Your Top FREEWARE AIRCRAFT / MODS [Charts]

In parallel to my Topic for Your Current TOP 10 Aircraft (if you have not voted there yet, please do!): Your Current TOP 10 Aircraft

…here we have a Vote for Freeware & Enhancement Mods for Free / Default Aircraft ONLY.

:information_source: You can pick FIVE IN TOTAL to vote for, shared between these THREE CATEGORIES:
1: GA Aircraft > Mod or Enhancement to a default product
2: Airliner > Mod or Enhancement to a default product
3: Scratch Built Aircraft product

See more Rules / Notes here:

NOTES:

  • Includes any fully standalone freeware product
  • Or Improvement Mods to other default Asobo aircraft

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Historical Archive

This post was originally started in late 2023 to find a winner for the Freeware category of my main Aircraft Charts topic but has since evolved into an ongoing Table of the best Freeware in various categories.

Below is the original results from votes received up to the end of 2023, just leaving here for archival purposes.

In parallel to my Poll & Vote Topic for Best Aircraft Product of 2023 (if you have not voted there yet, please do!): POLL & VOTE: Your Single TOP AIRCRAFT of 2023!

Aircraft Developer / Mod VOTES
Cessna 152 JPL / WB Sim 18
Airbus A320 FlyByWire 16
Hawker Hunter Dave Garwood 6
Douglas DC-3 Improvement Duckworks 3
Scrapyard Monster Flying Fries 3
Vertigo Got Friends 3
Diamond DA62X MrTommyMXR 2
Boeing 787-9 Horizonsim 2
Boeing 787-8 Kuro 1
Beechcraft Bonanza G36 Capt Matto mod 1
Cessna T37-B Tweet VrilleAPlat 1
Cessna A37-B Dragonfly VrilleAPlat 1
Diamond DA40 NG MrTommyMXR 1
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco Ariebaba 1
DG Flugzeugbau DG-808S glider Touching Cloud 1
Van’s RV-7 Deejing 1
Discus 2c Got Friends 1
Rolladen-Schneider LS4 MADoloSimulations 1
FR172 Reims Rocket Bagolou 1

NOTES:

  • Includes any fully standalone freeware product
  • Or Improvement Mods to other default Asobo aircraft
  • I will edit this table and put the top votes at the top from now until the 31st December. The winner will take the Best Freeware award in my 2023 Chart Awards show in my Top 10 Aircraft thread :smiley:
  • This is not done as a Poll, as there are already more than 20 (limit for a poll) and I would not be able to edit the answers.

My ONE vote is for the Scrapyard Monster by @LordFrites - an absolutely amazing work of love and really it should be payware, but I am glad it’s not otherwise we wouldn’t have all those cool branded stickers all over it!

7 Likes

There’s also been the 787 freeware. Kuro 787-8, Horizonsim 787-9

2 Likes

I vote for Duckworks DC-3. No contest for me (respectfully to others).

4 Likes

Is that 2 things? Are you voting for one?

Yes two different mods for base working title 787. Both have unique models. I honestly struggle to choose between one of them or say the cessna t-7 and cessna a-37 which are just so well done for freeware that they make you want to go try them out again. I don’t fly them much, but certainly both 5* for freeware and both now with a fun and unique EFB/tablet. Again too many hard choices for 1 vote!

1 Like

lol sorry about that. But 1 or none it is here :wink:

1 Like

I’ll go for the Kuro 787-8 as I have flown it the most then.

1 Like

Mine is the FBW A320. Most flown plane beside the stock aircraft.

3 Likes

JPL/WBS 152 would be my choice

7 Likes

FBW hands down.

Crazy what they’ve done for free.

3 Likes

JPL/WBS mod for Cessna 152

4 Likes

Capt Matto’s G36 Improvement Project Bonanza for me, a huge improvement over the stock.

2 Likes

JPL/WBS Cessna 152

3 Likes

I vote for FBW A320 neo - the most freeware used airplane for me.

1 Like

JPL / WB Sim C152

3 Likes

I vote for the Horizonsim 787-9. Nice addition to the amazing work done on the 787 in AAU2

1 Like

I know I’ve already voted but just want to shout out Working Title too, every single thing they do is absolutely outstanding and their work made me fall in love with the CJ4.

8 Likes

Thanks for this very good idea !
My vote for the Denarq enhancement for Beech 18.
Difficult to choose because there are so much talented developers.

2 Likes

JPL/WBS Cessna 152

5 Likes

A320 by Flybywire gets my vote.

2 Likes