Get Amazing DCS World FREEWARE Aircraft Here Now!
DCS Freeware aircraft modules are pretty amazing and along with being able to download DCS World for free this is an amazing proposition. The modules are primarily jets that I have to share with you today but they are all very good!
What Is Digital Combat Simulator?
DCS World or Digital Combat Simulator has been created by Eagle Dynamics. It is a flight simulator aimed at single player and online combat. It allows you to fly both aircraft as well as operate ground units so the whole war theatre of war is covered. Pick a tank and travel the map in search or combat or jump into your favorite aircraft..
DCS World Maps.
DCS currently encompasses WWII theatres, the Korean theatre as well as Georgia and Syrian Maps with more maps on the way.
It allows you to fly and fight in single player missions as well as online on a large number of servers where you can play for free with and against other players.
DCS Freeware Aircraft Modules.
The DCS freeware aircraft modules community is very active and there are a lot of passionate people out there creating DCS freeware aircraft to share. The range of aircraft encompasses prop to jet fighters of Western, Chinese and Russian varieties.
There are also freeware mods of ground vehicles as well as ships like aircraft carriers and more. Community groups have got together to build these freeware modules which takes a huge amount of time.
Aircraft are often based on the Flaming Cliffs Modules and the workings are used to reskin the FC3 F15 for example. These modules often have exterior models of other aircraft but internally the cockpit is still the original aircraft. The better aircraft get all new cockpits with some clickable and others not.
Limitations of DCS Freeware Modules & Mods.
IF your planning to download and use the DCS freeware aircraft modules you should be aware of a couple important items.
- The aircraft often only work in the BETA release of DCS and not always in the release version which is currently DCS 2.5.6.
- The mods don’t always pass an important INTEGRETY check and if they don’t its most often they wont work on servers. You need to check if MODS are accepted on a server. There are quite a few that’s its fine but you need to check first.
The Latest DCS Freeware Modules.
F-22 Raptor by Grinelli Design – Freeware Module.
The Grinelli Designs F-22 Raptor 5th generation air superiority fighter has been a labor of love by the team. The team has done an amazing job of this aircraft originally being a mod of the F-15 from Flaming Cliffs release by Digital Combat Simulation. The original F-22 mod used the F15C cockpit but that has all changed and a new cockpit has been created.
This module has been fully redesigned with a fully clickable 3D cockpit and full array of animations including its own bay doors for launching weapons. The mod is still based on FC3 so you do need the Flaming Cliffs F15 for the DCS freeware module to work correctly.
The aircraft does have the stealth characteristics incorporated as best as possible being the F-22 Raptor is still very secret. The thrust vectoring is modeled but does not actually work but the flight model has been relaxed a little o there is more pitch axis than the F15C model.
F-22 DCS World – Freeware Aircraft Module Setup.
The F-22 Raptor has a few setup items you need to be aware of and they are on the downloads page linked above. Please note the axis commands need to use the specific F-22 axis ones to work correctly as well as the brakes and trim controls. Doing this correctly will give you the controls you need and no frustration. See below for the guides as per the FSoutlet.com
DCS Freeware Aircraft Modules – A-4C Skyhawk
The Douglas A4C Skyhawk has been an amazing aircraft for many countries and its available here in DCS freeware modules list of excellent little hotrod. This DCS freeware aircraft module comes with fully clickable cockpit and complete with air to ground radar as well as carrier operations functionality. It carries the Shrike anti radar missile for SEAD missions as well as a multitude of bombs and rockets. This high performance A-4 Mod is even good enough to be on the Enigma 80’s Cold War Server. Thats says a lot!
What’s systems and weapons are included in the A4C Skyhawk?
There is a fully clickable and well detailed cockpit which includes a functioning ground radar. The aircraft is ready for SEAD missions with the AGM_45 Shrike anti-radar missile plus a range of bombs including the Mk 61, 81 and 88 freefall bombs plus the Mk4 Hipeg 20mm gun pod.
