Good Morning!

We’ve completed most of the outstanding tasks this week, most importantly fixing most serious issues and speeding up the graphics engine. The game is now even faster, and the FPS slow-downs have been reduced even further. We are currently testing the new version and fixing various small issues as they are discovered. A public version of the new patch will not be ready before next Wednesday even if everything goes extremely well.

We’d also like to describe the work performed with the FM this week in more detail:

· Added new Hurricane Mk I and Spitfire Mk I variants with constant speed propellers and fuel tanks filled with 100-octane fuel. Older 87-octane variants also remain available. (Please note that the new planes use existing cockpits, so the boost indicator gauge shows new extrapolated values)

· Corrected (increased) low-altitude airspeeds for RAF fighters.

· Corrected Bf-109 rudder model, making it more effective to allow real-world maneuvers to be performed with just the rudder pedals.

· Corrected fuel model for more realistic gas mileage.

· Increased drag created by the radiator.

· Corrected throttle control model; now the entire range is used.

· Corrected flap sounds for the Bf-109.

· Corrected the pitot heat light on the Bf-109.

· Corrected the overspeed sound for aircraft; the sound will now increase in volume gradually and depend on airspeed.

Finally, as we approach the official announcement of the upcoming project, we continue to showcase the aircraft you will get to fly there. Today we’re showing the model of the Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber for the first time. This venerable aircraft fought with the Soviet VVS throughout the war, going through numerous improvements and modifications. Despite its many shortcomings it continued to play a more important role than its more refined successor the Tu-2 all up to the final days of the way.

We’d like to note that the screenshots are not taken in-game but rather in the internal model viewer app.

Have a great weekend!

Good English, must have been Luither's composition

More Russian stuff
Can they not get it into their heads that many want to see CoD images, changes, just something to remind us that we have a Battle of Britain flight sim..

Are you looking for more BoB flyables then Trooper? Which ones? I don't think they are working on more CloD maps/models at the very least until after the Battle of Moscow expansion is out.

As for the update, looks good - in that more variants and the Oct100 is something that's been going on since day 1 and it's good to see it coming.

Wow.. a different expedition. Been away for awhile and I come back to what appears to be a distraction from the task at hand?

Nevermind...

SSDD

For them what don't know what ssdd means?
Same Cowpie Different Day

At 1C's current repair pace?
I'll be in the ground...before this sim gets off the ground.

Them folks at 1C got more excuses/distractions than a politician caught in a cathouse.

Other'n that...Y'all have a nice weekend.

Sounds good, Throttle fixed, 100 octane, low level speeds fixed for reds. 109 rudders fixed for blues, and the radiator drag will add a greater workload for the red pilots. Until now there has been no real reason to fly with anything less than rads fully open.
I hope the roll rate on the Hurricane has been looked at as well, I've not really been tempted to fly it since the beta which is a shame, because I used to enjoy flying the Hurricane a lot.
Fingers crossed it works, I've been holding off buying myself a better HOTAS setup, if this works well I'll definitely treat myself.

Finally, something that's not a load of bumf. Now, if they can moderate some of the more ridiculous overheat issues we will be making some progress.

Sounds like good progress, if this patch sorts out the gfx performance issues, and aircraft performance dramas as hoped then hopefully next patch can finally get into AI and comms dramas! Well here's hoping

Cheers
Craig

Fixes are good, though im still worried by what they may have broken.