DCS : F4U-1 Corsair

[Krupi]

Fantastic news, can’t wait to preorder this.

keep up the good work M3

[MigratoryBird]

I'm really excited about the Corsair ! Great news !  By the looks of it....might be only two weeks away !  Also I did expect to see the Hellcat first.......

I have a question though : can we expect a fully functional carrier recovery on early access launch ? (wires, hooks etc ...)

[julpeuz]

On 5/31/2025 at 9:10 AM, westr said:

I’m not buying it because they are not adding a 1st person pilot in the cockpit. That’s the deal breaker for me as I notice it so much in VR. Looking forward to the pacific but I’ll wait for the hellcat. And yes I agree with you about the Mig21 

Not sure I get it. I also fly exclusively in VR, but having the pilot model in the way is more distracting than anything else to me. Not like you can move your arm or leg to see that gage or switch. I find it a bit rough not to buy a great module just for that but that’s just me. I mean come on we’re talking about the Corsair

Edited Wednesday at 01:02 PM by julpeuz

[Hiob]

Personally, I don't really get the craving for a pilot body either. I found it more disturbing than helping with immersion (strong case of uncanny valley). VR and 2D. But to each his own......  

I will probably get both anyway, but I find the Corsair much more appealing. With all its quirks. Whereas the Hellcat is certainly a formidable Warbird, but otherwise pretty generic.

Edited Wednesday at 08:05 AM by Hiob

[Art-J]

They chose to spend more of their limited resources on implementing functional carrier and some ground units. I suspect there are many more customers interested in these features than ones interested in pilot model. Business 101 and that's that.

[westr]

4 hours ago, julpeuz said:

Not sure I get it. I also fly exclusively in VR, but having the pilot model in the way is more distracting than anything else to me. Not like you can move your arm or leg to see that gage or switch. I find it a bit rough not to buy an great module just for that but that’s just me. I mean come on we’re talking about the Corsair

I do love the Corsair but by only flying in VR the only modules I have installed have an in cockpit pilot. I miss the A10 and understand that’s coming soon so will reinstall that once it gets one. I just know I would buy it and not use it so it’s not for me but I do hope other users get enjoyment from it, there’s also the situation with Mig 21 as well, I contacted them at one point, they said they were planning a pilot for that, that was the beginning of 2021. 
So personally I have enough modules to be looking forward to and to keep me occupied, I’m a lover of aviation so yeah of course I love the corsair. But I actually have more of a soft spot for the Hellcat. So I will focus my attention on that. 

[westr]

5 hours ago, Hiob said:

Personally, I don't really get the craving for a pilot body either. I found it more disturbing than helping with immersion (strong case of uncanny valley). VR and 2D. But to each his own......  

I will probably get both anyway, but I find the Corsair much more appealing. With all its quirks. Whereas the Hellcat is certainly a formidable Warbird, but otherwise pretty generic.

 

4 hours ago, Art-J said:

They chose to spend more of their limited resources on implementing functional carrier and some ground units. I suspect there are many more customers interested in these features than ones interested in pilot model. Business 101 and that's that.

And this is an example of how different we all are, VR is an opportunity for me to experience having a fully immersive cockpit without having the expensive of spending what would be thousands of pounds to pay for a home pit which I couldn’t afford plus I wouldn’t have the space for anyway, and I do find a level of immersion that I find authentic, however looking down at an empty seat is just for me a distraction and an immersion breaker and once I have it in my mind and particularly because there are so many options in DCS to fly aircraft that have them I’d rather choose another option, and I know there are plenty of others that feel the same way, having asked the question about the the pilot in the Mig 21 and getting a reply saying it was planned, all be it back in 2021, but then asking a question on the forums about the F4U and getting a reply that I can only take to mean they have no interest in doing one 

I’ve come to the decision that the F4U won’t be for me, I’m a Mig 21 customer and I hope one day Magnitude will stay true to their statement that it will be added, but after the situation with other 3rd party modules I’m far more careful with what I buy now on DCS. 

But anyway I don’t hold any malice I genuinely hope that people enjoy the Corsair and they can get success with it. 

 

Edited Wednesday at 01:28 PM by westr

[MiGCap1]

3 hours ago, westr said:

And this is an example of how different we all are ...

You're so right! 

I also fly only VR. But for me the pilot in the cockpit is the immersion breaker, it looks crude and distracts me and also do not respond to my arm movements so that parts of the cockpit are covered.