For those challenge early morning mission there is the Mk 77 Napalm dispenser as well as the SUU 7 Bomblet dispenser are incorporated. The aircraft is full aircraft carrier ready and is the ability to take off and land from the aircraft carriers in DCS World.
DCS Freeware Aircraft Module Aeromacchi MB-339A/PAN
The Aeromacchi MB-339A/PAN has been a popular fast jet trainer and light attack aircraft for many countries. These aircraft are amazing fun and I have flown in its predecessor in the RAAF myself. They are nimble and very capable aircraft.
This DCS freeware aircraft module has been created with a great deal of detail by FrecceTricoloriVirtual back in 2019. They have created a fully revamped version of the MB-399 so they no longer support this old mod. The new one which is linked above.
Regardless the new DCS world freeware aircraft module is of very high quality and I highly recommend it for some basic training fun and light attack work.
Aeromacchi MB-339A/PAN – What’s included?
The original flight model has now been updated to an EFM (external flight model) which has changed and greatly improved the ground handling as well as flight model characteristics. All are greatly improved.
The flight model has been tested by real MB-399 pilots and now enables non standard flight maneuvers like stalls, spins and auto rotations.
There is a long list of improvements such as buffeting because your exceeding the aircraft maximum speed at Mach 0.78 as well as buffeting due to flap extensions and other dynamic flight conditions.
The aircraft also comes with a comprehensive manual and for those that are not so computer savvy the aircraft comes with a full installer. This is a very professional piece of work. Great work and thanks to the extensive team that produced this amazing DCS freeware aircraft module for the community.
DCS Freeware Aircraft Modules
AH1Z Helicopter
This DCS freeware module of the AH1-Z attack helicopter is an offshoot of another community Mod called the A6 Little Bird Mod. Information on this mod is minimal but I thought I would include it for those chopper heads out there.
AH6 Little Bird Helicopter Mod.
If you have been looking for a combat attack helicopter mod then this AH6 Little Bird by nibbylot is a great DCS freeware aircraft module. It is still a work in progress with the latest release in mid 2020.
The Apache AH6 has gone through lot of improvements so now so this is where the model stands. The main flight instruments now are working as well as cold start and weapon switches. The RWR is now functional and you can fly from either seat.
Weapons wise the M134 minigun as well as unguided rockets are now available plus there is a basic damage model. Finally there is multi crew functionality but it may not be synchronized. The flight model is not complete, though, and nibbylot also has a list of things that are not quite working.
The flight model in yet to be fully completed so there are some inconsistencies such as the collective response does not vary with altitude or temperature. There are no vortex ring state at present and the flight model is based on the OH-6 Cayuse. The radios are not functional as are a number of the instruments like engines that also don not work as yet.
The aircraft is certainly complete enough to have some fun. You wont find a pilot at this point and the external texturing is only basic. The Gau-19 gun is yet to be implemented but again it wont stop you getting out and flying it.
DCS Freeware Aircraft Modules – SU-57 PAKFA – Felon
The Su-57 Pak Fa or Felon is a modern 5th generation fighter created for DCS freeware aircraft module by CubanAce Simulations. This is the current release from mid 2020 with a lot of improvements. The PAK FA Su-57 is a stealth 5th generation single seat fighter.
It is designed to super cruse (go supersonic without afterburner) as well as having super maneuverability with its design and thrust vectored engines. This variant is based on FC3 aircraft but has had a lot of modifications to date.
THe Su-57 Pak FA FELON includes many custom features including flight model Weapons as well as SFM and FBY systems. The Hud has also been customized plus RWR has been implemented. The Felon also comes with its own self defense suite with anti SAM and A/A missile defenses plus custom radar signature to model the low observability of this stealth aircraft.
