The version 2 update for FlyingIron Simulations Spitfire is well underway and the developer has recently released new screenshots showing off the impressively detailed cockpit of the iconic British fighter. Let’s have a look at that and recap some details around this upgrade.
New visuals
Previously known as only a Spitfire IX release for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, the 2024 update from FlyingIron Simulations a bit more than that as the developer’s November 9th update indicates.
Spitfire V2 incorporates a Spitfire Mark.IX LF with C wing, E wing, and clipped wing variants of both. FlyingIron are using the new CFD flight model to ensure that the different variants feel different to fly with the reduced wingspan changing the handling characteristics of the airplane.
It also now will feature the Spitfire VIII, a similar yet distinct variant, with a unique cockpit layout, wing tanks and fuel transfer system, retractable tailwheel, and a Standard Beam Approach receiver. Here’s how it works:
Tune it to a runway’s ILS frequency and you’ll hear dots on one side of the beam, dashes on the other and a steady note when you’re on the centreline. There’s no glideslope and no needles to follow, so you’ll be flying the whole approach by ear!
Super cool!
It will also feature a Spitfire Mark.XVI with its Packard Merlin 266. Although many were visually virtually identical to their Spitfire Mark.IX counterparts, FlyingIron are representing a late model E-wing with bubble canopy, rear fuselage tanks, and a gyro gunsight.
Not done yet. One more model is planned with a Floatplane Mark IX derived modification also on offer!
The included EFB will let you configure the airplane the way you’d like it to be setup. Three types of Slipper Tank (30, 45 and 90 gallon), 500lb bomb, two wing 250lb bombs, or Barrel of Beer (a real modification by the way) are optional. The developer says that seat armour, wartime radio, oxygen, and fuel tanks can all be configured. The bombs will also reportedly be functional with more details to come on that.
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