While ‘strolling’ through my hangars and premises you will notice that...

•   Most pictures are 'thumbnails' and are clickable for a larger view.

1. •  Download files can be for different versions of X-Plane; check the numbers to see they match
   

    your system or needs, i.e. v970, v1051, v1141 etc.

Version wise

Yes, you can update older aircraft/models yourself, but that implies quite some work sometimes and you will need different versions of X-Plane and/or PlaneMaker to do so. I tend to use the following upgrade path and PlaneMaker versions:  v566 > v763 > v864 > v970 >v1051

The current xp11 (or v11) can use v1051 models.

Most of the v7.63 models are also flyable in v8x -like v864-, but there's a few things you might want/need to do:

- Due to the new texture/paint standard for v8x you'll have to add textures for wheel and tires to one of the png's and reassign the "visual regions" from within PlaneMaker.

- And while at it, you might also want to open the png’s in a graphic program and do an 'horizontal flip' for the texture of prop blades -if the v763 one had logo's or de-ice boots painted on-.

- You'd also like to check and adjust the filenames for some instruments -if you see them in the plane's 'cockpit' folder- i.e. the artificial horizons, the nav and strobe lights buttons.

Very important for float- / seaplanes; open PlaneMaker and correct the location of the plane's water rudder -positive length datum from v763 (say, 21,5 ft.) is read as negative by v864 (-21,5 ft.).

make that positive again.

In case the v763 model was using custom settings for the flaps (Cl, Cd, and such), reset them in v864  by setting a different flap type and then back to the original type.

For the update or use of v864 models with v922 or later you might want to change the following:

- Location of the sideslip string in PlaneMaker's viewpoint / view menu, as it's again determined differently than the v864 system.

- To be able to 'beach' the floatplanes and seaplanes open in PlaneMaker and select the 'gear can retract on ground' option in landing gear / gear data menu.

1. -and for newer v9 versions you might also want to go to the ‘expert’ menu and then under ‘special equipment’ check the ‘all engines: inverted fuel and oil systems’ option... (unless your plane is not supposed to have that).
   

For quick use of v900-v967 aircraft in v10 you’ll need to have PlaneMaker and AirfoilMaker v970 at hand (download the v970 demo from x-plane.com) and do at least the following:

1. -In AirfoilMaker open and re-save all the airfoils for that plane.
   

- In PlaneMaker open the plane in question and re-save the acf. While at it, you could also check for new options that you’d like to use and re-save all weapons, just in case.

When moving your v1051 aircraft to XP11 you may need to change the following:

-As usual, a re-save of the airfoils via AirfoilMaker.

-A re-save and editing of the weapons files; see here fro some clues.

-Updating the acf in PlaneMaker including the replacement of the older type GPS and FMS instruments. And of course, do check all other systems/settings for new options that you’d like to use.

Just know that the v970 models are ‘ready to go’ for X-Plane v10.

For the v970 updates I re-saved acf files, exchanged most of the weapons files for misc. bodies and/or objects and batch-converted the airfoils. Any weapons that I kept in place were also re-saved in v970 format...

That should make the models ready to load and fly in v10; though there’s no guarantee on performance and handling, most of the models may be missing the specs and numbers by a few clicks.

B.t.w. in case one of the models is missing an airfoil (or it’s still an older format), you download this package containing all my airfoils converted to v970.