Instrumentation has custom arming screens, with additional weapons for anti ship and anti radar operations in a SEAD mode. There are custom air to air missiles for short medium and long range applications. The cockpit also displays custom MFD pages with RWR also showing ground contact in the radar plus the very important data link information with wingman. There are a full range of internal and external animations as well as the SU-57 Felon Engine and afterburner sounds. There is a custom Arming Menu also to get the aircraft ready for combat. This is a top custom DCS freeware aircraft module and really worth some flight time and combat.
DCS Freeware Aircraft Modules Rafale
This Rafale is a DCS freeware module created by ZIGGER1984. The aircraft is a 4.5 gen aircraft built by Dassault and is a single seat canard delta wing multi role fighter with two afterburning turbo fans.
The aircraft has been designed with a minimalized radar cross section and with IR defense in mind but not a true stealth aircraft like the SU-57 Felon or the F-22 or 35 aircraft.
This model required the FC3 to operate and should be a lot of fun to fly. It comes with a good compliment of weapons and a customized cockpit.
DCS World Freeware Aircraft Module F-35 Lightening II
This F-35 Lightening II DCS freeware module is created by AD 35. This model as I write is about to be released with an updated version so I will endeavor to make sure the link is the latest one when released.
This single seat, single engine stealth fighter is armed with both air to air and air to ground weapons which are primarily stored in the weapons bay. The aircraft is designed to survive high threat environments with its low IR and Radar cross section.
The F-35 is armed with Sidewinder and ASRAAM missiles as well as guided weapons. The aircraft can also add additional fuel tanks and external stores when the environment does not require a full stealth capabilities. The aircraft also hold a multi barrel gattling gun housed in the right wing root for air to air and air to ground gunnery,
This model is very maneuverable and can hold its own with modern and 4th gen fighters. It should be considered that this aircrafts role is not to go one on one like an F-15 or F16 but using the sensor fusion attack targets without even being detected and leave the arena triumphant.
DCS World A-29B Super Tucano.
The DCS World Super Tacano P-28 comes in two variants and is a freeware mod created by the community. It looks to be based on the F-15 from Flaming Cliffs 3 so you may need this inexpensive module to fly this module.
Created by a number of community members this is a cracking aircraft to fly having had a short flight to get these pics for you. A big thanks to the team including but not limited to enault, Milaré, Athos, Malamem, PaKo, Dino, Jorge Rodrigues, Paoladelf and many others.
The P-28 Super Tucano is an armed variant and can fire its guns as well as be armed with a range of bombs. Looking for an advanced trainer then fly this one against the MB-33o for a bit of fun.
The cockpit if clickable and looks very nice in Virtual Reality in the Oculus Rift S. The resolution could be a little better but this is very much a work in progress and I have to say I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. You can download the Tucano from here!
McDonald Douglas – T-45 Goshawk
The most recent addition to DCS WOrld Freeware aircraft is the T-45 recently released in its initial version. The little jet comes with a quality cockpit with a lot of click functionality. There are a lot of animations from Launch bar,arrestor hook, gear operation as well as flap and slat animations. The aircraft is a buzz to fly and is alreasy carrier capable.
This is a great addition allowing the user to fly cooperativly with the front and back cockpits available to players. I know a lot of virtual squadrons are looking favorably at this little work horse of th USAF and many other airforces.
McDonald Douglas T-45 Goshawk Specifications
Trainer
Crew: 2
Length: 39’4″ (12 m)
Wing span: 30’10” (9.4 m)
Height: 13’6″ (4.11 m)
Wing area: 190.1ft^2 (17.66 m^2)
Weight Empty: 9,394 lb (4,261 kg)
Max Takeoff Weight: 13,500 lb (6,123 kg)
Internal Fuel: 3,159 lb (2437 kg)
Max Mach at altitude: 0.84
Service ceiling: 42,500′ (13,000 m)
Maximum range: 700 nmi (1300 km)
G limit: +5/-3.0 g
Powerplant: 1 Rolls-Royce Turbomeca F405-RR-401 turbofan engine, 5,527 lbf (24.59 kN)
The McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk land-based training jet aircraft. Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems), the T-45 is used by the United States Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer.
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