DCS I-16

The Polikarpov I-16 fighter, developed by 3rd party studio Octopus G, is now available at:

The I-16 was a Soviet, monoplane fighter developed during the 1930s inter-war years. It was innovative for its time with a low-wing cantilever design and retractable landing gear. It was the USSR’s primary fighter at the start of World War 2 where it primarily battled the Bf 109 Emil. In addition to the Second World War, the I-16 was also used in the Spanish Civil War and the second Sino-Japanese War.

The I-16 type 24 was powered by an M-63 radial engine that gave it a top speed of 462 kph. The aircraft was armed with four 7.62 ShKAS machine guns. In total, 7,000 single seat versions of this famous fighter were built.

The I-16 is a fun and interesting aircraft and further grows our stable of warbirds. This aircraft is particularly interesting when flown in virtual reality.

[PaddyPatrone]

1:17 thats a thing that the I-16 actually does. Once saw one of these on an Airshow and I thought... "omg, is the pilot drunk or the plane out of control"

[PaddyPatrone]

Imagine flying this in the russian winter at -40 Celsius

[easyci]

"Closeable canopy? We dont do this in russia!"

[christopherpresslauer]

Time for some Christen Eagle hunting on AO

[swisstraeng]

Stop it or I'll ask for an IL-2 and a LA-5

[nikopursiainen]

Ok, now I want Brewster Buffalo with the Finnish modifications.

[flarex]

Needs an early 109 to fight against, and a 40s version of the Caucasus map. Looks fun though!

[Funeral_Potatoes]

Bought the second I saw it. Had no idea this was even planned!

[gerargore]

nice plane, I hope they include another plane of similar time to the I-16 to balance the combat

[rb]

Finally a worthy adversary to the 109 k4!

[pestexuk]

I've been using Xplane 11 lately, but purely to learn VFR in my home town for my NPPL. As good as Xplane is DCS is in a league of its own. I've been using Eagle Dynamics products for many years and DCS is just amazing and get better by the day.

[ilejovcevski]

Pretty! War birds aren't my thing, but this one looks like quality work, none the less

[ryans.]

Can't wait for the Eastern Front maps to start dropping! Imma fly that thing so hard!

[vadimazarkh]

Soooo cool.My brother IGOR would be so proud.Incredible -:)))

[FaXeN-HD]

The thing is I would love to fly it, but it lacks some fighters to compete against. I guess I will just wait for that to happen!

[MaxMnemonic]

Very nicely done module, a fun to fly!

[saucejohnson]

This is going to be a blast fighting against 1945 K-4's and D-9's.

[Airguardian]

Wonderful job!!
Suggestion: A tutorial on how do you use the camera controls to get these stunning visuals would be a very welcomed initiative. :)

[andrassolyom]

That little plane has a character really. I am flying her in Great Battles. It is a pity that in DCS there is no proper campaign/map, or contemporary adversary available.

[simpilothr]

When this reminds you of early days of War Thunder.
*Ah sh*t, here we go again*