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Release Title: Zplanes00G Filename: z00gv10.zip File size: 2,246k (2.24 Megabytes) Compiled by: ZMakers (Callsigns Yank 51 and C-GDAY) Email: zmakers@tradeip.com Release Date: December 7, 1999 Click Here Preview the ZPlanes00G Package of Aircraft. Click Here to Return to TradeIP.Com Main Page. ZPlanes00G Text File Contents - System Requirements and Instructions - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - ZPlanes Aircraft List This text file contains information about Zplanes00G, a free set of 40 add-on general aviation aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. Requirements: - Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 - Microsoft FS98 Converter If you are already running FS98 add-on aircraft, then you will already have the Microsoft FS98 Converter. Zplanes don't need to be converted, they are ready to go. So don't convert them. Zplanes installs in a single operation, and will add 40 ready-to-fly aircraft to FS98. The ZPlanes package will unzip to 40 individual folders totalling about 27 megabytes (27,000k) in size. Installation Intructions: If you have never installed a third-party aircraft to Flight Simulator 98, you may want to try installing a single aircraft first. To install to Flight Simulator 98, use a 32-bit zip archive program such as WinZip for Windows 95. Make sure "Use Folder Names" is checked (selected) in your unzip program before extracting. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\Aircraft Your FS98 location may vary, the above is a default path. Just unzip the ZPlanes zip file into the subfolder, named "aircraft," where Flight Simulator 98 was installed on your computer. Each of the 40 aircraft will unzip to its own folder within the "aircraft" folder and will be ready to fly. Make sure you extract to the folder named "aircraft," don't extract anywhere else. NOTE: If you prefer, you can always unzip to an empty temporary folder, and use Windows Explorer to cut and paste the 40 folders to the FS98 aircraft subfolder. The next time you go to the Aircraft menu in FS98, you should see 40 new aircraft listed. They will be the last 40 in the list. Download Locations ZPLanes have been made available at www.tradeip.com. Other sites may offer ZPLanes for download, however the version available at TradeIP is the current, official version. Download Zplanes00G Preview page - ZPlanes00G aircraft list, screen shots and comments ZPLanes FAQ and aircraft list (scroll down for list) What is ZPlanes? ZPlanes is a collection of freeware add-on planes for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator. These planes are the work of the designers whose names appear in the list of aircraft included in this document, and it is these designers who hold the copyrights to the respective aircraft included in this collection. There is no charge to download or use this collection. This particular set, ZPlanes00G, is a collection of General Aviation aircraft that you might expect to see at an airport of medium size or even smaller. It does not contain any airliners, only aircraft that would be privately-owned or company-owned, and used for recreational or business travel, or for use by public agencies such as Police or other emergency services. ZPlanes00G is the follow-on version to Zplanes98G and ZPlanes99G. The double-zero refers to the year 2000, not Flight Simulator 2000 - all these designs were tested in FS98 only. Why ZPlanes? 1) ZPlanes is intended to be used in FS98 Multiplayer sessions, so that pilots in a session can see the proper aircraft when looking at another player's plane. More on this below... 2) People who want to fly a variety of planes in FS98 but don't have time to search for and download them, can get them all in one place. This is secondary to the reason above and didn't have much to do with aircraft selection. ZPlanes were conceived by a group of flight simmers who decided to use a standard set of add-on aircraft when flying Multiplayer sessions in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 (FS98). The Multiplayer feature of FS98 allows two or more users in different locations, to fly together by connecting together over the Internet so that each can see the other's aircraft. It works fine when using the default FS98 aircraft, but if one player is flying an add-on aircraft that the other player has not installed in FS98, then he or she will not see that aircraft, but instead will see one of the default FS98 aircraft. Some people do not mind this, but many people find it detracts from the enjoyment of the session to see a Cessna taxiing by 20 feet in the air because they do not have same aircraft installed as the other player. The use of a standard set of add-on planes overcame the problem of seeing the wrong aircraft during Multiplayer