There is a difference between encrypted aircraft, and aircraft files not being easily accessable due to the streaming:
- Encrypted aircraft can not be modified by users at all.
- But it is possible to get access to non-encrypted aircraft by using a new developer function called “VFS Projector”. With this function you can map a folder on your computer to the sim’s virtual file system and then access its contents. This is ONLY possible while the sim is running. But if I understand it correctly, you can then make a copy of the aircraft, put it in your community folder and start to modify it.
This has been confirmed about a month ago by Asobo here:
The relevant quote from that link:
"Please have a look at the Tools / Virtual File System window - the last section labelled “VFS Projector” has information on how to map the VFS content to a virtual folder on your hard drive. Please note that this mapping is only available when the sim is running.
The online documentation will be updated shortly with further information on this feature - apologies for the delay.
Best regards,
Eric / Asobo"