DCS: AH-64D 30mm chain gun video

A short new video for the DCS: AH-64D is out and it’s focused entirely on the M230 30mm chain gun. Let’s have a look. Animation, detail, effect The new video seems to be showing off a few key components of the weapon. This isn’t a tutorial video but rather a bit of a feature showcase….

New videos for Just Flight’s PA-28 Arrow III for MSFS

A couple of new videos have come out about Just Flight’s in-house developed PA-28R Arrow III for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Let’s have a look at the latest! Sounds, visuals on display Screenshots are great but a video is often worth so much more and in this case it really is as we get a good…

Just Flight’s new video for PA-28R Arrow III for Flight Simulator

Just Flight’s PA-28R Arrow III is not new territory for the creators at this veteran third party aircraft maker. The PA-28 Arrow III has shown up in a variety of sims previously and each time Just Flight has been given high marks for their attention to detail in all respects. They have been working hard…

New spotting videos from IL-2’s Jason Williams

The 1CGS team continues to work hard on an issue that has bugged a great many of us in IL-2: Great Battles – aircraft spotting. Some improvements to this feature are on the way and three new videos are showing off what the revised system is looking like with the new haze features working as…

Video of IL-2's updated damage model, insights into next steps

The 1CGS team is moving from their usual offices to work from home and that means that the usual Developer Diary update is not happening this week, however, Jason Williams had something else in mind anyways. We’ve got a great new video showing off the latest build of the IL-2 and the update to the…

DCS: Supercarrier preview video looks awesome!

A new video from Eagle Dynamics is showing us our first look at DCS: Supercarrier in motion and it’s awesome! Supercarrier in action! The 2-minute video give us a good look at the carrier, deck operations, some brief looks at some of the carriers stations, and plenty of sequences showing off the deck crew animations….

Quick Takes video series experiment

I’m trying a new type of video series on my YouTube channel called the “Stormbird Quick Takes” where I capture a short clip of gameplay from a recent flight in DCS, IL-2 or any other sim I might be checking out and put that together into a very short cinematic. I’ve got two clips to…

IL-2 patch 3.001 video round-up

You guys asked for it and here we go with a video round-up featuring some of the latest video clips put out  by the IL-2 community in the days following the release of patch 3.001 and IL-2: Battle of Kuban. Aircraft focused Most of the new videos coming out right now are multiplayer gaming with…

Great MiG-29 gameplay from Ralfi’s Alley

I’ve been a fan of the MiG-29 since I first read about it. It, and the Hornet, are some of my favourite fourth gen fighter jets in terms how they look. So when I see some good MiG-29 DCS gameplay on YouTube I get pretty excited to watch. Ralfi’s Alley is a great collection of…