I work hard to try and keep up with the latest flight sim news but this one I missed. Back on March 20, Jason Williams and the Combat Pilot team provided us with Developer Diary 15 with a look at the float plane A6M2 variant and some other neat details. Lets have a look!
A bit of everything
We’ve got some new images coming out of the Combat Pilot team and one of them is a new variant of the A6M2 Zero that they are working on. The float plane A6M2-N going by the Allied codename of “Rufe” has just had its floats attached. There are other small differences between the standard A6M2 and this one which aren’t in yet but you can see it coming along.
Another project underway is the M3 3-inch anti-aircraft gun used by the Marine Corps crews at Midway. Here we have a video animation showing off its ability to be folded up for travel. Cool!
Another visual project being shown off is the addition of all of the motor launches and rubber boats on the sim’s carriers. Here we’ve got a half dozen images showing off various implementations. Aircraft carriers really are picking up a ton of details!
Other Combat Pilot news
Also part of the last developer diary was word that progress is being made on the physics for the aircraft.
In other development news, we continue to work on our EntropyFM physics and landing gear physics. To land on carriers in a believable fashion you need a realistic physics-based solution.
With so much of this sim focused on carrier aviation, this seems like a good thing for them to spend some development time on. They also are working on the gun and ammo system for the sim and future updates will give us more details there.
Also wanted to mention that Combat Pilot has been confirmed for FSExpo 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. The latest version of Combat Pilot will be there for people to try out!
Finally, the Combat Pilot 2025 Wall Calendars are still available for $9.99 USD.
For the rest, check out the latest developer diary!
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