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    Chotia Wedhopper Model-50 - Image 2

    Description

    The Chotia Weedhopper is a high-wing tricycle gear ultralight that was designed by John Chotia in the the mid to late 1970's. and was designed to be a kit built at home. This iteration sports a single 40 horse-power Rotax 447 engine and a two bladed prop. This little bird lifts right of the ground like a feather on the wind but be cautions as it only has two axis of control: yaw and pitch. It may prove a bit of a challenge at first but once mastered its a very fun little plane to fly. I also included a floats variation as I love float planes, it should even be able to land on grass strips 
    Have fun and fly safe!

    This is my first MSFS add-on and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Any feedback would be most appreciated 


    To install: Simply move the contents of the zip file to your MSFS 2020 Community folder and that's it :)


    Also if you liked this addon, consider a small donation, it would mean the world! 


    https://www.patreon.com/user?u=106242703

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    AlpineWarren

    about 2 months ago

    Would love to see you do the 2 seat version with a 503!
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    Koko93

    4 months ago

    fun to fly .... great addon
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    JustCallMeGeoSS2

    8 months ago

    Just what I was looking for!
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    Hanolix_Aviation

    10 months ago

    GREAT ADDON. And it also works in msfs2024
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    JRay17Author

    4 months ago

    It does?! Thats awesome! I unfortunately don't have MSFS2024 so i never had the chance to test it. Thank you so much!
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    CaptainCole

    over 1 year ago

    Great little aircraft. I didn't read about the rudder turning the thing beforehand but figured it out about 5 seconds after takeoff. It's great for exploring and looking for specific areas and scenery.
    First flight was the Bahamas and second was over the Grand Canyon, and I got some great screenshots. Thanks for a cool little plane/ultralight/thing
    I'll ad that I use a Thrustmaster joystick/throttle so controlling the thing was just fine!!
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    JustCallMeGeoSS2

    8 months ago

    Yeah you pick up the two-axis controls pretty quick lol.
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    Red_Baron18

    about 2 years ago

    went into flying this not knowing it had no controls for roll. made for a very interesting flight experience. its a fun little aircraft!
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    KlausMann

    about 2 years ago

    Replaced the 0 with a 1 in "aileron_to_rudder_scale = 1 ; non-dimensional" and now she flies excelently with stick bound to rudder in the "flight_model.cfg"
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    NatalieMW

    about 2 years ago

    Great Little Aircraft and really fun to fly.

    Do you think you could add the ai.cfg config?

    I was trying to add the aircraft to the M3 (Multiplayer Model Matching) tool so I can use it as a replacement for aircraft I don't own. It wouldn't accept it due to this missing file.
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    sal1800

    over 2 years ago

    This a great airplane. Very nice to fly once you get the hang of the controls. I tried the floats also and they work fantastically. All and all a fun one to fly nice and slow and enjoy the sights.

    I think the modeling and animations are well done. Everything necessary is there and detailed. A few meshes could be improved by enabling smooth shading, but that doesn't detract from the experience. The wing fabric material is very good.
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    Jeremy

    over 2 years ago

    Thank a lot! Great light aircraft. Very pleasant.
    Just a remark, despite it's a two axis aircraft, elevator and rudder should be controled by the stick (like it's animated), and pedals just for taxi. You can try this as example : https://flightsim.to/file/53893/pou-du-ciel-hm293 .
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    JRay17Author

    over 2 years ago

    Thank you for your comment! I'm finding a few people that are running into this so I feel it needs a little bit of explanation:
    The way its animated was as close as I could get as the only way I could have the stick move with the rudder is if it was tied to the rudder. I know of no other ways to code it alternatively without it being tied to ailerons which would be unrealistic. Someone suggested using an alternative yoke profile, which in my opinion is a very good idea as I find it unrealistic to control with the feet as well :)
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    cdome

    over 2 years ago

    Very nice aircraft. Looks good and appears to fly well. However, I can't seem to get the stick to move the rudder. Wikipedia says that was how it was supposed to work.
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    ECALU

    over 2 years ago

    Es un dos ejes, no lleva en las alas ni aerofrenos o spoilers, ni alerones, por lo que el giro se hace con los pedales o pies, es decir, con el timón de dirección. Si solo tienes una palanca gírala para mover el timón hacia el lado que quieras ir y el avión se inclinará de ese lado y luego gírala al lado contario para enderezar el avión. Así funciona el Weedhopper real debido a su gran superficie alar y al diedro de esta, la palanca solo era para el movimiento de cabeceo y el timón de dirección para el de alabeo.
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    CalsFM

    over 2 years ago

    This is a lot of fun! With a little polish of the textures for the panel and metal pipes, it would be perfect. Landing with no aileron control is very satisfying and challenging.

    I created a SPAD profile so that my stick controls rudder and elevator instead of aileron and elevator, and added a fuel cutoff to the pinky switch when held. I still use my rudder pedals for taxing and braking. Highly recommended. Others can do this without SPAD as well just by creating a profile for their stick for the Weedhopper that has the aileron axis mapped to rudder.
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    JRay17Author

    over 2 years ago

    Wonderful! I'm super glad you like it! :D (also great idea regarding the SPAD profile)
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    CalsFM

    over 2 years ago

    Video link is broken it seems.
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    JRay17Author

    over 2 years ago

    Should be fixed now :)
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    Socorrista22198

    over 2 years ago

    It looks like to be a fun plane, perfect for finding hidden fishing spots xD
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    Chotia Wedhopper Model-50

    The Chotia Wedhopper Model-50 is a high-wing ultralight aircraft with tricycle gear, known for its simplicity and maneuverability. This add-on features a 40 horsepower Rotax 447 engine and a floats variation for a versatile flying experience. With only yaw and pitch controls, mastering this little bird can be a fun challenge for virtual pilots. Install easily into your MSFS 2020 Community folder and take to the skies in this unique aircraft.

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