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Bossman Gaming SA has X-Plane 11

Mar 25, 2019 @ 8:13am

More flyable aircraft needed please

Looking for more aircraft to add to X plane 11, all there seem to be is painted liveries and not enough fully flyable aircraft. The choices out there are hard to come by, The few Payware aircraft are also expensive we need more freeware aircraft FSX has tones of aircraft to chose from why not Xplane 11?

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Wolfsun

Mar 25, 2019 @ 9:07am

Fly FSX then. Or use the X-Plane plane maker to build your own aircraft.

OR - thank all the guys that work so hard to put the free X-Plane aircraft together and don't get thanked often enough. Google "X-Plane 11 - Free Aircraft" lots of stuff out there.

John W

Mar 25, 2019 @ 11:16am

It always amazes me the number of people who purchase a product and then seem to want everything else for that product to be free. If that is your impression of X-Plane 11 then perhaps you have purchased the wrong product.

However, there are tons of addons, aircraft included available for X-Plane 11. You just have to search for them. For instance, there is the Aerobask Robin DR401, the Zibo 737, the X737-700, X737-800, P180 Avanti, LET L-410, Embraer E-190LR. Just go to X-Plane.org and search (the X737 series is on it's own website, just search for x-737). There are videos about the best freeware aircraft for X-Plane on the web. My only issue with a lot of the freeware that is available is it does not meet my expectations. On the other hand there are an awful lot that do. Just keep searching.

The same applies to freeware out there for FSX, some good and some bad. That is why I purchase payware aircraft and scenery. I have a lot of freeware scenery for X-Plane 11, but for FSX I have gone with ORBX scenery. I like Carenado aircraft, for both FSX and X-Plane 11. Other aircraft I have for X-Plane are from FlyJSim (payware), Michael Wilson (payware), X-Aviation (payware), Just Flight (payware). You get the picture. The price I paid for the FlyJSim study level 732 and 727 was well worth it.

You get what you pay for. I have about $2,000 invested in payware for FSX Steam Edition and about $1,500 for X-Plane 11. Yes you can just fly the basic simulator and use freeware, but to get the most out of it, in my opinion, you have to spend some money. For me, flight simulators are "money pits". But that's because I get bored flying the same aircraft all of the time and enjoy purchasing addons for my simulators. That is just me. Others make due with the basic simulator and freeware. It's all a personal choice.

Just keep looking on X-Plane.org and check out the videos on freeware aircraft that are available. I'm sure you will find something that you like. But there are tons of freeware aircraft available for X-Plane out there.

Last edited by John W; Mar 25, 2019 @ 11:19am

Kosmozuikis has X-Plane 11

Mar 25, 2019 @ 2:33pm

Beside zibo and robin you won't find any. So you're left with 3 choices.
1. Fly default planes and those couple of free planes
2. Buy some payware planes
3. Stop playing

fortunjj1

Mar 25, 2019 @ 11:36pm

Like John above, I have a LOT of payware add-ons - about 50 payware aircraft for X-Plane and about the same number for P3D. Quality varies but the best of X-Plane (FF A320, 757/767, IXEG 737, Aerobask 550, DA62, LES Saab 340, Hot Start TBM 900, JRollon/Simcoders SF260) are equal to the best of P3D (A2A any plane, PMDG 737, 777, Vertex DA62). Most of the Carenado stuff is available for BOTH platforms and are generally a bit better in X-Plane (thanks to Thranda). Similarly, the Just Flight planes are available for both platforms with equally high quality. Additionally, Milviz has been also started releasing planes for X-Plane with the T310 - at their usual level of quality.

So, you can't really say there are more "flyable" planes on the major competing platform, P3D. At this point, both sims have a great many high quality planes. There are some things that P3D does better and some things where X-Plane excels, but on the whole, there is no shortage of fantastic planes on either platform. On X-Plane, if you like tubeliners, grab the FF A320. If you like GA planes, grab the Hot Start TBM 900. THEN you can decide whether or not there are "flyable" planes in X-Plane. From there, there tens of other great planes to fly as well...

Bossman Gaming SA has X-Plane 11

Mar 26, 2019 @ 2:33am

Unlike all of you I have limited funds as I am a pensioner so for me to spend hundreds of dollars on payware aircraft is out of the question for me, I am a retired pilot and love to fly, hence me asking if there are freeware aircraft like in FSX . I really would like to be able to fly the B707 B737-200, B727-200 and 747SP aircraft and I have difficulty finding them.