sessions. As long as everyone had the same set of planes installed in FS98, players could switch between different aircraft and everyone would always see the appropriate visual model. Who are the ZMakers? The ZMakers compiled the ZPlanes00G set. The people who were previously associated with ZPlanes are pursuing other activities and didn't have time to work on ZPlanes anymore. We did not design any of the aircraft in this set. What we did do is, decide which specific aircraft types were desirable / appropriate for this set, browse the Internet to find new releases for this set, flight test and do visual evaluations on each aircraft in this set, contact the aircraft designers for approval for use of their designs in this set, re-write all of the documentation for the set, and do screen captures on all aircraft, and build webpages to hold them, for a ZPlanes webpage. Once again, we did not design these aircraft. What's stopping me from compiling my own Multiplayer plane set? There would be nothing to stop you from compiling your own set of Multiplayer aircraft to share among your friends. Of course, attempting to make money from it could get you in trouble, not with us, but with the original aircraft designers. What we are trying to do is, achieve widespread use of a single set of Multiplayer aircraft for FS98, because it is only through widespread use will the concept be effective. In other words, if ZPlanes don't get used, then people who connect to Multiplayer sessions will continue to see the wrong aircraft, because there are literally dozens of new planes released every day. What we are hoping is, that the concept "takes off," and as a result, people keep hosting Multiplayer sessions (such as the ever-popular ATC sessions and fly-ins). We are hoping that our affiliation with TradeIP and other fine websites devoted to the Flight Simulator hobby will help achieve this goal of widespread use. Why isn't my favorite plane included in this set? That's a tough one. The size of the zip file was the main limiting factor. These planes use default FS98 panels and sounds - to keep the download size down, custom panels and sounds have been removed, along with any screen captures, leaving only the plane and the designer's readme file. You can always use the plane's original zip filename, included here, to find the full version. There could be other reasons - some prominent designers won't allow their work to be used in ZPlanes unless panels and sounds are kept in, which is mostly not possible. Note that there are a few planes in this set that have panels and sounds that are quite small in size and didn't add much to the download size, these were kept. We would have liked to be able to include an example of every General Aviation aircraft ever designed for FS, but that would be impossible. What would be even nicer, is if you could see the other person's plane in a Multiplayer session, even if you didn't have that plane installed. Then we wouldn't need to use ZPlanes, and we wouldn't have to make decisions to keep or cut aircraft from it. How did you decide which planes to use? We looked at popular General Aviation aircraft when deciding what specific types to include in this set. What aircraft would you most likely see at an airport with a 5,000-foot runway, a flying school, a couple of FBO's, a skydiving club, etc, located near a medium-sized city? This set also contains some "oddball" aircraft that you may not have heard of, and we found them interesting to look at, and to fly, and feel they add variety. After all, you never know what a visit to your local airport might turn up... Once we decided that a particular aircraft type was appropriate, the main criteria for selection was appearance, followed by the flight model. Our rationale behind this is that, a flight model can always be tweaked - many FS98 users do this routinely, and it is also possible to substitute the .air file of another aircraft of the same type or similar to suit your preferences. Changing the appearance of an aircraft is more involved, however, and for the other player to see it, they would have to install the same plane. Each aircraft was compared with three-view pictures, mostly from books or magazines, to see whether there were any obvious inaccuracies in the visual model. The people who compiled this set are not real-world pilots, and even if we were, we probably wouldn't have flown each type included here, so we can't always say whether or not a flight model is "realistic." Performance was compared with book values for real aircraft and the general "feel" of the aircraft was compared with other Flight Simulator aircraft we've flown over time. Both of us have been flying Flight Sim for over ten years, and have been involved with real-world aviation, so we feel this offers a good base of experience