A Very POLISHed Addon! | Got Friends PZL-104 Wilga | Full Flight Review | Microsoft Flight Simulator 

I remember seeing one at Sewell during a LAA meet, at the end of the day when the the planes were leaving, the pilot didn’t line up with others, just waited by the side an took off using the width of the runway, most impressive

For every polish enthusiast who grew up in 90's and earlier, this aircraft is what Cessna is for Americans. It was backbone of whole polish aeroclub activity and it was doing everything, from towing gliders, parachute training to carrying passengers on sunday. For me, during my childhood days this was THE Airplane, it was also first airplane I ever flown (as passenger of course) as a child. BTW, every westerner I heard pronounce it's name wrong - it's read more like Vilga ^^

Thanks for the comprehensive review of the PZL-104 Wilga, very much appreciated.

There are only a few planes in the sim that feel "real" or immersive to me. The Wilga joins this small group of planes that also includes the Cessna 414AW and Cessna 310R. Other high-quality STOL planes like the Kodiak or the Kitfox are really well made, but they just lack this bit of character. The new Beaver is nearly there, but unfortunately Blackbird left away a bush tire variant (which GotFriends added via a mod!). One really nice feature that is naturally only present in the water variant of the Wilga is a paddle that allows you move the last yards to the dock, awesome fun with a joystick ;) Thank you so much for another very nice review video!

Please remember that got friends have given us 5 aircraft for FREE and consider buying this to support

Very nice to discover a livery of mine featured in an ITBS video!! i like your work btw and thank you for your detailed reviews

Such a fantastic detailed review ITBS! Hope it helps the community have a better informed decision on if this aircraft a good choice for them. Appreciate the support and the kind words everyone. The team are very pleased with the initial release feedback and are committed to continue to show you what we're capable of! All the best, -GF Dev Mykrode

Thank you for this. I've had one now for a couple of months, but I haven't flown it yet, even though I'm really looking forward to it. I've waited 25 years for MSFS. I started on FS98 and dogfighting and strafing in the combat simulators really gave me a feel for bush flying and STOL. After I'm confident in the Cubs, I'll collect the Polish prize. FYI: The Bonneville Salt Flats are a great place to practice. Miles of arid, flat horizon, perfect for skimming, stalling, STOL. You can do touch & go for five miles in any direction. It's a great day.

Another good review and I love your usual thoroughness on the preflight and start.

I’ve been looking forward to a review of the Wilga from ITBS and it certainly did not disappoint. Thanks for taking the time to critique this great looking product. I’m really looking forward to seeing it in the Marketplace as I don’t use PayPal due to a bad experience a while ago. Cheers and thanks again.

What a beauty, an instant purchase. Thanks for the review, excellent and concise as usual.

Pronounced "veelga" for those willing to immerse themselves even further. ;)

Thank you for another fantastic review! I have been flying this wonderful little bird for some hours/days now and absolutely adore it.

Another great review by ITBS, thanks for all your hard work. I love this aeroplane, like you and others have said, it's overflowing with character, you really do feel like you're throwing a creaking and clunking eastern block hunk of metal around the sky, absolutely brilliant work by GF.

I have 150 hours P1 on the PZL 104 and having flown the sim in VR it is very good indeed.

Excellent review as usual!!! Great play on words in the video title as well... 😉🤭😄

Nice plane, I'd love to see the Draco version.

Always great seeing a new video posted from you. I woke up from surgery a couple of months ago and you had just uploaded the DH82 tiger moth video. I can honestly say it made my day. Love your content mate, keep it up!

another good review Thank You . PZL-104 Wilga an odd aircraft to be sure especially when seen in real life in flight and on the ground makes one scratch ones head.

Great video. Nice & quirky little plane, very neatly flown. As usual, you picked some lovely scenery to show it off, although you could have picked somewhere a little warmer, especially at the moment! 🥶

I don't think I'm the only person who'd like to see a Draco mod for this aircraft! (I can mod the engine and sounds myself but would love to see it done properly)

Loved the demonstration of your musical genius 😄

Certainly a very capable aircraft with a distinctive suspension. GREAT review.

I like it. It looks a bit different, but it's odd appearance gives it character.

Picked it up from the marketplace yesterday, lovely plane, lovely model, the worn out textures on some liveries look fantastic. Love the forwood farm scenery too, I guess I got myself a private residence with an airstrip and airbnb in the English country side now 🙂. The only thing missing is an AP, one on the clipboard would be nice with a basic HDG and ALT hold so I can do some longer cross country flights while being able to let go of the controls for a bit. Those imo are a must have option now, the spitfire has it, the Tiger Moth, the Fouga and I definitely use it, I would argue if it wasn't for the AP feature I would not be flying those planes anywhere near as much! The purists may disagree but nothing wrong with having options.

great review sir, as always! I definately will buy this little bird as I saw it always in my childhood towing gliders from the airstrip close to our house. there were also PZL L-101 Gawrons and of course An-2s next to the Wilgas. (tbh as far as I can remember I never saw anyone playing guitar under the wing 😃) once I was almost able to hop on for a flight on one but I was not brave enough to go without daddy. 😅 now I can be even the pilot of it!

