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
Reviews
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.
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.
12 days 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.
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.
6 months 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 .
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 .
6 months 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.
6 months 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.
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.
6 months ago
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C'est plutôt vide par ici.
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.
12 days ago
TOPGB
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.
6 months ago
sal1800
6 months ago
KlausMann
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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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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JRay17
CalsFM
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