After a (sadly unsurprising) number of comments taking issue with the long time it takes to retract the gear (as if we were all super humans who bench press a cathedral of nuns every day for 12 hours - these comments haven’t been made on these forums by the way - only very positive responses!), as well as the difficulty in checking and maintaining fuel levels on the ground resulting in poor ground handling, i have bitten the bullet… to some extent…I have just produced and uploaded a ‘simplification’ modification on flightsim.to to take out some of the more challenging aspects of flying a vintage endurance racing aircraft and make it easier for those casual fliers looking for a quick thrill in the skies! While i do so regrettably, hopefully this will appease those who were wanting something more like the comics, stories and artwork of the period suggest!
Luckily for the majority of you - i refuse to turn this into an arcade project to satisfy those who want to jump in, fly round big ben twice and land within 15 minutes! I will stick to my guns on my main upload of the aircraft itself and continue to improve it’s realism (probably to a limited extent for the freeware in the end however - sorry, but i really want this to succeed… and sadly it won’t end up cheap for me, but i will endeavor to make it cheap for all you!).
Keep on crashin’,
~Shepbur
Edit: As an aside, i’ve been loving the videos i’ve spotted of her on youtube thus far!