Simworks Studios Van's RV-8 released

Say John, just out of curiosity, have you figured out if all those tiny scratches are baked into the main textures or do they use an overlayed tiled detail texture?
The scratches are all on the green channel of the complete map textures.
 
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And another military inspired RV-8 livery :)

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Download: flightsim.to
 
A guy name Kevin Horton has a very good RV-8 POH available on-line (I just down loaded it). He is a test pilot in the RW, so his POH is full of great information.

So I went to search for Kevin's POH and I found a pic of his plane... I didn't find the PDF (just a TeX source file, of all the weird things, on Github). But wow, I hope someone does this scheme, the Golden Hawks paint looks awesome on it!
 

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The little RV-8 is also quickly becoming my favourite, neat little plane up for everything. :)

Working on the PH-KLM, the only RV-8 stationed in the Netherlands at the moment.

Marcel
 
I received notice of an update to the RV-8 yesterday, but haven't installed it yet. Planning on doing it today. (Using the news as an opportunity to bump the -8 to the top!)

[Edit] I installed the revision and went for a short flight. I could not find a revisions file, so it is unlikely that I've noticed many of the changes. I only flew the 3 blade analog version. The plane is still silky smooth in flight (like the RW model in smooth air). I noticed that the white arch on the airspeed indicator has been extended to 100...good. I still think too much power is needed during the approach and landing, but my new winwing rudder pedals make directional control MUCH easier. (The new rudder pedal are stupendous....just like the other winwing controls I have.)

If anybody knows where I can find a revision list I would appreciate it. Regards .
 
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From SWS Discord:

-Canopy is less reflective-Removed duplicate stick geometry-
Added LED floodlights to the steam cockpit-
Improved the AP backlighting-
Fixed gyro drift-
Added backlighting to glass cockpit switches-
Fixed flickering decals-
Forced autopilot to be visible in MP/AI planes-
Forced registration to be hidden in MP/AI planes-
Fixed flickering labels in steam cockpit-
Changed aerobatic smoke opacity-
Aerobatic smoke supply can last up to 10 minutes.-Fixed missing radios from G3X
 
Where do I find the update? I've checked the SWSDiscord site and flightsim dot to but saw nothing.
 
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