
I suggest you read this post if you are interested in the Airfoillabs Cessna 172, however if you are more of a visual person, feel free to take a look at the video I made. Nothing against the default X-Plane 11 Cessna 172, as this is a great plane, but for many reasons, I prefer to fly Airfoillabs plane. Now this plane is not for the gamer, it is for the serious flight simmer, the student pilot or the pilot who loves to fly a Cessna 172. OK, the default C172 is so so, and that’s it. With Airfoillabs we have another Cessna C172 or to be exactly, the C172S Skyhawk SP. Then there’s Carenado who offers a Cessna C172II Skyhawk and also the Cessna C172RG (Retractable Gear). X-Plane does provide a default Cessna 172 Skyhawk.

To land the plane, it is highly responsive and really keeps you on your toes. Just for reference, the Cessna 172 I was flying was not brand new, it was an older plane that had a lot of character. The airfoillabs feels a lot more like the real thing. Before I begin, I would like to tell you that I have no affiliation with Airfoillabs.

Well in this post, I want to review the Airfoillabs Cessna 172 in X-Plane 11, as I believe this plane really fills in a needed area of flight sim.

There are so many great planes out there, it really can be hard to choose what to fly?
