About this tag
The aircraft add-ons tag on WindowsForum.com gathers discussion about third-party aircraft and related add-on content for Microsoft Flight Simulator on Windows. Recent coverage centers on how simulator updates affect add-on compatibility, including a Flight Simulator 2024 patch that reverted drag calculations to restore behavior for third-party aircraft and WASM/SimConnect add-ons. Threads here are useful for PC flight-sim users who want to understand update notes, diagnose problems after a patch, and keep add-on aircraft working as expected. The focus is practical: what changed in the sim, why it matters to add-on users, and what to check when things misbehave.
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    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Update 7.2 Restores Pre-SU7 Drag for Add-On Compatibility

    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is three weeks into a fight over drag. Sim Update 7 reduced it, a hotfix restored it, and some add-on aircraft then had too much of it. Sim Update 7.2 settles the matter by returning to the drag calculations used before SU7. Sim Update 7.2, version 1.9.24.0, is...