This is a tutorial on how to convert Combat Flight Simulator 2 aircraft into FS2002. These models work perfectly and look and fly really well. The following aircraft have been converted and tested:

• F6F3 Hellcat
• F4F4 Wildcat
• P-38F Lightning
• A6M2 Zero
• A6M5 Zero
• N1K2J George
• G4 Betty

All these aircraft are beautifully modeled and have fully moving parts, panels and textures.

Step 1

Locate your CFS2 using Windows Explorer (by default this will be at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\CFS2) and open the aircraft folder. There you will find a list of aircraft that are currently installed into CFS2. We are only copying the default CFS2 aircraft at the moment.

From here you should see a folder called A6M2_ZERO. Right click it and select copy. Go back to the Microsoft games folder and double click Fs2002 and open the aircraft folder. Right click in an empty space there and select paste. The A6M2_ZERO folder will then appear.

Step 2

We now need to rename this folder. To do this: right click the A6M2_ZERO folder and select rename. As you can see the folder is in capitals, we need to change them into lower case lettering. Retype A6M2_ZERO but in lower case (a6m2_zero) and press return. Once you have done this double click on the a6m2_zero to open its contents.

Here you should see MODEL, PANEL, SOUND and TEXTURE folders in capital letters. We need to change the lettering once again from capitals to lower case lettering. So right click on MODEL and select rename and retype MODEL in lower case lettering ("model"). Repeat this for each folder (model, panel, sound and texture).

Step 3

Once you have done this the aircraft is ready to fly in FS2002. They appear under unspecified in the FS2002 aircraft selection menu.

All you need to do is repeat Steps 1 and 2 for each aircraft but only the ones listed above. Downloaded CFS2 aircraft do not display properly in FS2002! I also have the add-ons Combat Aces and Korean Combat Pilot and I have found these aircraft also work in FS2002 perfectly by following steps shown above.

These aircraft also work if you have the replacement .air files to make them flyable:

• B-25
• P-39 Cobra
• Dauntless
• Oscar
• Val
• B5 Kate

These replacement files are found on FlightSim.Com under CFS2 aircraft.

This will only work with aircraft files, not scenery.

Happy Flying!

Daryl Reseigh
SonicHair2002@aol.com