As enjoyable as ever. I'm looking forward to the ITB Christmas Special! Can you beat the sensational Santa's Sleigh round the Mach Loop I wonder?😀

Another excellent review, thank you. I will definitely consider this when the money is available.

good thing this content is still here I have gotton a little out of practice if ynow what I mean.

I really enjoy your professional approach in testing. Much higher quality than other reviewers. I am not a bush pilot, so it does not hit the soft spot for me. - But I may some day purchase it for floats . - It is so nice to see the development in small odd GA aircraft, such as the Tiger Moth. Now even better simulated in engine sound and correct instrument behavior. No doubt there is a market, and competition in creating such aircraft for the serious simmers - it so much easier to create a mediocre fighter jet for the xbox kids and make more money for less work. Well done - Got Friends for a study level aircraft, and not a standard Cessna..

The 80P variant with midlife avionics actually does have the basic AP/FD unit, as well as larger tires and bigger engine. Other than that it's same as the plane you flew. This is a plane for hand flying though! You just use the AP when you need to poke around at Navigraph or whatever for a couple minutes. They have also stated that we should probably expect the team to release avionics suite replacement mods for the plane in the future, so we'll maybe get Garmin 530 or 750 configurations in future. From what I read though it seems like they don't want to do the live switching clipboard stuff and all the state saving stuff because of endless battle against bugs it introduces. Also it seems the trim in this plane has a pretty slow adjustment curve, so it takes a while to get where you wanna be, but you can adjust more precisely than in many planes, which I really like.

Nice video, sir. I've seen a couple on this now and the feedback seems very positive. I have more GA planes than I know what to do with but I find myself asking the question 'can you have too many quality GA aircraft?' Haha. Hope you're keeping well mate.

Love to see it❤️

The title is great, thanks

Just me or does anyone want a Draco variant of this??

Such a fantastic plane. Want to fly it some longer distances for ferrying. I modded in a ferry tank on the right fuel selector CLOSED position on the 80X variant. the CG of the tank sits just behind the pilot and co-pilot seats. Adds another 30 gallon. Since the Garmin Aera-760 in the 35X/80X has a lot of issues in the sim, you can use the PMS50 GTN750 (TDS GTN750Xi probably as well) from the tool menu. GTN750 autopilot does work but need to use VS mode @ 0 FPS to hold altitude. Will follow a flight plan.

Great plane. At our airfield we have a Wilga that we use often as a tow plane. A few month ago I had the opportunity to fly it myself and it was just fun. The big old radial engine is just impressive when it get's started and also while flying. If somebody is interested, I uploaded a video of the engine startup from the outside view on my channel. The sound is beautiful.

fun fact, wilga in Polish means an oriole, the bird :D

Love this aircraft. Easily tow gliders

in the sim i was able to hold the wilga on full power at a 90 degree angle straight up without stalling, like an f22 flight model or something

Great review and great plane! It looks like a solid addon. The pricing is not on my side yet. I will wait for a sale as Wilga is one of my favorite plane but not at 35. As planes pile up in my library unfortunately they start to worth less and less in my eyes and I am not telling this in a bad way. Simply... the day has still 24 hours and life is life. And as I spend less and less time with each plane I tend to judge their value lower and lower. I think devs should go more towards an 'Amazon like" strategy then "Gucci" one but maybe is not the time yet or I am wrong... it happens... often.

Thanks, great review. Have you considered Tobii Eye Tracker rather than Track IR? Recently purchased one and good to be free of head clips etc. Cheers.

One of the best STOL aircraft at the moment. Shame I can't use proper avionics with older analog attitude indicator, suggestion you made is great idea, but I think they would have to rework entire product for this. Now it's either 70' tech or full digital. Also left+right fuel tank selector would be nice for lazy guys like me with at atleast modern variant, but I know it was not in 80 variant in reality. Yeah you can disable engine realism and have left+right selector in 80, but why would anyone wanted to do this in this kind quality plane. Possibilities, possibilities...are missing, sometimes. Otherwise aircraft is excellent and I have to again remind that GotFriends have the best customer service of all 3rd party devs in MSFS. Recommended!

you missed the can of coke when click on the cooler box ;)

What mic do you use?

I don't see 'failures' mentioned on the Got Friends feature page. Is that confirmed for this bird?

Every stall I've demonstrated to instructors during BFRs or expected of my ab initio students, has required level flight all the way into the buffet, and control of yaw and insipient spin by rudder only. Your entry to a "stall" at full power climing in excess of 1500 fpm shows a torque roll, which you then encouraged into a spin with control inputs.

How do i get the modern avionics ?!

Hello. For when on Xbox? Do you have any idea? Fantastic review 👍

What's the red guarded cover on the overhead panel on the right?

I don't know but the guitar breaks it for me. 🤔

It's pronounced "Vilga". Polish for oriole.

LOL.. I'm sure Poles wouldn't name their plane after a great Russian river Volga! It's Wilga! 😂🙃😉

AT Simulations seem to have gone completely off the radar :(

Why can’t xbox users buy this. Grrrrrrrrrrrr

Kenya stop with the title puns, please?

Why why why? Although it is beautifully done, why do these developers put so much time and energy into these weird planes? I hope the 43 people that buy this really enjoy it.

This plane stops 5 feet after he lands this is so unrealistic............