in the SimObjects 'Airplanes' folder and copy the text below into the aircraft cfg file, replacing the 'xx' with your next number in sequence.

[fltsim.xx] title=YAK-18 Trainer 7 sim=YAK18 model=47 panel= sound= texture=7 kb_checklists= kb_reference= description=The Yakovlev Yak-18 (Russian: Rk-18, also transcribed as Jak-18,NATO reporting name Max) was a Soviet tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft.Repaint by Milan Stefanovic atc_id=Trainer 7 atc_airline=Trainer 7 atc_flight_number= ui_manufacturer=Yakovlev ui_type=Yak-18 Max ui_variation='47 Military Trainer 7 ui_createdby=SWingman ui_typerole=Military trainer atc_heavy=0

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File information

Filename

yakovlev_yak-18_7.zip

File size

6.41 MB

Added

8 January 2016

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Requires dependencies

This file is a repaint — the package below is the base model it paints onto. Install it first, or the textures will have nothing to load onto.

yak-18_fsx_beta.zip

How to install this mod

FSX / P3D Repaint

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.
Add livery to base aircraft folder

Place the texture folder (typically texture.{airline}) inside FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\{base-aircraft}\.
Update aircraft.cfg

Open the base aircraft.cfg in Notepad. Add a new [fltsim.X] section per the readme.
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.

What’s inside this archive

The archive yakovlev_yak-18_7.zip has 30 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
Readme.txt	01.04.14	2.03 kB
texture.7	01.04.14	0 B
F_T.DDS	12.01.13	1.00 MB
F1_T.DDS	01.04.14	4.00 MB
F2_T.DDS	01.04.14	4.00 MB
f3_T.dds	12.01.13	1.33 MB
f4_T.dds	12.01.13	1.33 MB
fresnel_ramp.dds	12.01.13	640 B
instruments1_T.dds	12.01.13	5.33 MB
instruments2_T.dds	12.01.13	1.00 MB
M-11_T.dds	12.01.13	256.12 kB
pilot_T.dds	12.01.13	1.00 MB
pilot2_T.dds	12.01.13	1.33 MB
PropBlur_tr.bmp	12.01.13	341.40 kB
PropBlurB.bmp	12.01.13	341.40 kB
rubber1.bmp	12.01.13	16.07 kB
texture.cfg	12.01.13	137 B
thumbnail.JPG	01.04.14	28.34 kB
W_T.DDS	01.04.14	4.00 MB
W2_T.DDS	01.04.14	4.00 MB
wheel.bmp	12.01.13	64.07 kB
thumbnail.jpg	01.04.14	28.34 kB
Yak-18 1.jpg	01.04.14	735.81 kB
Yak-18 2.jpg	01.04.14	345.58 kB
Yak-18 3.jpg	01.04.14	488.69 kB
Yak-18 4.jpg	01.04.14	461.50 kB
Yak-18 5.jpg	01.04.14	87.24 kB
Yak-18.jpg	01.04.14	325.40 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B