John W

Mar 26, 2019 @ 4:21am

I'm retired as well so I spend my money judiciously. The aircraft you mentioned may not be available in freeware as they are the older versions. I found a Boeing 737-200 on flyawaysimulations but it wouldn't work when I loaded the aircraft. I would recommend watching out for the FlyJSim 732 or 727 V3 aircraft when they go on sale. I have both and they are excellent.

old tail dragger has X-Plane 11

Mar 26, 2019 @ 7:26am

I got a great plane from x-plane11.org. It's the Cessna Citaion Lat & Lon. free. It is as good as any that I got for FSX.

Kosmozuikis has X-Plane 11

Mar 26, 2019 @ 7:39am

Originally posted by old tail dragger:
I got a great plane from x-plane11.org. It's the Cessna Citaion Lat & Lon. free. It is as good as any that I got for FSX.

Let me guess it's a low quality plane where nothing worls and it has 2D cockpit?

Last edited by Kosmozuikis; Mar 26, 2019 @ 7:39am

opjose

Mar 26, 2019 @ 11:34am

Originally posted by Kosmozuikis:
Beside zibo and robin you won't find any.

Wolfsun

Mar 26, 2019 @ 11:54am

Originally posted by Flightsim Lover:
Unlike all of you I have limited funds as I am a pensioner so for me to spend hundreds of dollars on payware aircraft is out of the question for me, I am a retired pilot and love to fly, hence me asking if there are freeware aircraft like in FSX . I really would like to be able to fly the B707 B737-200, B727-200 and 747SP aircraft and I have difficulty finding them.

Really? A Prisoner?

Prisons. Getting way too easy if they're givin' y'all PC's to play on.

My guess - you're kid whose parents make him work to get the money to buy your games.

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opjose

Mar 26, 2019 @ 12:04pm

Pensioner NOT prisoner.

BIG difference in both meaning and ages.

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Kosmozuikis has X-Plane 11

Mar 26, 2019 @ 2:27pm

Originally posted by opjose:
Originally posted by Kosmozuikis:
Beside zibo and robin you won't find any.

Nonsense.

The issue is X-plane.org's TERRIBLE search mechanism that makes finding the good full featured planes a PITA.

There are quite a number there though not easy to find, and there are also sites that host their own PAYWARE quality FREEWARE aircraft, usually providing only 1-2 free planes per site. I've been putting together a list of these to post later...

Anyway from X-plane.org here is a few to get started with...

https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/46040-falcon-7x-for-xp11/&sort=newest&tab=reviews#review-80183
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/34301-embraer-e-190lr/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/39827-piaggio-p180-avanti-ferrari-team/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/35322-lisa-akoya-by-aerobask/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/37037-republic-seabee-rc3/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/45373-aerobask-robin-dr401-cdi-155/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/22160-let-l-410-turbolet/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/51001-rivieres-dash-8-q400-for-x-plane-11/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/43156-dhc8-100/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/48223-vflyteair-ryan-navion-205-vintage-freeware/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/37744-a320-neo-airbus-riviere-chai-112-update/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/48447-tu-154-x-plane-1126-with-3d-cockpit/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/48405-tutor-115e-community-edition/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/48045-tu-134-by-alexander-malyugin-update-x-plane-11/&sort=newest&tab=reviews#review-80793
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/50768-casa-212-200-aviocar-xp-11/&tab=comments#comment-265680
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/40974-nac-skyliner-dc-3-zk-awp-aeroworx-c47-dc3/
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/44466-fokker-50/&sort=newest&tab=reviews#review-81033

So just as i thought. Mostly low quality ugly planes with few exceptions. And i guess neither sids on stars work in half of these.

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Bossman Gaming SA has X-Plane 11

Mar 26, 2019 @ 2:40pm

Thank you for posting a list of websites to check out I will certainly be going through them all much appreciated.

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Wolfsun

Mar 26, 2019 @ 2:41pm

Originally posted by opjose:
Pensioner NOT prisoner.

BIG difference in both meaning and ages.

True. I apologize to the OP for my stupid mistake...

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opjose

Mar 26, 2019 @ 5:43pm

Originally posted by Kosmozuikis:

So just as i thought. Mostly low quality ugly planes with few exceptions. And i guess neither sids on stars work in half of these.

Contrarians can't figure out the positives...

Sids and Stars? Just add the FMCs..

That was a list I put together with 6 minutes of searching. There are many more for those who search a bit more deeply...

Here's another "low quality" plane for you off an non-Xplane.org site.

https://propstrikestudio.com/products/172-mod-workhorse

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