Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 21 April 2024.
Topics include Update 5.203 for IL-2: Great Battles and its new Dynamic Resource Allocation System, the CH-47 is coming to DCS in June and pre-orders are now open, DCS release teasers for the OH-58D from Polychop and the Kola map from Orbx and Virpil releases the first in its Cadet line with a new, slim-form throttle.
Timestamps:
00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 13
00:55 The Fly-By
- The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less
02:05 Developer News
- IL-2 Great Battles: Update 5.203 is Live (https://il2sturmovik.com/news/851/update-5203/)
- Scramble: Battle of Britain Beta Test Signups are Open (https://www.slitherine.com/beta/scramble-battle-of-britain)
- DCS: Eagle Dynamics announces the CH-47 Pre-Order with Release in June (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/ch-47f/)
- DCS: Baltic Dragon's F-16C Campaign is "Coming Soon" (https://www.facebook.com/balticdragonDCS)
- DCS: Polychop Gives us a Tour of the OH-58D Kiowa Cockpit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Qzdvk6eJM)
- DCS: Orbx Announces the Kola Map is "Coming Soon" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Nb70ssWts)
19:42 Hardware News
- Virpil Release a New Small-Form Throttle (VPC CDT-VMAX) (https://virpil-controls.us.com/vpc-cdt-vmax-throttle.html)
24:00 Community News
- Hardware: JP Compares the Winwing and Thrustmaster Viper TQS Throttles (https://youtu.be/31zsRxts_r4?si=9dxPpglWG2Ikfs7X)
- IL-2 Great Battles: Stormbirds Interviews Campaign Dev Jaegermeister (https://stormbirds.blog/2024/04/20/community-qa-campaign-maker-jaegermeister-talks-current-and-future-il-2-projects/)
- DCS: Pretense Dynamic Campaign by @Dzsek (https://github.com/Dzsek/pretense?tab=readme-ov-file)
- DCS: "DCS in 3 or Less" tutorial series by @GotSpaceGame (https://www.youtube.com/@GotSpaceGame/playlists)
- DCS: RotorOps Mission Generator and the RotorOps Multiplayer Server (https://dcs-helicopters.com/multiplayer-server/)
37:03 User Content of the Week
- Getting the hang of Falcon BMS: What now? from u/ThatOneD00mFan (https://www.reddit.com/r/falconbms/comments/1c91v8j/what_now/)
41:39 Simpit Spotlight
- u/TinkerDeck's F-16 inspired setup
- https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1c95dox/my_actual_first_beginner_setup/
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