Delta Pilot Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Are there a lot of military jet aircraft available for FSX? I am very interested in being able to fly these military jet fighters: F-100 F-101 F-102 F-104 F-105 F-106 F-110 (F-4) F-111 F-5 F-14 F-15 F-16 A-10 Thank you! Delta Pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alverthein Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Simply check the library in this site and if you have some bucks ...look up places on Google..for additional places to find more fighters. that may be free or payware..al v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llivaudais Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I think I've got almost every one of them...... so, Yes. but I'm almost offended by you missing the A-4, A-6, A-7, FA-18, F-35, F-22 etc :) Loyd Hooked since FS4... now flying: self-built i7-4790 at 4 GHz; GA-Z97X mobo; GTX 970; 16GB gskill; quiet, fast and cool running. Win 7/64: 840 EVO OS; 840 EVO (500G) game drive; Win10/64: 850 EVO (500G) for OS and games A few Flightsim videos on YouTube at CanyonCorners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evm Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 And here the payware selection (at least those I can comment on as an owner): F-104: SimSkunkWorks F-14: Aerosoft A-10: Iris F-4: Milviz For blowing up or shooting down stuff you would need the VRS TacPack software (or vACMI in case of SimSkunkWorks products). At the moment the F-4 can't use either one, but I think a TacPack version is in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroplaneman Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Search "F-14 FSX", there is a really great freeware one available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Pilot Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks guys . . . Which ones have really high quality cockpits? Also, regarding aircraft sounds, are they all contained in a folder like they are in other sims where they can be easily accessed and replaced with custom sounds? p. s. Loyd, yes, I should have added these aircraft to my list: A-4, A-6, A-7, FA-18, F-35, F-22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evm Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks guys . . . Which ones have really high quality cockpits? The payware offerings that I posted above. Also, regarding aircraft sounds, are they all contained in a folder like they are in other sims where they can be easily accessed and replaced with custom sounds? Yes. But 'easy' is in the eye of the beholder, sound setups can get quite complex in FSX F-18: VRS Superbug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks guys . . . Which ones have really high quality cockpits? http://indiafoxtecho.blogspot.com/ Some great freeware aircraft here! http://www.fs-shipyards.org/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=254 I have this Super Hornet. It's always a good idea to try out freeware before splurging big bucks for something you may not like. http://www.robertjamesrichardson.co.uk/page3.html Scroll down the page for one of the best freeware F-106 Delta Darts. Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrystreet Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 http://indiafoxtecho.blogspot.com/ Some great freeware aircraft here! I have this Super Hornet. It's always a good idea to try out freeware before splurging big bucks for something you may not like. +1 MrZippy's advice, particularly if you are new to flightsim. Start with Dino's or Bob's really nice but generally simpler aircraft before going too deep financially. The complex payware products model their real world counterparts much more closely in terms of difficultly of installing, starting engines, managing power, and overall ease of pilotage. Spend some time with the advanced freeware models until you are a good pilot with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evm Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 ...and if you spend money for an addon, stick to the really great ones. Blowing money on an addon barely the quality of freeware (or even below) leaves a lingering bad feeling for quite some time. Sure, it may just be the jet you always wanted, and seemingly cheap too. Don't fall for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petenoak Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Back in the day, probably three versions ago of Microsoft's flight simulator, Kazuri Ito made a pretty solid freeware F-100 Super Sabre. Others have updated this plane to make it work pretty well in FSX. Here's the file in flightsim.com's library: f100ss.zip Give it a try. I made a number of edits that make it fly more naturally on my setup which I can send to you. pete in oakland, california Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrystreet Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 ...and if you spend money for an addon, stick to the really great ones. Blowing money on an addon barely the quality of freeware (or even below) leaves a lingering bad feeling for quite some time. Sure, it may just be the jet you always wanted, and seemingly cheap too. Don't fall for it. +1 on this advice as well. I have several purchases that are regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterbrainKid Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Are there a lot of military jet aircraft available for FSX?.. Yes like people have said, so don't even think of payware til you've tried all the freeware. If you don't like a particular freeware model, for example if its textures are over-simplistic or it lacks a good cockpit panel, just delete/uninstall it from your Airplanes folder and try another, I do it all the time. To find a plane I want, I simply type 'FSX F-5' or whatever into the google search box and a load of results comes up, doublecheck that they're the full plane and not just livery packages. Also check that they're for FSX as some FS9's might creep in. Some FS9's WILL work in FSX so try them if you can't find an FSX model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evm Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Yes like people have said, so don't even think of payware til you've tried all the freeware. If you don't like a particular freeware model, for example if its textures are over-simplistic or it lacks a good cockpit panel, just delete/uninstall it from your Airplanes folder and try another, I do it all the time. To find a plane I want, I simply type 'FSX F-5' or whatever into the google search box and a load of results comes up, doublecheck that they're the full plane and not just livery packages. Also check that they're for FSX as some FS9's might creep in. Some FS9's WILL work in FSX so try them if you can't find an FSX model. ...unless you don't want to spend your time checking out freeware offerings, but fly nearly perfect models right from the start. Depends on the personal preference really. Some like the hunter-gatherer gig, some don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 ...unless you don't want to spend your time checking out freeware offerings, but fly nearly perfect models right from the start. Depends on the personal preference really. Some like the hunter-gatherer gig, some don't. And the same is true about spending the money right from the start only to discover it's not what you really wanted. One way you are spending time...the other way is you are spending money! ;) Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4gix Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 One way you are spending time...the other way is you are spending money! ;) For some of us, time is money! :cool: Bill Leaming http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Combat/0054.gif Gauge Programming - 3d Modeling Military Visualizations Flightsim.com Panels & Gauges Forum Moderator Flightsim Rig: Intel Core i7-2600K - 8GB DDR3 1333 - EVGA GTX770 4GB - Win7 64bit Home Premium Development Rig1: Intel Core i7-3770k - 16GB DDR3 - Dual Radeon HD7770 SLI 1GB - Win7 64bit Professional Development Rig2: Intel Core i7-860 - 8GB DDR3 Corsair - GeForce GTS240 1GB - Win7 64bit Home Premium NOTE: Unless explicitly stated in the post, everything written by my hand is MY opinion. I do NOT speak for any company, real or imagined... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evm Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 For some of us, time is money! :cool: Or worse, time becomes more valuable than money. And you need to choose carefully what you spend it on. Like hanging out in flightsim forums :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evm Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Oh, btw. Dino Cattaneo. Those planes are really exceptional. But although being free to download, I wouldn't call them freeware. Not if I see a "Donate" button that speaks to me "I'd like you to pay me what you think my model is worth". And I gladly did. A bit of trivia: Mario Motta, who helped Dino on a model or two (the Aermacchi certainly) is actually an ex pilot of the Aermacchi and the F-104 and a part of the SimSkunkWorks team. If you like Dino's planes, the SSW stuff will probably blow you away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 There are also several F/A-18C/D models available on the FSDT forums. The Sludge Hornet is tuned specifically for use in making carrier landings (Traps), the FSX BA (FSX Blue Angels demonstration team's plane) v15.2, from "Jimi" Hendricks, XO of the FSX Blues, is superbly modeled and the systems are top notch. Last, but not least, the NH, FSX and CS versions from a man named Peter are also superior in the flight model accuracy and systems modeling. they are upgraded versions of the FSXBA v15.2 plane. Jimi, Orion, Sludge, Peter and a number of others are the people who created the original FSX Acceleration F/A-18C.They also get input from a number of current and former US Navy and MC F/A-18 A/B/C/D pilots, so their planes are all Sierra Hotel. Jimi and his team are now working on a newer version, in which the FCS is almost identical in function and ability to the real-world version. Jimi's v15.2: http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,6944.0.html on Page 38, Peter's 3 versions (and a few hundred liveries!): http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,10839.0.html on page 1 Just one example of his work: The Sludge Hornet: http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,8141.105.html