Downloading and Adding a New Aircraft

In addition to the basic aircraft available with YSFlight, there are many highly detailed aircraft offered by other aircraft modelers and enthusiasts on their websites.

Download sites for additional aircraft.

These links were working as of 15 May 2022

YSFHQ Forum Aircraft Releases Thread

New aircraft are announced here with a download link to the aircraft files. This site is part of the YSFS forum contains much information.

"2CH"

Individual aircraft, not a large selection. Includes the Tucano

Aircraft shared by "HOOPS"

Various aircraft packs - Aggressors, F 16s etc many aircraft

A list of downloadable aircraft is available here

Large list of downloadable aircraft and links

How to Download and Install Aircraft.

Step 1: Download the aircraft zip file.

Step 2: Unzip the files

Step 3: Copy the files to the YSFlight folder on your computer as follows:

a) Copy the file ending with .lst into the aircraft folder in YSFLIGHT

b) Copy the User folder into the YSFLIGHT root folder

If there is an error, check capitalization and naming of files.

Several of the sites listed in the YSFlight website are no longer accessible through the given links. These sites contained excellent collections of aircraft.

RAAF MIRAGE III - 74SQN by user "Flake" - downloaded from YSFHQ

Mirage III in replay mode. Note the excellent graphics.