Ant’s Airplanes, popularized by their reasonably priced GA aircraft add-ons, released their third addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator: the CAC CA-25 Winjeel
The Australian CAC CA-25 Winjeel is a three-seat trainer developed by the Australian Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in the 50s to serve as a training aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The airplane was used for several decades, not only as a simple trainer but also in a Forward Air Control (FAC) role designated for target marking (using a smoke grenade launcher), until its retirement in the mid-90s.
Ant’s Airplanes brings the Winjeel to life once again for Microsoft Flight Simulator (it was originally an FSX/P3D addon). The developers at Ant’s Airplanes utilized MSFS’s up-to-date technology to bring a revamped Winjeel with an improved graphical model and the benefits that come with a modern platform. Included with the product are both the FAC and normal variants, pop-up tablet and GPS, fuel/oil persistence, three engine-start realism settings, sparkplug fouling, and more! For a full feature list, see below.
If you’re interested in picking up a copy, check out Ant’s Airplanes’ website which includes links to purchase directly for $17.95 USD, Simmarket for €16.50, or Just Flight for $17.95 USD.
Feature List
- There are two basic models, Normal and Forward Air Control (FAC). Each model comes in vintage and modern versions.
- A pop-up tablet is available which allows the user to set preferences and operate a simple autopilot (not a standard feature on the real aircraft).
- A pop-up GPS is available to aid in navigation.
- Persistent fuel and oil settings. When set the fuel and oil levels from the last flight will automatically be loaded into the next flight.
- Three custom pilots are available, vintage male RAAF pilot and modern male and female pilots. Default MSFS pilot and copilot can be selected with the Tablet.
- Exterior sound mixing. Mix in the level of the exterior sound to the interior sound. Opening the windows or canopy will also mix in the exterior sound.
- Three levels of engine starter realism.
- Engine oil consumption realism.
- Sparkplug carbon fouling realism.