I never realised that the MiG-21 has no pilot body ... 

[Steel Jaw]

Looking forward to Whistling Death.

[Qcumber]

18 hours ago, Steel Jaw said:

Looking forward to Whistling Death.

Yes. But not looking forward to "spin off deck uncontrollably to horrific whistling death" for the first few landings

23 hours ago, MiGCap1 said:

I also fly only VR. But for me the pilot in the cockpit is the immersion breaker,

Yes. Naked flying for me too. Until we have full pilot interaction so that we can move arms and legs etc to see instruments. 

Edited Thursday at 03:48 PM by Qcumber

[Krupi]

I prefer to have a body myself, but the lack of one isn’t enough to discourage me from buying.

Hopefully they will add one.

[danythunder14]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKkTTudIyJJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Gunfreak]

Soon TM

[Qcumber]

15 minutes ago, Gunfreak said:

Soon TM

I presume 2 weeks or does TM stand for Two Months

[hannibal]

i been trying to work on dropping bombs on P51 to try to get my head into upcoming corsair..

any specialties of corsair? if someone can help me with bombing in P51, much appreciated. im trying to follow air combat wing line bombing but cant lock on the method

[Qcumber]

24 minutes ago, hannibal said:

i been trying to work on dropping bombs on P51 to try to get my head into upcoming corsair..

any specialties of corsair? if someone can help me with bombing in P51, much appreciated. im trying to follow air combat wing line bombing but cant lock on the method

Have you looked at Chuck's guide? There are also lots of videos on this. 

https://chucksguides.com/aircraft/dcs/p-51d/#[120,"XYZ",0,540,null

 

 

[Gunfreak]

12 hours ago, Qcumber said:

I presume 2 weeks or does TM stand for Two Months

Two millenia 

[Ala13_ManOWar]

That's an ED announcement, they don't really do those unless there's something going on mates.

[ESAc_flankercobra]

hace 2 horas, Ala13_ManOWar dijo:

That's an ED announcement, they don't really do those unless there's something going on mates.

Si, se suponía que faltaba el visto bueno de ED al modelo de vuelo para que se pudiera poner a la venta...., veremos ahora si esperan al mapa de la Marianas para ponerlo a la venta.

 

 

[hannibal]

the youtube shorts of the corsair carrier take off looks sexy

[Ala13_ManOWar]

6 hours ago, ESAc_flankercobra said:

Si, se suponía que faltaba el visto bueno de ED al modelo de vuelo para que se pudiera poner a la venta...., veremos ahora si esperan al mapa de la Marianas para ponerlo a la venta.

 

 

Well, I hope they release both of them at about the same time now, but that's only really up the them, so I just hope  .

[Silver_Dragon]

On 6/4/2025 at 9:52 AM, Art-J said:

They chose to spend more of their limited resources on implementing functional carrier and some ground units. I suspect there are many more customers interested in these features than ones interested in pilot model. Business 101 and that's that.

Your limited resourses about? AI assets packs has builded by diferent teams (AI assets teams), and has none to do with a FF module develop team. 

Edited 18 hours ago by Silver_Dragon

[Silver_Dragon]

6 hours ago, ESAc_flankercobra said:

Si, se suponía que faltaba el visto bueno de ED al modelo de vuelo para que se pudiera poner a la venta...., veremos ahora si esperan al mapa de la Marianas para ponerlo a la venta.

 

 

Build a FF module has your problems, remember Octopus-G delayed the La-7 but need redome and remade part of your module to polish them.

The Marianas WW2 map has nothing to do with the M3 F-4U and M3 PTO assets pack, on fact, I think ED has waiting to release Marianas WW2 (free), with the ED PTO assets pack. The shame situation with the F6F, ED can release them as a alone module with any map or assets pack.

 

[Hammer1-1]

1 hour ago, Silver_Dragon said:

Build a FF module has your problems, remember Octopus-G delayed the La-7 but need redome and remade part of your module to polish them.

The Marianas WW2 map has nothing to do with the M3 F-4U and M3 PTO assets pack, on fact, I think ED has waiting to release Marianas WW2 (free), with the ED PTO assets pack. The shame situation with the F6F, ED can release them as a alone module with any map or assets pack.

 

why did G delay his model? wasnt it to be released this year?

[Silver_Dragon]

1 hour ago, Hammer1-1 said:

why did G delay his model? wasnt it to be released this year?

Surely required more time on the fly model/systems/etc to polished them.