ACCEPTABLE AIRCRAFT FOR MSFS (Updated 20 August 2024)
MSFS is limited in the aircraft availability and we wish to support our pilots in this sim. Until Buffalo fleet options become available in MSFS, the following are permitted substitutes. This list will be amended as new freeware and payware options become available.
IMPORTANT: As smartCARS does not indicate which sim has been used, and to avoid any confusion for HUB managers when reviewing Pireps, pilots using a substitute aircraft in MSFS MUST add a comment to that effect in the pirep before submitting.
Flight availability for many aircraft will appear after you build your flight hours and increase in rank - See Ranks
MSFS Default Substitutable Aircraft
Savage Cub for the CH7A Aeronca 7AC and CNUK Fleet 80 Canuck
Cessna 172 for the C185 (recommend Amphibian mod)
DA62 for the B55/58 and Cessna 310 (should member only have MSFS standard)
B55/58 for the Cessna 310 (should member only have above MSFS standard)
Bell 407 for the Bell 206
King Air 350 for the King Air A90 (BE9L), King Air A100 (BE10) and Beech 1900D (B190)
Freeware
Canso PBY-5A - Work In Progress
Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle
Payware
Big Radials The Norseman
FlyInside Bell 206
Blackbird/MilViz Cessna 310
Aerosoft DHC6-300 Twin Otter
Famous Flyer 7 Mitsubishi MU-2 - Suitable sub for the Aero Commander 690 - Budget friendly substitute
Black Square’s TURBINE Duke - Suitable sub for the Aero Commander 690 - “Unapologetic Realism” for advanced users
Roland Laborie CL-215
Asobo CL-415 - Suitable sub for the CL215 - available for 2020 to anyone who has pre-ordered MSFS 2024 Standard Edition or better
Aeroplaneheaven Curtiss C-46D Commando
PMDG DC-6
Captain Sim C-130 - Suitable sub for the Lockheed L-188 Electra & Lockheed P-3A
PMDG 737-600 - Suitable sub for the Boeing 737-300
Please email MSFS freeware and payware recommendations for models in our fleet to billdietrich.bfl@gmail.com