Greetings,

Ever since my Flight Editor fizzled I've had problems downloading aircraft. To be more precise, I can download them, unzip 'em and put the right folder into the program's aircraft folder -- but, alas, the plane doesn't show up in Fs2002. Why? Previously, I'd fire up the Aircraft Editor, find the downloaded plane in the list and click it. Then I'd find it in the list of planes in Fs2002. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

The most common cause of installation problems is when the "Aircraft Container" folder - the folder directly containing Model, Panel Sound & Texture subfolders - is hidden inside another folder. If you read this tute carefully & follow the instructions you should have no problems. http://www.simviation.com/acinstall.htm

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Microlight. This is a fallacy. The sim= name in Aircraft.cfg defines the AIR file in use. The model= entry defines the Model folder - model= defines the usual Model folder, model=0 defines Model.0 etc. Some complex aircraft use more than one AIR file & different MDL files as well as panels & textures. The file prefixes do not need to match the "Aircraft Container" folder name. This can be renamed to anything you wish providing no other aircraft are aliaised to it. It's not a good idea to rename the defaults.

PS. If you're convinced you installed everything correctly look under Unspecified on the FS2002 selection menu. Some older aircraft will not have the extra Aircraft.cfg entries to list them by manufacturer. These entries can be added manually later.

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You missed my point. The sim= name defines the file prefix of the AIR file in use. It bears no relation to the folder name. This is a common misconception & what I was trying to point out.