Eastern Bloc Aircraft

[connor]

As you may know, as pert of my FSX OE I am about to fly through the Ukraine and Russia. I know there are some pretty fantastic Eastern Bloc aircraft out there, but which ones are the best. I am doing a decent portion of flying in Ukraine, as that's where the best sceneries are, so Ukraine oriented repaints would be a appreciated. Na as always, if you know of any great sceneries (preferably for Russia) that I haven't picked up on, feel free to post them.

[Naki]

I have two - both payware though - the Aerosoft Wilga and the Lotus L-39C..both fantastic..the L-39 is one of my favourite as everyone here would probably know

[connor]

Sorry, I should've mentioned, I'm trying to get around without spending to much, as an opportunity to show off the great freebies that rarely get a mention here. I do like the look of both of those though, particularly the L-39!

[Ian Warren]

You might want to read SeanTK's posts , he'd be the most up to-date aircraft in the region .. part off is also finding the types yourself and testing much like the scenery search .

[SeanTK]

Not a lot out there in terms of freeware Russian aircraft for FSX, but....

Aircraft:

Project Tupolev's Tupolev Tu-154B-2
http://files.protu-154.net/pt-154b2_fsx.html

Tim Conrad's Antonov An-32
antonovan-32.zip

Ivan Jurcaga's Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF
http://migsim.ic.cz/emefka.html

Tim Conrad's Aviatika MAI-890
aviatikamai_890.zip @flightsim.com

Kirill Konovalov's Ilyushin Il-86
34990-Il-86X-Install.zip @Avsimrus.com

Thomas Ruth's Antonov An-124 & An-225
23256-tom225x.zip @Avsimrus.com
tom124x.zip @flightsim.com

Jens Kristensen's Ilyushin Il-12 & Il-14
il12_10x.zip
il14_10z.zip @flightsim.com

(It's Czech, but meh....) Tim Conrad's Zlin Z-50
zlinz-50l.zip @flightsim.com


Those are all FSX native. I don't cover ports of varying quality.
There may be a couple more, but it's getting late here and I'm getting tired. If/When I think of more, I'll post them here.

Learning curve:
Conrad's, Ruth's, and Kristenen's are going to be the easiest.
The MiG is going to require a bit of reading but can be brought up to speed quickly.
Kirill's Il-86 is still somewhat of a mystery even to me....
I would not recommend the Project Tupolev Tu-154 unless you have time to study the materials and really learn.


Scenery for Russia:
A comprehensive list is here
http://www.freewarescenery.com/fsx/russia.html

Here's some that I particularly like....

USHH Khanty-Mansiysk
29882-USHH-by-FIN350.zip @Avsimrus.com

Kazan UWKD
12280_UWKD_Kazan_X.zip @Avsimrus.com

Omsk UNOO
29881-UNOO-by-FIN350.zip @Avsimrus.com

Berezovo USHB
36943-USHB-BerezovoX.zip @Avsimrus.com

Moscow-Sheremetyevo UUEE
There's at least three major versions out there, so look at the comprehensive page. I think I use scenery II, but I honestly can't remember.

Rostov-On-Don URRR
42342-URRR-Rostov-na-Donu.zip @Avsimrus.com

Pulkovo ULLI (designed for 2004 but works flawlessly in FSX with the update. If you need help let me know.)
39153-ProjectULLL-B6U.zip
40692-ULLL-UPDATE-2011.ZIP


Ukraine (I don't fly here much, but here is one nice one):
Look on the page here under "Ukraine" for more...
http://www.freewarescenery.com/fsx.html

L'viv UKLL
38109-Lviv-Intl-FSX-v100.zip @avsimrus.com


Bed time now, but if I think of more, I'll post them tomorrow.

[AlisterC]

Good spot for some Russian repaints: http://www.fsrepaint.ru/index.php?

Some good freeware Russian stuff: http://samdimdesign.free.fr/index.html

Rossiya-virtual - check "must have aircraft" list: http://www.rossiya-virtual.com/

[SeanTK]

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Mar 20 2012,1:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good spot for some Russian repaints: http://www.fsrepaint.ru/index.php?

Some good freeware Russian stuff: http://samdimdesign.free.fr/index.html

Rossiya-virtual - check "must have aircraft" list: http://www.rossiya-virtual.com/

Unfortunately none of the Samdim items except for the French Mudry CAP-10 are designed for FSX.

Also, most of the stuff marked "FSX" on Rossiya are in fact ports (other than those I covered in my previous post), but it's still is a good metric of what's out there for both sims!

Not familiar with the repaint site, but Avsimrus.com has most if not all of that if you search correctly.

[AlisterC]

After your awesome post mine is quite redundant Cheers!

[Aztec]

The Yak 18T by Alexey Yuzefov & co is my favourite (yak-18t.zip at Flightsim), but not entirely sure if it works in FSX. Gotta love the pneumatic system and the vibr!ating needle on the gauges.

Az

[connor]

Thanks guys, appreciate that. I'll have a look when I've got some time and into the former USSR I'll go!