Hiromachi

It's still wip, once I will have more information on it, I will post.

I don't remember writing anything like that in the update ;)

Dear pilots, as promised earlier today, we have prepared a new update for a new year. Enjoy! http://leatherneck-sim.com/looking-beyond-the-horizon/

This is Mantis, our bug reporting tool: https://leatherneck-sim.mantishub.io/view_all_bug_page.php So it seems it breaks, but only in certain unspecified conditions ?

Crash it or something, it may be that prop is just too to tough (which would require some tweaking).

There most definitely is a prop damage. It's coded and visually represented. I've checked during testing some time ago. If it's not working than this is a bug and should be reported (in Mantis preferably). As for trim, I will forward this suggestion. Certainly makes sense. Cannon tab was left as a joke. It will be removed soon enough.

We're planning on a beefy development update regarding Eagle, Corsair and of course Fishbed. I think it will be ready today, so stay tuned guys.

At the end it's all going to be Leatherneck Simulations. It's brand / trademark, but has to be registered. We are simply awaiting our registered trademark approval now, before ED will change this on the forums, and we will be back to LS for all our DCS products. I know it's a bit confusing.

Yes, Rudel is reworking entire cockpit to make it compatible with VR.

Leatherneck Simulations is also more recognizable. Thats why I used it in email.

Leatherneck is brand, Magnitude 3 is parenting company name.

They are, they just arent as pronounced as they should be, which we acknowledged: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3763456&postcount=30 But regardless of that, our reference pilot disagreed with the above notion of substantial (way more) rudder use, stating that it needs a little just to stay coordinated, but its very small. As he added, resting your foot on the peddle just about take care of it. Eagle really doesnt need much rudder work unless you try hammerhead, snap roll or knife edge.

I've forwarded this to guys ekg.

Yes. In mission editor: And yes, this change reduces the weight and changes a little bit flight characteristics.

I've got it covered. I've asked CE2 owner and pilot, who helped us tremendously with development, to write a few notes on his experiences and views.

Internals are there, at least the way we see it. And yes, if you are looking for engine roar than R-2800 in F4U-1d Corsair should be more frightening. Eagle has much weaker engine and sounds are just more tame so to speak. But in my opinion internal engine sound tone is exactly as in real bird (go to 0:35 for high revs) Keep in mind that there are always differences due to recording hardware used, your sound hardware and in above case, youtube compression. Also, dont worry about voicing your opinion. We look into both positive and negative comments. There is always something we can improve based on your input guys.

External engine sound is a placeholder.

Yes, trim reacts now only after inputs to pitch are made. This is reported bug, guys are aware of it ;)

Well, pilot is mandatory element for flying Eagle. That's close enough :)

Except for Mark I eyeball :)

Yes, we also reached conclusion that there should be a bit more sideslip during take-off, but not as much as some think or imagine. As our CE2 pilot stated, there really is no sideslip in early phase of takeoff as tail wheel locking mechanism does a great job of keeping the Eagle straight on takeoff. In the later phase however yes, a bit more is needed. We've already increased it during testing in the last few weeks, but this affected other flight characteristics, messing with tumble and hammerhead. Developing FM is like touching spider web, you touch one string and whole web resonates. And as our CE2 pilot states that other flight characteristics are spot on (named above tumble, snaproll, hammerhead, stall etc.), we will have to make very small adjustments each time, not to break anything else, but carefully observe results. It's going to take some time guys, but we will get there, especially as we can rely on personal experiences and recorded footage.

Thank you for reporting. I'll check it and forward.

I will, it should be there soon. We just got CE2 forum section, so it all will be appearing in a following days.

Dolphin left it as Easter Egg. Just an internal joke. Or look closer, maybe there are fixed machine guns firing through the prop arc :) Also, if you are into keybinding, if you have NS430, it works with module.

It's not a flight model quirk. We noticed that during testing. It's primarily due to suspension issue (among other, smaller factors) and how suspension "works" in DCS. We're looking for solution for this. But if it was FM issue (propeller or something), you would not be able to fly manouvers / aerobatics properly. This just requires some time to find solution.