The Hangar Bay Stewmanji

Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 5 May 2024.



Topics include the release of the new Kola map for DCS, a status update on Kola campaigns from Reflected and Baltic Dragon, an OH-6A mod debuts for DCS, a May sale for the entire IL-2 Great Battles series and a ton of community news!



Timestamps:

00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 15

00:54 The Fly-By


The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less

02:03 Developer News


IL-2 Great Battles is having a "May sale" with discounts up to 79% off in honor of the 79th anniversary of V-E day
The Kola map for DCS released into Early Access on Friday ($56 USD) with the next update scheduled for June 2024
Baltic Dragon and Reflected Simulations provided updates on their Kola-based campaigns indicating an anticipated release of late summer 2024
Reflected Simulations added "interactive checklists" to his F-14 campaigns (as well as his upcoming F-4 campaign)

16:10 Hardware News


RedKite reviewed the Winwing Orion Rudder pedals (https://youtu.be/Xed_mDNFM0s)
Virpil is running a 15% off the VPC Constellation Alpha "Rise of the Alpha" sale

18:50 Community News


IL-2 Cliffs of Dover Blitz: Manuals and Guides for new/returning players
BMS: How to use the DTC (Data Cartridge) by @AviationPlus (https://youtu.be/5XBtdFiFlgw)
DCS: OH-6A mod released by Tobsen & Eightball (https://github.com/tobi-be/DCS-OH-6A)
DCS: A-4E refresher course by @SportDCS (https://youtu.be/DTkw7BoO_08)
DCS: SAM detection, recognition and evasion tutorials by @ShastaSimulations9767 (https://youtu.be/Z5-HFwZrgoA)

29:35 User Content of the Week


DCS PSA: You can Navigate the Radio Menu using keys/HOTAS binds
DCS: Kola Map Missions from the official user files page

35:33 Simpit Spotlight


u/maine2000 on r/hotas
https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1c2mmdq/my_1st_set_up/#lightbox



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Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 28 April 2024.



Topics include the upcoming Kola map for DCS (releasing on May 3!), the announcement of Flaming Cliffs 2024 for DCS which will include the F-5E, F-86F and MiG-15, Thrustmaster's new "AVA" product line, and Polychop's live stream for the OH-58D Kiowa (releasing for DCS in late May or early June 2024).



Timestamps:

00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 14

01:00 The Fly-By


The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less

02:29 Developer News


DCS: The Kola Map by Orbx will release into early access on May 3, 2024
DCS: Flaming Cliffs 2024 announced (it will add the F-5E, F-86F and MiG-15 to Flaming Cliffs 3)
DCS: CH-47 FAQ posted to the Eagle Dynamics forum
DCS: Heatblur updates progress on the F-4E Phantom
DCS: Polychop hosted a live stream on their Discord (the OH-58D Kiowa will release in late May/early June 204)

18:42 Hardware News


Thrustmaster: "AVA" product line announced starting with new base
Hover Stop: A HSI Mk.1 VSTOL Throttle for you AV-8B simpit setup (https://discord.gg/Huhcp83pMe)
Hardware Review: Initial impressions of the "On Your Twelve" F-18 Master Arm Panel (Hint: I like it a lot!) [https://www.etsy.com/shop/OnYourTwelve]

27:55 Community News


Falcon BMS tutorials from Fisgas (https://www.youtube.com/@fisgasfighties)
"Tactical Paddles" for DCS by Tactical DCS and Dutchie (https://paddles.contact)
Make your Audio sound like the Radio by @SimSedlo (https://www.youtube.com/@sedlo)
VR Users: Check out the Pimax Crystal Light (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWaFFqwZow)
Helios: Get up and running with an F-15E MPD by @BlueFinBima (https://www.youtube.com/@bluefinbima222)

38:27 User Content of the Week


Customizing your simpit setup with @msboi (https://www.youtube.com/@msboi1218)

41:46 Simpit Spotlight


"The Cockpit Desk" by Foxbat Bat (https://www.youtube.com/@foxbatbat2521)



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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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Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 14 April 2024.



Topics include the developer diaries from IL-2 Great Battles and DCS, news from the BMS team regarding 4.37 Update 4 and screenshots from 4.38, a new patch (and campaign) for DCS, Virpil's updated collective product line and spring sale (10%) off, Enigma's interview of Falcon 4.0's dynamic campaign designer, the results of Spudknocker's 2024 DCS community survey and a ton of community news!



Timestamps:

00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 12

01:30 The Fly-By


The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less

02:57 Developer News


IL-2 Great Battles Dev Blog #361 (https://il2sturmovik.com/news/849/dev-blog-361/)
BMS News Update about 4.37 U4 (https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/27051/news-from-the-frontlines-4-37-u4/50) and 4.38 screenshots (https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/25373/4-38-screenshots/19)
DCS Weekly Newsletter for 12 April 2024 (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/newsletters/3e2c6ae21fe805af8068071a88112ae1/)
DCS Patch Notes for version 2.9.4.53627 (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/)
BogeyDope's video showing off version 2.9.4.53627 changes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQrm-5BYfs)
Stone Sky releases a new campaign: DCS Mi-24P Outpost Campaign (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/campaigns/mi-24p_outpost_campaign/)

14:53 Hardware News


Virpil Spring Sale with 10% off all products through the end of April (Code: SPRING10)
Virpil updated its collective product lineup (Counter-Balance kit comes pre-installed!)

