Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 24 Feb 2024.
Topics include major updates for IL-2 and DCS, a new free Typhoon campaign is in development for IL-2 BoN owners, FlightSimForge released an F-16 ICP on their Etsy store, SimFab announced a mounting pattern update for new Winwing/Virpil products, a ton of community updates including news from Enigma's Cold War server and a variety of tutorials, and Cheli777 earning the week's SimpitSpotlight!
Timestamps:
00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 5
00:48 The Fly-By
- The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less
02:34 Developer News
- IL-2 update 5.202 is live!
- IL2 "Wings over Caen" free campaign is in development for BoN owners
- DCS update 2.9.3.51704 is live with the game now unified to one version (no more open beta)
- Grinnelli Designs shows off an interesting time-lapse visualization of their F-100D code base
13:06 Hardware News
- FlightForgeSim debuts their F-16 ICP on their Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/shop/FlightForgeSim)
- SimFab announces mounting pattern plate updates for Collective and Rudder Pedal plates (https://simfab.com/services/)
17:28 Community News
- Enigma Cold War Server announces a 3rd campaign set on the Persian Gulf map as well as introduction of "intermission" scenarios
- Enigma interviews the developer of a new DCS PVP server "The Coop"
- Fox3 Managed Solutions announces the "Ultimate DCS Skills Showdown" in support of K9sForWarriors
- AviationPlus has a terrific F-15C tutorial for BMS on their YouTube page
- JetPilot walks us through using VoiceAttack for the F-16C using the JanJan plugin in DCS/BMS on their YouTube page
- Notso teaches DCS players how to use the MGRS in the F-15E Strike Eagle on their YouTube page
35:46 User Content of the Week
- Skyward Flight Media (@skykwardfm) shares a Syria COIN CO-OP multiplayer mission for DCS
- Sedlo updates his OIR missions on DCS to support the new Muwaffaq Salti airbase on the DCS: Syria map
- Sedlo gives us a walkthrough of some new DCS Mission Editor functionality on his YouTube page
40:58 Simpit Spotlight
- Cheli777's F-16/F-18/Racing Home Cockpit
- https://www.reddit.com/r/homecockpits/comments/1au8fxu/f16fa18racing_home_cockpit/
Episode notes:
- https://thehangarbay.notion.site/Episode-5-You-Get-a-Patch-b2606839f01f4f84bb6c4cd7061b380e?pvs=4
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