First look at the Shrike Simulations F-86 Sabre in Microsoft Flight Simulator 

The Sabre is one of my favorite Jets of all time. It is so beautiful.

The point of jet fighters in MSFS is fun ! old jet fighters do not fight anymore in our world, they are shown in airshows or flew for fun, as we can do in MSFS. But also modern combat jet : they do not see combat often. Nice video !

Kinda wish they had put this much effort into their PA-30 Twin Comanche.

Great video. Interesting what you said about not liking fast jets in msfs. I used to say the same thing. Then I came upon a youtuber called cgaviator, changed my view entirely. He is a former RAF fast jet instructor. He does navigation exercises with a stop watch (old school if you like) Teaches aerobatics in the Hawk amongst other things. For me a whole new perspective on msfs. Not everyones cuppa tea but worth a watch. Love the channel Jonathan. Great stuff.

I was just about to think to myself that today isn't the 30th yet... But then I read the description that says the 30th is the release day and the NDA ends on the 27th :) Great video.

There's just something about the sabre that makes it special. This is the one military aircraft I'd choose to fly over the F-4 phantom

"This is going to be fun, isn't it?" You took the words right out of my mouth.

Those guys at Blackbird do some real great work...!!!

You may not be able to shoot anything, but it’s the same appeal as the P51 or Spit. With these machines it’s as close to you’ll ever be to a falcon or an eagle ;) I find myself only flying medevac missions with helos in combat sims anyway…

Yep....this is my next purchase! Love the F-86!

Cockpit and panel look nice.

Now, THAT'S a beautiful plane.

probably 9/10 models closes canopy itself on engine off after parking:) thank you for show this beast. hard to wait till 30march:)

It seems odd to me that Milviz just allowed the FSX version to be converted to MSFS just a few months ago as freeware, and now they are trying to sell it to us. This aircraft is the very reason why I no longer buy from Milviz. Their customers wanted a fix for this aircraft for the canopy so it could be used in P3D, and Milviz actually attacked them "because you have no right to ask anything of us. It's not happening so stop asking", the backlash was pretty big, and a few days later, yes I said days, the released an "unofficial unsupported" fix for the glass in the canopy. If it was only day why shame your customers and tell them to stop asking for something they clearly wanted? I made the choice then and their to not buy the F-86(though I was interested in it), and to never buy another Milviz product, and I never have. It tarnished their reputation and is one of the biggest reasons they have changed their name but, you don't fool me Milviz, I still won't give you a dime. Before you say, "But this is a Shrike product", it is Milviz's spinoff for cheaper aircraft.

Came out tonight in Marketplace. Its mine!

Love the Saber in DCS

The RAAF were still flying them in the 1970s: Australia gave their remaining Sabres to Malaysia.

Simply ask a real world fighter pilot what the use is of a jet fighter outside of combat…it’s the ULTIMATE traveling machine, not to mention the ultimate performance aircraft for personal use. 1. The view from a bubble canopy is unmatched. Why did you test this aircraft over the flat dullness of mid UK when you could have flown over Italy, Pakistan, Alaska, Chile, any number of places where the Sabre was used but in much more scenic areas. 2. The speed also is unmatched for cross country travel. Yes, the fuel range is limited compared to airliners or business jets, so just turn off fuel usage in the sim, one of the huge benefits we have in the sim. Then travel from place to place at Mach 1.5 or more, enjoying much shorter trips. 3. The climb performance gets you above bad weather so much faster, and into jet streams that speed you on your way. 4. The acrobatic performance means you can have fun with it at a local airport or on route to somewhere else. If one is a pilot, and actually wants to enjoy flying aircraft, rather than just setting autopilot buttons, jet fighters are much more fun. 5. I second the recommendation of cgaaviator and other IRL jet pilots who instruct sim pilots in how to use a jet fighter or trainer to perform precision navigation without just using a GPS/Autopilot. A jet fighter is the quickest way to speed through flights using VORs, ADBs, pilotage, etc. as you don’t spend as much time just droning along between waypoints. Fighter pilots will all agree that a jet fighter is the ultimate toy/tool for traveling around the world, and we have that in our sims for pennies per hour - take advantage of it, and use one’s imagination far beyond the ordinary thoughts of using them as a lorry to carry missiles and bombs.