from which to judge whether a particular flight model is suitable. Some of the aircraft have unrealistic performance in one area or another - we noticed that some aircraft in this set can fly faster than the real thing, for example, and some aircraft are more maneuverable, etc. In a case like that, where the aircraft is otherwise desirable, it's easy to turn down the sensitivity on the joystick and not fly faster than a certain speed. We weren't looking for perfection, just good-looking, good handling designs. We did fly a couple that are among the nicest FS aircraft we've ever checked out, however, and were very impressed by the skill and dedication of the designers who have done so much for the hobby we enjoy... What is next for ZPlanes? We would like to do a military ZPlanes version next, and after that, a version with airliners, large and small. We have no plans to compile a set of helicopters or turboprops, which is why we included some helicopters (two of the best we've seen), and tried to keep the appeal as broad as possible. We want to keep it simple and not get too specialized or obscure. We want people to USE ZPLanes, and we also want to get out there and use them ourselves by flying Multiplayer sessions, which we can't do while we are researching and compiling ZPLanes sets. Although we don't have time to respond to too many emails of the "Why don't you use my favorite plane" variety, do feel free to make suggestions, including suggested aircraft for ZPlanes. These will be tabulated, and if a particular aircraft type, or specific design not included in the set gets a lot of "votes," we would almost certainly include it in the next version. None of this will make any difference if people don't have ZPlanes installed when they host or connect to a Multiplayer session. Let's grab 'em and use 'em. Have a good flight... ********N O T E***************N O T E*******************N O T E****** We attempted to contact all of the designers whose planes were included in this set. There were a couple of instances where an email either bounced and a current address could not be found, or an email was not replied to after three tries. If you are the designer of one of the aircraft in this set and would like it to be removed for any reason, contact us. Your wishes will be respected, and your design will be removed from the ZPlanes set that is available for download. All of the Zplanes were designed by hard working people that have various limitation regarding any use of their planes, so don't do any kind of repackaging of the planes found in the Zplanes collection and don't upload them to any servers without our permission. ********N O T E***************N O T E*******************N O T E****** Aircraft and Designers List Type, Designer, Email, Original Zip file name Alberta Aerospace Phoenix Fanjet Jerry Arzdorf, Mark Hubbard Eaafanj.zip Alon A-2 Aircoupe Bob Wening coupe1.zip Anderson Greenwood Model 14 Jerry Arzdorf anderson98.zip Beechcraft Baron B58 Michael Verlin, Dennis Wasnich B58_98.zip Beechcraft Bonanza V35B Michael Verlin, Dennis Wasnich V35b_98.zip Beechcraft D18S Shlomo Hakim B_d18sv1.zip Beechcraft King Air 200 Chris Lampard kan200ka.zip Beechcraft Starship B-2000 Nikki Schumann be-2000.zip Bell 412 Deane Baunton B412qes.zip Canadair Challenger 601-3A Alfonso Bello Canai601.zip Cessna 152 Matt Gary df152.zip Cessna 170 Jerry Arzdorf C170-98.zip Cessna 185 (Floats) Donn E. Bohde C185fl4.zip Cessna 210 Centurion Michael Verlin, Dennis Wasnich C-210-M_98.zip Cessna 337 Skymaster Bob Tremblay Ce337cdf.zip Cessna Cardinal RG Chris Lampard cardfs98.zip Cessna Citation X Michael Verlin, Dennis Wasnich CitX_98.zip Dassault Falcon 50EX Jon Stoecker 50ex98.zip de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Bob Wening Beavbw1.zip de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Barry Blaisdell dhc6-era.zip Diamond DA20 Katana Kevin Sison da20ytz.zip Extra 400 Michael Verlin, Jerry Arzdorf E400_98.zip Gulfstream G-IV SP Kerry W. Gipe gg4-sp.zip Lear 31A Camil Valiquette lear31a.zip Lear 35A Steve Spicer os_lear.zip Lockheed Jetstar II Eric Johnson Jtst298.zip Luscombe Spartan 185 Jerry Arzdorf Lspart98.zip Maule Comet Matt Gary dfcomev2.zip McDonnell Douglas MD-520N Ian Standfast 520nhawc.zip Piaggio P-180 Avanti Mark II Michael L. Cunningham Avantiii.zip Pilatus PC-12 Marcell Ritzema pc12rfds.zip Piper J-3 Cub Jerry Arzdorf J3-98.zip Piper PA-22-108 Colt Jerry Arzdorf Colt-98.zip Piper PA-28 Arrow III Lee Jong Tae, Dennis Wasnich Kal_ar3.zip Piper PA-31 Navajo Terry Hill PA31-325.zip Piper PA-34 Seneca III Michael Verlin, Dennis Wasnich PA34_98.zip Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III Chuck Dome pipch3.zip Piper PA-700 Aerostar TP Mark Dickenson 98pa-700.zip Socata TB-20 Trinidad Matt Gary tb20.zip Socata TBM-700 Daniel Mossmo stmb700.zip |