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Freeware Gems

I can't believe this one never came up! This is the Stearman that was used to prove that FS9's polygon limit wasn't really a limit. The author says it's "incomplete," but when I can take off half the panels and watch the linkages from the throttle and mix levers working all the way to the carb, I'd say it's pretty darn complete!

LInk to model and update:
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=Douglas+Kallen

(Screenshot from AvSim)
 
Tom Clayton said:
I can't believe this one never came up! This is the Stearman that was used to prove that FS9's polygon limit wasn't really a limit. The author says it's "incomplete," but when I can take off half the panels and watch the linkages from the throttle and mix levers working all the way to the carb, I'd say it's pretty darn complete!
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Thanks for the reminder! When it first came out, I didn't bother downloading because I knew my old machine couldn't handle it. Newer computer, thought I'd give it a try this time. WOW! I've never seen anything like this. A true rotating beacon? Operating circuit breakers? I usually follow a minimum 40fps limit in the VC on my aircraft, but I'll have to make an exception for this one to just sit in the cockpit and look around. I still get 30fps with everything maxed out, and it flies slow enough that I don't really notice the frame rate hit. Did anyone ever do a paint kit? Just amazing work. Thanks again, Tom, and a big thanks to Douglas Kallen.

Pat
 
Take off the covers and then zoom in from the left-front in spot view. You can see the throttle and mix linkages move all the way from the levers to the carb. And watch the brake system when you hit the trigger!
 
At flightsim.com - a stunning scenery

FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 SceneryFS2004 CYQR 2015 Regina Airport Scenery
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Name: cyqr_2015.zip
Size: 196,289,480 Date: 08-13-2015 Downloads: 72

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FS2004 CYQR 2015 Regina Airport Scenery. Regina Airport can trace its history back to 1919, when Regina airport became the first registered "air harbour" in Canada. This FS2004 scenery of CYQR represents the airport as it was in spring of 2015. It includes detailed models of all major airport buildings as well as the major landmark buildings of the Regina City and those on the Runway approaches. By Gregory Putz.[/SIZE]
 
I just looked through all these stunning pages of Freeware Gems.
It's sad that many of the download pages mentioned have disappeared, but most of the planes can be found else-ware, with some completely gone.

Wonderful & mostly forgotten stuff for our FS2004.
 
SECTIONF8 F-86 Sabre.

I was not going to put my best plane in all of FSX," only stating my opinion" is the great free SECTIONF8 F-86 Sabre.! Ihave 139 textures for it thanks to a good friend and the pilot has my face flying it, again thanks to my friend. Lots of black smoke and guns and all showing on my 43 inch TV screen hooked to my computer, it don't get much better then that! Lee
 
CYWG Winnipeg 2020

Why this one hasnt made it into this list I dont know:

Greg Putz is a genius.

CYWG Winnipeg 2020. CYWG is an international airport located in the city of Winnipeg, which is the capital of the Province of Manitoba, in the western part of Canada. This scenery provides an accurate depiction of CYWG for Flight Simulator FS2004. It includes the entire airport as well as many of the surrounding industrial and warehouse buildings. The scenery includes static aircraft, an extensive array of ground support equipment representative of types and operators at CYWG, vibrant night lighting and seasonal texture variations. CYWG Winnipeg 2020 is a very detailed scenery best run on a higher-end PC. To make the airport more flyable for a greater range of FS2004 users, CYWG Winnipeg comes packaged with options for three editions and ability to turn certain features on and off. By Gregory Putz.

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?searchid=83303101

 
Re: CYWG Winnipeg 2020

jackryan172 said:
CYWG Winnipeg 2020
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Jack, that link does not work. The web address of the page you are looking at in flight.sim and some other flight sim sites, are not the actual addresses of the pages! :banghead:

They are "virtual" pages resulting from a search.... Copying them leads nowhere, as the page is only temporary, and disappears once you leave the page.

For the benefit of all posters, when trying to link to a page on flightsim, you need to use the following "template" address:

Code: 
https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=search&fname=[put here the actual name of the zipped file]

So, the correct web page link for CYWG Winnipeg 2020 (cywg_winnipeg_2020.zip) is:

Code: 
[B]https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=search&fname=cywg_winnipeg_2020.zip[/B]

P.S. your recommendation is spot on! It truly does look like a payware quality scenery! :adoration:
 
Here's one you may not realize that you need. :encouragement:

Head over to Virtavia's free downloads section and grab AlphaSim_really_old_freeware.zip .
Its a large download but if you've ever had to deal with an aircraft (military) that has a virtual cockpit but no 2D panel, there are a massive amount of Alphasim's old (mostly pre-virtual cockpit) aircraft in the zip. Each features Phil's old, but very nice, 2D panels.

The easiest way to try this out is with Virtavia/Alpha's H.P. Victor. Its ironic in a way, but the newer Victor is also available as freeware from Virtavia.
This is also an easy way to figure out how to "fine tune" panel.cfg files. :wiggle:

The newer Victor does not have a 2D panel. To add one, after you've installed the newer Victor and its gauges, dive into the "really old freeware" zip and find one of the old Victors. Just grab the Panel folder and maybe the gauges folder and drag them out to your desktop. Add the bitmaps to the newer Victor's panel folder then highlight and Copy all of the "gauge=XX" entries from the old panel.cfg and Paste them into the 2D part of the newer Panel.cfg file. At this point, you could add the old gauges to your main Gauges folder or transcribe the newer gauge names from the Virtual panel into your new 2D section of the CFG file. Just don't change the three groups of numbers after the old gauge names. And that's it, you've just added a 2D panel. :adoration:

The "really_old_freeware" zip can also be a source for AI aircraft. Just test the aircraft in FS9 before converting them into AI. Most of the aircraft in the zip (and there are hundreds of them) will work in FS9, but some won't.


:ernaehrung004:
 
SectionF8 F-86

Lee Mumbower said:
I was not going to put my best plane in all of FSX," only stating my opinion" is the great free SECTIONF8 F-86 Sabre.! Ihave 139 textures for it thanks to a good friend and the pilot has my face flying it, again thanks to my friend. Lots of black smoke and guns and all showing on my 43 inch TV screen hooked to my computer, it don't get much better then that! Lee
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I second that - the Sabre for FS9 has to be my favourite freeware gem ever, though I got mine from a PC Pilot CD (issue 59)
 
Lee Mumbower said:
SECTIONF8 F-86 Sabre.

I was not going to put my best plane in all of FSX," only stating my opinion" is the great free SECTIONF8 F-86 Sabre.! I have 139 textures for it thanks to a good friend and the pilot has my face flying it, again thanks to my friend. Lots of black smoke and guns and all showing on my 43 inch TV screen hooked to my computer, it don't get much better then that! Lee
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BUMP

Now that caught my interest; any Navy FJ's in that Collection? I know the OP's post was a while back but if anyone can suggest where to find some of them that would be most appreciated! :)
 
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