Given that Shrike is Blackbird's less expensive brand I expect this to not be study level by any means. But not every aircraft has to be. If you want true Study Level there's always DCS. But I'm not interested in DCS. I just want to fly around a bit and this seems to fit that bill.

Personally I don't mind fighter aircraft in MSFS, fun for navigation and time on target exercises.

Aesthetically, I always thought the F-86 was one of the best looking aircraft ever produced.

This is excellent value for around £15 but I had trouble installing it into my community folder. The tech people were very good but it still took a long time to install In the end i had to install it into my C DRIVE then drag it into the community folder.

I am diggin this vibe

GIMNE GIMNE GIMME fhis looks amazing!

Crazy to think that the Bolivian Air Force flew these until the mid 90s.

They could get tracers and firing rockets, the Hype Performance Group H-145 military version has all of these thing.

Great review and beautiful jet, but...15:11 That is actually half a Cuban 8 maneuver

Jonathan, maybe you have an idea why they picked an F-86 that has been lying on the bottom of the ocean for a decade or two....I mean givin the completely rusty cockpit... Only the AH and Turncoordinator faceplate seem new... Bummer ! Beautiful modeling and external texturing.

Cockpit looks much better than all DC designs planes combined. Really looks better than what I expected.

It’s much better in DCS where you can actually utilize weapons. What are you going to do in MSFS? Touch & goes?

Looks better than the DCS one.

Looks and sounds good do you know the price?

What do you mean you don't get the point of fighters in FS? To fly them! I'm not using FS to employ weapons, I'm using FS to fly planes like this warbird that are in civilian hands.

I just bought it forgetting that it’s the same as the freeware version

I wonder how much better it would have performed if we had flush mount rivet technology back then.

How do you get military airplanes parked at Air Force bases?

Why the heavy rivet textures? Not authentic

Wow...gimme gimme gimme 🙂

Does this have a afterburner btw?

😮😮😮

But the 30th is on Saturday?

Basically a P3D port

U seem like a reasonable person. Why FS2020.?

Unbelievably beautiful aircraft Can somebody pre-warn me how many gigs it requires? I’m running out of space and I want to make sure I have enough! L O L

No Huff livery.😒

4 years now and the controls loosing connection still hasn't been fixed. Asobe needs to repair the sim, as opposed to just continuosly adding more junk to it. Proper function should be priority. The Sabre looks good for early showing. However the engine sound of this model is nowhere near correct. Be it a GE or an Orenda. They are loud as hell. The team needs to hunt down some authenic audio. Looking forwards to it's progress.

Console?

MSFS really needs to introduce combat into the simulation. It's kind of silly to have all of these awesome fighters and do nothing but fly them around. BORING! For people who don't like the complexity of DCS, MSFS could really bridge that gap!

Uhm ... but it's the 27th.

Had high hopes, but the model is not accurate, the panel lines are entirely incorrect, the cockpit model is not accurate, canopy frame does not look like it does on the real aircraft and so on. Why? You could have produced a killer module, but seems to fall well short of being an accurate model.

The modeled look looks rather pudgy, the Sabre/Fury series didn't come out till after WWII, get your info right Chap!

The cockpit is the same as FSX/P3D. MSFS is a civilian sim. Either remove all that old military garbage or offer a civilianized cockpit. Go look at any restored F-86 flying around today. They have beautiful modernized cockpits. Plus, there's nothing to shoot at or bomb in MSFS. Go to DCS for that, and they have a beautiful fully functional F-86 for $25 dollars US, on sale now. Blows this release right out of the sky. Hahahahahaha

this is one of my favorite planes and it looks so good in the sim ive been waiting for a high fidelity f86, will this be coming to xbox?