Best FSX addons for free

[Lakezyz]

i am new to fsx as you can see through my profile, i want to know whats the best FREE addons.
like scenery adoons, plane addons and more....

-Omar

[APUtech]

Make flightsim.com your first stop. They have just about everything you'd need. I also recommend rikoooo.com, and sim-outhouse.

Happy flying!

APUtech

[SteveFSX/P3D]

A few here like these ...

https://www.justflight.com/product/757-jetliner-freemium

https://www.justflight.com/microsoft-c152

http://milviz.com/flight/product_listing.php

[gspectre]

The two sites that had what really brought the sim to life foro me were:

To add real Commercial Aircraft at airports.
http://www.world-of-ai.com/

To add real Military Aircraft at airports.
http://www.militaryaiworks.com/

[EbonHawk]

Messaggio originale di gspectre:

The two sites that had what really brought the sim to life foro me were:

To add real Commercial Aircraft at airports.
http://www.world-of-ai.com/

To add real Military Aircraft at airports.
http://www.militaryaiworks.com/

Omg.. those are FREE? Excellent!

[gspectre]

Messaggio originale di EbonHawk:

Messaggio originale di gspectre:

The two sites that had what really brought the sim to life foro me were:

To add real Commercial Aircraft at airports.
http://www.world-of-ai.com/

To add real Military Aircraft at airports.
http://www.militaryaiworks.com/

Omg.. those are FREE? Excellent!

Why, YES they are. BUT there are only about 300 Commercial Airlines to pick from. I know, slim picking but it is what it is, and FREE ;-)

Keep in mind, they are only AI aircraft with their own flight plans. They are not flyable.

[EbonHawk]

Drat.

[Licopolis]

http://protu-154.org - Tupolev TU154B2 for FS2004 and FSX.

[Rogen]

Yep there are tons of freeware planes, sceneries, utilities, tools and enviromental addins besides those on Steam.

And yep the quality is variable. Both for paid addins and freeware and while there is some truely amazing freeware items that have clearly had huge amounts of development put into them, I've found that majority of the best stuff are paid for items, for instance you cannot beat A2A for a quality GA aircraft, infact all their aircraft are of an amazing quality and that is why they attract premium pricing.

You can infact pay way more than the cost of FSX-SE for a single addon and many of these forum users have testified to spending literally thousands of (insert local currency $$) on their flight sim, which would make FSX fairly unique in the game software world, as where else could you buy a complete software package that models the entire world for less than $12.00 US (on special currently) and then expand it with any of thousands of additonal DLC.

I recommend joining a few of the flightsim website/forums and have their newsletters delivered, for instance FlyAwaySimulation delivers a newsletter once a week chock full of links for freeware. https://flyawaysimulation.com/

There are of course many additional sites/orgs and a quick Google search of the web or indeed of the Steam FSX-SE forums will reveal links to some great quality sites and freeware.

I'd go as far as to say FSX as a whole has survived so long and garnered such a huge following due to it's abilty to be expanded with addons. You might say FSX is merely the platform for which others can build for, the results being a huge range of both free and payware.

Of course now there is new active development with multiple sim platforms looking to gain a foothold in the market with an eye to entice some of the thousands spent on sims their way.

What does each have to offer? Well... each is different in their own way and muddies the waters of choosing fairly considerably.

Cheers

[chris.ford.black]

FSX Blue Angels F/A-18C[www.fsxblueangels.com] is an absolute must have as far as the military side of FSX. The D model as well. It is said by many (including testers, some of which are real world -18 pilots) that this is the closest flight sim model to the FCS system on the -18. Vastly superior to the stock Hornet.

Also go over to Simviation[www.simviation.com] and under search select "FSX civil aircraft" and search "Chris Evans" tons of freeware packages put together with all sorts of extras you'd normally need to assemble and install yourself.

[EbonHawk]

Messaggio originale di chris.ford.black:

FSX Blue Angels F/A-18C[www.fsxblueangels.com] is an absolute must have as far as the military side of FSX. The D model as well. It is said by many (including testers, some of which are real world -18 pilots) that this is the closest flight sim model to the FCS system on the -18. Vastly superior to the stock Hornet.

Also go over to Simviation[www.simviation.com] and under search select "FSX civil aircraft" and search "Chris Evans" tons of freeware packages put together with all sorts of extras you'd normally need to assemble and install yourself.

Made my day! Thanks.

[chris.ford.black]

French VFR[frenchvfr.free.fr] has some awesome downloads. The two Cesna 150's under "FSX/P3D" are awesome. I know one and possibly both won awards.

[chris.ford.black]

Messaggio originale di EbonHawk:

Messaggio originale di chris.ford.black:

FSX Blue Angels F/A-18C[www.fsxblueangels.com] is an absolute must have as far as the military side of FSX. The D model as well. It is said by many (including testers, some of which are real world -18 pilots) that this is the closest flight sim model to the FCS system on the -18. Vastly superior to the stock Hornet.

Also go over to Simviation[www.simviation.com] and under search select "FSX civil aircraft" and search "Chris Evans" tons of freeware packages put together with all sorts of extras you'd normally need to assemble and install yourself.

Made my day! Thanks.

My pleasure :)

[Lakezyz]

Messaggio originale di Rogen:

Yep there are tons of freeware planes, sceneries, utilities, tools and enviromental addins besides those on Steam.

And yep the quality is variable. Both for paid addins and freeware and while there is some truely amazing freeware items that have clearly had huge amounts of development put into them, I've found that majority of the best stuff are paid for items, for instance you cannot beat A2A for a quality GA aircraft, infact all their aircraft are of an amazing quality and that is why they attract premium pricing.

You can infact pay way more than the cost of FSX-SE for a single addon and many of these forum users have testified to spending literally thousands of (insert local currency $$) on their flight sim, which would make FSX fairly unique in the game software world, as where else could you buy a complete software package that models the entire world for less than $12.00 US (on special currently) and then expand it with any of thousands of additonal DLC.

I recommend joining a few of the flightsim website/forums and have their newsletters delivered, for instance FlyAwaySimulation delivers a newsletter once a week chock full of links for freeware. https://flyawaysimulation.com/

There are of course many additional sites/orgs and a quick Google search of the web or indeed of the Steam FSX-SE forums will reveal links to some great quality sites and freeware.

I'd go as far as to say FSX as a whole has survived so long and garnered such a huge following due to it's abilty to be expanded with addons. You might say FSX is merely the platform for which others can build for, the results being a huge range of both free and payware.

Of course now there is new active development with multiple sim platforms looking to gain a foothold in the market with an eye to entice some of the thousands spent on sims their way.

What does each have to offer? Well... each is different in their own way and muddies the waters of choosing fairly considerably.

Cheers

First of all, i am currently reading this and i just want to thank you for this essay that you wrote for me. its actually very helpful and i never expected someone to take thier time to write all of this just for a question, thanks it really helped me a lot.
- Omar

[Griffin 9D]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUDrRR-VW-U

Files are now available on avsim.library.net and FlyAwaySimulation.com. Search for "Leclercq" or google search for 30cm forest/rock scenery

[rederos]

Try out also manfred jahns c-47. Then there is old dino cattaneos add-ons which are freeware, as his f-14 or the f-35