Couple those with the vLSO and AICarriers.NET packages for "As real as it gets"! Just my 2c worth Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterbrainKid Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Or worse, time becomes more valuable than money. And you need to choose carefully what you spend it on. Like hanging out in flightsim forums :rolleyes: We retired guys are on the world's longest coffee break, so I hang in flight sim forums all day and half the night, and wargame forums, and military history forums, and world affairs forums, and survivalist/preppers forums...:) PS- If people are seriously into modern jet combat sims. or WW2 and WW1 aircraft combat sims, it might be best to try sims devoted specifically to them. FSX is primarily a civil aircraft sim, so the chances are you'll never get a Mig, Messerchmitt or the Red Baron himself on your tail.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBS Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 There is no label on the flight simulator that states it is "primarily a civil aircraft sim" . It is a Flight Simulator , period ! Just as in the real world the skies or airspace are shared by all , GA , airliners , military , gliders , balloons , etc. The confusion stems from the difference between 'Games' and 'Flight Simulator , Games are a separate activity that usually excludes different areas of aviation , often pitting Red vs Blue with a scoring aspect involved . Whereas in reality the military shares the skies , and much of their activities are similar to those of the civil sector , training , navigation , transport , with occasional exercises that might be considered similar to Games . Cheers Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 There is no label on the flight simulator that states it is "primarily a civil aircraft sim" . It is a Flight Simulator , period ! Just as in the real world the skies or airspace are shared by all , GA , airliners , military , gliders , balloons , etc. The confusion stems from the difference between 'Games' and 'Flight Simulator , Games are a separate activity that usually excludes different areas of aviation , often pitting Red vs Blue with a scoring aspect involved . Whereas in reality the military shares the skies , and much of their activities are similar to those of the civil sector , training , navigation , transport , with occasional exercises that might be considered similar to Games . Cheers Karol WELL STATED! From my viewpoint, a sim well you know, a sim simulates real actions and reactions. A game is where you keep score. I served two combat tours, but 90%+ of my hours were routine hops. However a routine hop simmed correctly should include weapons that the aircraft you are flying is commonly equipped with. And yes, to be correct the weapons must be functional when needed!. So I want a sim to simulate real world experiences. If I'm looking for an excitement trip, I'll consider a game and suspend the need for a correct simulation. :cool: Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 However a routine hop simmed correctly should include weapons that the aircraft you are flying is commonly equipped with. And yes, to be correct the weapons must be functional when needed! If you want weapons on any number of FSX and FSX-SE military planes, you might look into the VRS TacPac. It's payware, but I think very reasonable for what you get. A lot of the latest releases, and a number of the older ones are TP capable, including some that have been modified by their developers to be forwards compatible to the TP package. Saves you from having to go the (/looks down his nose) GAMES route. Heheheh ;) Just a thought :) I have them so rarely, and they leave so quickly, I wanted to get it down while it was wandering around my skull, lost and lonely... Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterbrainKid Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 ...There is no label on the flight simulator that states it is "primarily a civil aircraft sim" . It is a Flight Simulator , period !... But in combat flight sims you get properly-structured campaigns and missions. For example you and your squadron might be briefed to attack a bridge or ships or factories etc, having to brave enemy AA fire, SAMs and fighters in the process as part of a large mission with many AI aircraft in the sky all doing their own thing. Your AI squadron is under your command and you're constantly issuing orders to them like "Red section go in low, Yellow section go in high. The rest of you follow me in line astern formation at zero feet down the valley to the target". As far as I know, FSX doesn't give us that sort of combat environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrystreet Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Whereas in reality the military shares the skies , and much of their activities are similar to those of the civil sector , training , navigation , transport , with occasional exercises that might be considered similar to Games . Karol True this. and not very well understood outside of the real world MIL aviator community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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