Another milestone has been surmounted as DCS World third party developer OctopusG announces that the DCS: La-7 has had its flight model approved by Eagle Dynamics.
Flight model and next steps
DCS: La-7 has been in the works for quite a while as developer OctopusG started teasing the project back in October 2020. Fast forward five years later and the aircraft is taking another step forward.
After thorough refinement, the flight model of the “Lavochka” has received approval from ED. The required content for the module’s early access release is currently in preparation.
The developer’s periodic short updates has kept us apprised of the project and a series of videos have been showing off the aircraft’s abilities as well as how to operate it.
We had a hydraulics video released about 8 months ago.
And another video showed off how to employ the aircraft in the attack role.
Go back further and a short video showing off a work in progress start-up was presented.
One step away
In December, the developer reported that they were just one step away from the finish line and it does appear that they have either crossed or are about to cross it.
We can call the past year a time of refining the DCS: La-7 module to meet ED’s strict standards, aiming to deliver an iconic virtual aircraft of the highest quality. And we can confidently say that we are just one step away from the finish line.
The remaining items are likely to be things like instant action missions, an icon for the ED GUI, wallpaper background, or other items. Those are speculation only but seem like something that you’d put together nearing the end of a project like this.
I’ve been known to be wrong but this does sound like release is going to be sooner than later though in DCS terms that may well mean a springtime launch or beyond. We’ll have to see how quickly these final todo items are completed.
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