[UPDATE] Cessna 172 Taildragger (freeware) | Bagolu

A powerfull member of the short take-off and landing capable Skyhawk family built on a Lycoming 210HP STC

This is a plane patch over Asobo’s Skyhawk. When installing this mod, it adds a new plane to your hangar.

This mod respects the Game Content Usage Rules from Microsoft.

It includes :

  • an in-game short manual (help icon on the panel)
  • state saving (all buttons, levers, options…)

Model modifications of the original Asobo Skyhawk plane included :

  • Tail center wheel
  • Large and stable bush wheels
  • Sportsman STOL Camber Cuffs on the wings
  • Increased flaps angle

It also includes all the modifications made for my other mods :

  • working doors, windows, sunvisors
  • a configuration book to choose all options
  • wheel chocks, tiedowns, covers, gpu
  • VFR maps on a cardboard on the yoke
  • a tablet to display external applications (sky4sim, fs mca, vfrmap…)
  • visible pilot, copilot, passengers
  • custom seats configuration (pax, cargo)
  • checklist cards and flip checklist box
  • various radio stacks (vfr, all radios, pms750, tds750nxi)
  • optionnal garmin G5 units
  • state saving
  • etc.

Even though the mod was initialy released on april 18, 2021 on fs.to, this thread starts at v3.0.0 so I can give you more development insights and update news.

Feel free to discuss the mod in this topic : Cessna 172 taildragger

Happy bush flying !




v3.0.0 is out
Major rework :

  • I have abandonned the reference to the 2 existing asobo interior models (G1000 & classic), as it was getting harder and harder to follow the updates and impossible to debug with encrypted files
  • All features from my other mods have been backported to this one through a huge model edit :
    • working doors, windows, sunvisors
    • a configuration book to choose all options
    • wheel chocks, tiedowns, covers, gpu
    • VFR maps on a cardboard on the yoke
    • a tablet to display external applications (sky4sim, fs mca, vfrmap…)
    • visible pilot, copilot, passengers
    • custom seats configuration (pax, cargo)
    • checklist cards and flip checklist box
    • various radio stacks (vfr, all radios, pms750, tds750nxi)
    • optionnal garmin G5 units
    • state saving
    • Retro interiors (a few liveries available)
    • etc.
  • New features and fixes for this mod :
    • Manual flaps lever between the seats (you can use an axis/mouse or up/down buttons through 4 positions)
    • Rivets are now rendered correctly
    • prop animation fixed, materials updated
    • light blueish windshield (exterior only)

Please, note that old liveries will need to be updated for this plane : it’s like a new variant. Texture pictures will be fully compatible, it’s a matter of configuration and layout changes only ! Feel free to contact me if you need support.

That’s a lot of changes and I hope there won’t be too much bugs left. Hoppefuly not enough to let you enjoy the bush ways !

Fly low, fly safe !


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NB. The update is not available on fs.to yet (their bandwith limiting system killed my uploads yesterday)
Update: file is available now on both websites.

A postit on the front panel will keep you informed when mod updates are available :
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v3.1.0

Fixes:

  • Frost material corrected (it was plain white)
  • Landing and taxi lights correct positions (thanks to delta2k5 report)

Happy bush flying !

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v3.2.0
New feature:

  • Manual defrost : It is prohibited to fly in icing condition with this plane but in case it’s too late and you really need to see a little more through the windshield, use the ice scraper after opening the window, and land as quickly as possible !

Fixes:

  • Sportsman material (comp error)
  • gpu trap door texture

Same feature as in the Reims Rocket in demo here :

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v3.2.1
Fixes:

  • Wrong checklist entries
  • GPU was showing in air spawn when active in state saving
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v3.3.0

Following the Reims Rocket update, here’s the GPS update too !

This updates brings two radio stack variants :

  • WT GNS430
  • KLN90b
    Use the book to select them, like the other variants.

Other new features :

  • Panel cover can now be used with G5 units
  • New 3D model for HSI

Fixes:

  • GPS & NAV emissive label in HDI fix (on correct circuit)
  • Gauges textures reworked a little

If you want to use the KLN90B, you’ll have to install in your community dir the mod from falcon71. Get it on github

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v3.4.1

MSFS2024 information:

  • This plane is currenlty mostly compatible with MSFS2024 as a legacy port, that is to say, without fancy new 2024 features.
  • It flies the same, all features work the same. The current issues in dev alpha are common to all aircraft from MSFS2020 (lights, pilots avatars…)
  • One feature is not compatible anymore : manual defrost uses a hack on the windshield that’s very bad in MSFS2024 : I need to remove it

I’ll probably try to work on it and make it a native MSFS2024 plane : use native dust/mud layers, native pax & cargo if we can
Of course, if my computer can handle it (not sure at all)

Changes:

  • added lights on radios and GPS : use the light knob to adjust
  • removed manual defrost for MSFS2024 compatibility

I wish you good bush flights either on MSFS2020 or on MSFS2024 !

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v3.4.2

MSFS2024 information:

  • This plane is currenlty mostly compatible with MSFS2024 as a legacy port, that is to say, without fancy new 2024 features.
  • Screens still have bad visibility. Asobo has a fix since dev alpha but still hasn’t been delivered.

Changes:

  • fix: brown livery cfg problem (thks to Coveboy23)
  • Fix: vloc & from/to indic.
  • defrost fix
  • 2024 tweak : removed all “created by” not to mess plane grouping
  • windshield defrost renamed (. removed)

Happy 2025 flying year !