However, the most important feature to mention in our update and one that has been long awaited, is the one regarding SPO-10 “Sirena 3-M” Radio Warning Receiver update. This important system along with the small indicating device placed in the cockpit, is responsible for indicating the relative direction of radar emission that is originating from ground, naval or airborne sources pointed in the Fishbed’s direction. This device has been plagued with an issue preventing it from providing the pilot information about the direction of a threat radar emission.

We are happy to inform you that with one of the upcoming open beta updates, an adjusted SPO-10 system will be released. Though this does not come without a quirk. Our very limited capabilities to test such features in a closed test server environment, precluded its in-depth testing. To speak more simply, we would like to ask you for help in testing it. Since only in an open environment with multiple targets creating radar emissions, we can fully test the feature. Thus, we kindly ask you to provide any feedback in the form of bug reports and post it into our bug tracker: https://leatherneck-sim.mantishub.io

The SPO-10 update will be released in a very unique manner. In the Main Menu, upon entering the Settings tab specific to MiG-21bis module, you will now find a new option labeled as “Experimental Features” which upon activating, will switch to an updated SPO-10 version. Users who do not wish to participate in this, should leave it unchecked, which will basically allow them to use the current and default version of the SPO-10. This way we can ensure that users experience will not be harmed in any way, while we can gather all the necessary feedback and fine tune it for the permanent release.