For those who are interested, the Wildcat, as far as I know, is the only type that was used to “pound” another plane out of the sky during WWII. Those hand-cranked landing gear apparently have a dual purpose.
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Thinking of all of the variety of Wilga versions, I’m kind of hoping an FM-2 with the taller tail and more powerful engine is in the mix.
But if it’s not, I’ll still be happy. 
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That’s an excellent book.
I think I have nearly all of his books.
Oh man, that landing gear configuration is going to be murder in the sim. The Spitfire and Corsair have killed me so many times already. I can’t wait to see how tippy that fuselage mount and high CG is. 
I have the AH F3F-2 (“The Flying Barrel”), which has similar fuselage-mounted gear. Landing that one is nowhere near as challenging as the Spitfire or Corsair. It’ll be interesting to see how its big brother performs.
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Most likely that has more to do with the underwhelming AH flight model than with the actual plane. Compared to the Milviz Corsair and the Flying Iron Spitfire everything I have tried from AH was not much more than a pretty toy-plane.
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Perhaps so. I may be in for a rude awakening. 
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Great video including the world’s only airworthy F4F variant Wildcat.
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Really? Really??? You had to make me go wishing somebody would make an F7F, too? When nobody has announced it yet?
You are sooo mean 
sigh
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That’s interesting, the Duckworks DC-3 mod has a manual lever for low/high on the supercharger.
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So does the Blackbird Corsair. If I recall correctly, the AH F3F has manual supercharger control as well. I think I remember the topic being addressed somewhere in the F6F thread - the reason FlyingIron decided to use the automatic option. It had something to do with custom coding being an option, but that it would be unreliable if a sim update broke it. Seeing as how the one in the Corsair has worked fine since it was released, I’d prefer running the risk and being able to have a manual control.
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Sorry to share this affliction I have been dealing with on a daily basis 
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Doesn’t the FlyingIron Spitfire have a manual supercharger Hi/Lo range control too?
The supercharger in the Mk. IX Spitfire was largely automatic and the Flying Iron version models that. Manual operation consisted of a switch to set it at “medium speed” (optimized for 7,000 ft MSL) in case of an overheat - which according to the manual, the FI version will do (though I’ve never tested it). So it’s more like a limiter and less like a true manual two-stage control - which FI hasn’t yet released.
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any landing you can walk away from…
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Great shot! Love the curled prop tips.
Notice you have a modern pilot in there. Knowing that there is only so much you can do, I hope you have a WWII pilot at some point.
It really sells the screenshots, and I think this one is going to be a monster! 
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Crew chief is gonna be maaaaaaaad ….
Stop teasing me and just take my money already!