Freeware Ilyushin IL-103 released

[DennyA]

I could have sworn I saw this mentioned here when the author was still gauging interest on release, but couldn't find the topic in my topic list.

At any rate, the freeware IL-103 Russian GA plane is now available on Flightsim.to: https://flightsim.to/file/48873/ilyushin-il-103

Flies well, the visual modeling is superb. Definitely interesting contrast to the more common western GA planes -- metric instruments, etc.

[dvj]

Russian's were not very high on my Christmas list this year.

[DennyA]

Yeah, totally get that. But it's a piece of hardware, not a Putin simulator.

Folks around here like to fly WW2 German planes, and those guys killed my great uncle and bombed my grandmother. Planes ≠ politics.

100% acknowledging the Russian gov't is murdering innocents in Ukraine, sending their own soldiers to pointless deaths, and risking escalating WW3. But a 1994 GA plane isn't connected to that other than geographical origin.

[StormILM]

The author of this model did a fine job, it is a keeper!

[DaveKDEN]

I've consistently been gobsmacked by the outstanding quality of many of the freeware models released for MSFS. This new model is outstanding.

[Snurdley]

Hmmm, wonder if this thread will be nuked too. Yes it is a great model, the author did a wonderful job, both inside and out. Love the somewhat ratty look, will be great fun to putter around Eastern Europe in.