FAQ / HELP PAGE

Some answers to the most common questions we get asked
Q:
   How do I install a plane after I've downloaded it?
A:
  If it's an AI Aardvark plane, you'll just place the folder containing the aircraft into your FS2002\aircraft folder.   See the README that came with the aircraft for details.

If it's a 3rd party repaint, follow the instructions provided by the repainter.  If there are no instructions, you can:
A:  Contact the author of the repaint, or:
B:  Read on and see if there's an answer here.


Q:
   How do I assign my aircraft to a flightplan?
A:
 To assign an aircraft to a flight plan you will need to download Traffic Tools by Lee Swordy.   Traffic Tools is available from avsim and the file name is: ttools133.zip     Read the documentation that comes with Traffic Tools, it is very complete and explains how to add aircraft as well as add or adjust flightplans.



David Carter has also written a beginners guide to AI traffic, you can read it here .




Q:
  I downloaded a repaint of an AI Aardvark plane and it was just the textures.  Where do I get the model to use the textures with?
A:
 Any of the initial release planes of any particular type will work, but just to make it simple, consult this handy table:
IF YOUR REPAINT
IS FOR
GET THIS MODEL
FILENAME at
AVSIM or flightsim.com
737-200
Alaska Airlines 737-200
aia732al.zip
737-300
Qantas 737-300  *
aia733qa.zip
737-400
Alaska Airlines 737-400
aia734al.zip
737-500
Southwest Airlines 737-500
aia735sw.zip
757-200 (PW)
Northwest 757-200
aia752nw.zip
757-200 (RR)
America West 757-200
aia752aw.zip
757-300 (PW)
Northwest 757-300   *
aia753nw.zip
757-300 (RR)
Condor 757-300 *
aia753con.zip
DC-9-10
Northwest DC-9-10   *
aiad91nw.zip
DC-9-30
Northwest DC-9-30   *
aiadc9nw.zip
DC-9-40
Northwest DC-9-40
aiad94nw.zip
DC-9-50
Northwest DC-9-50
aiad95nw.zip
EMB-120
Air France EMB-120
aiaembaf.zip


Notes
(PW) and (RR) refer to the engine types used on these aircraft. i.e., Pratt & Whitney or Rolls Royce.  If a  repainted aircraft looks fine, except for the engines, chances are you have the textures on the wrong model.


*  These early models do not have specular highlights (dynamic shine).  If, after installing these planes,  you'd like to update to the specular models, download  aia_spec.zip to get specular .mdls for all these aircraft.  The 757-200's were released with specular models.



Q:
   I downloaded a 3rd party repaint,  and it was just textures.  I have the model that it goes with, what do I do now?
A:
  You'll have to install the textures in the appropriate aircraft folder, then add a [fltsim.x] entry to the aircraft.cfg file.