Hi Dave, and thank you very much!
Did this beta flight in FSX Acceleration.
Left the glass as downloaded, no visibility issues apart from a bit of reflection from those multiple flat side panes.
Love the engine sound.
Visually excellent.
Rudder is ineffective at low speed, but that stands to reason, needs plenty of RPM to steer when taxying.
All the flying surfaces move nicely, and the animated rear gun is delightful to watch.
Plenty of engine power.
Far more aerobatic than I expected from a dive bomber, loops and rolls too easily, but my only real life experience was in a Chipmunk flown by an RAF pilot, so what would I know?
Animated bomb cradle and dropping both worked well.
The gun button needs some kind of tweak; pressed it briefly, the gun flashes illuminated the cockpit, but were about ten feet above and below the airframe, and would not stop until switched off with the "i" button. No gun sound, no tracer visible.
Landing lights; seems stbd comes on with nav lights and both when landing light switched on with CTRL L, is this intentional?
If this was my model
I'd be very happy with its progress.
Thanks again, my hero!