16:33 Community News


Flight Sim Expo 2024 Activities Registration is Live (https://www.flightsimexpo.com)
Enigma interviews Kevin Klemick, the developer of Falcon 4.0's campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTG4n233aq0)
A vJoy Plugin for your Streamdeck (https://github.com/bastianh/streamdeck-vjoy-w4rl0ck)
DCS Liberation updates to v11.0 (https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/1c09t70/liberation_110_released/)
Ground Pounder Sims shows off "Last Out Weasels over Syria II" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA9h7LcyzNs)
- The Project Lancaster mod team updates progress on their DCS Lancaster Bomber mod
Dynamic flight decks for the LHA-1 USS Tarawa in DCS (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3336674/)
Detailed F10 / Mission Editor Map Symbols (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3322523/)
Practice and Proficiency missions for DCS by =617.Evil= (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3328191/)
SkywardFM has a new entry in their DCS Mission Editor series (https://www.skywardfm.com/content/tags/dcs-world-mission-editor) and congrats to the team over there on their 4th anniversary
Spudknocker unveils his 2024 DCS player survey results (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZSzb8jkCo)

46:33 User Content of the Week


What DCS module was your biggest surprise or most unexpected disappointment (https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/1bu2nbm/most_pleasant_surprise_and_most_unexpected/)

50:27 Simpit Spotlight


u/Scorpiux on r/hotas
(https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1bwc9t6/my_hybrid_cockpit)



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Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 7 April 2024.



Topics include the developer diaries from IL-2 Great Battles and Combat Pilot, an interview with Matt "Wags" Wagner by Casmo, a DCS Q&A about performance, Eagle Dynamics and RAZBAM, Flight Sim Expo 2024 announcements, and a TON of community news!



Timestamps:

00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 11

00:50 The Fly-By


The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less

02:36 Developer News


IL-2 Great Battles Dev Blog #360 (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/346038-dcs-afghanistan-faq/)
Combat Pilot Dev Diary #7 (https://forum.combatpilot.com/topic/48-combat-pilot-developer-diaries/#comment-7823)
Casmo interviews Matt "Wags" Wagner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-aV0Nx1UQ&ab_channel=CasmoTV)
DCS 15th Anniversary Q&A about Performance (https://youtu.be/-DtSJjG61iU?si=M4rqfK5DXSAiJGGQ)
Heatblur releases Episode IV for the upcoming F-4E about the radar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2YY2gQ76cw)
Eagle Dynamics and RAZBAM trade statements

30:31 Hardware News


BlueFinBima releases a tutorial for Helios (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrPPXfd4JlQ)

32:21 Community News


Activities and Seminar schedule announced for Flight Sim Expo 2024 (https://flightsimexpo.com/)
BMS F-15C Takeoff and Landing tutorial by AviationPlus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1NLGM1bAok)
Kneeboard.live is a new user-customizable kneeboard tool for your browser
DCS Tournament by Fox 3 solutions for K9sforWarriors (https://www.fox3ms.com/post/gear-up-aviators-fox3-s-ultimate-dcs-skills-showdown-is-here)
LovoCast has a new podcast for DCS (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaM3Gt2d65_03o1Fn_Ln-8msubRCshn1P)
Apache Hunting Ground mission for DCS (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3336653/)
Squeaky's Training Day for DCS: Normandy 2.0 (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3336653/)
Stormbirds.blog turns 8! (https://stormbirds.blog/2024/04/05/stormbirds-turns-eight/)

51:17 User Content of the Week


Capturing Cockpit Dimensions for your Simpit Needs (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/319159-cockpit-measurement-mod/)

54:20 Simpit Spotlight


u/GT_GhostRider (https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1bsee50/my_setup/)



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Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 30 March 2024.



Topics include the pre-order announcement of the DCS: Afghanistan map, a discussion of "new" games Thunder Helix and Scramble: Battle of Britain, new hardware from Etsy vendor "OnYourTwelve", a DIY ejection seat handle, managing keybinds in DCS with the DCS: Keybinds Manager software, the Flying Tin Cans IL-2 group, how the F-16 RWR works by Aviation Plus and the DCS Web Editor.



Timestamps:

00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 10

02:10 The Fly-By


The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less

03:19 Developer News


DCS: Afghanistan is availabe for pre-order -- READ THE FAQ (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/346038-dcs-afghanistan-faq/)
Indie Spotlight: Thunder Helix (https://t.co/d8Aa1LITfc) with a great write-up from @damsonwastaken
In-development game to watch: Scramble: Battle of Britain (https://shorturl.at/akET8)
Check it out: "Roger Meatball", a free carrier landing simulator (rogermeatball.com)

23:55 Hardware News


OnYourTwelve releases F-14 ACM Panel on Etsy (https://onyourtwelve.etsy.com)
DIY Ejection Seat Handle from Scrhamtek on Cults3D (https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/pull-to-eject-handle-for-flight-simulation)
Virpil announces an Easter Sale (10% off with code EASTER10 through 1 April)
Virpil releases an installation guide for their collective Counter Balance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixbCsz5D6k)

30:18 Community News


Managing keyinds for DCS with the DCS: Keybinds Manager Software (https://github.com/niru-27/DCS-Keybinds-Manager)
The Flying Tin Cans Group for IL-2 Great Battles (https://flyingtincans.com/en/)
How to find more missions/campaigns for DCS (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/)
How does the DCS: F-16 RWR really function by AviationPlus (https://youtu.be/evDemqQufVY)

45:20 User Content of the Week


DCS Web Editor (https://dcs-web-editor.github.io/dcs-web-viewer-deploy/)

49:47 Simpit Spotlight


u/HuncyTheHuncher https://www.youtube.com/@Hunchy_TheSimGamer



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