Black Square has shipped the first update for the Commander 114, about three weeks after the aircraft launched for MSFS 2020 and 2024 on July 29. Rather than just quietly polishing rough edges, this patch reworks a core piece of how the engine behaves.

New fuel injection model — and a new way to start the engine. The Commander now runs a proper Lycoming continuous fuel injection simulation, replacing the old logic. The practical effect: starting procedure has changed. Lycoming engines don't start like the Continentals most payware GA pilots are used to — cranking with the mixture at full rich will likely flood this one. The correct method is to keep the mixture in idle cut-off while cranking, then advance it once the engine catches. If you do flood it, the fix is throttle full forward and roughly 15 seconds of cranking. In-sim checklists have been updated to match.

EDM 800 engine monitor got a real overhaul, not just a bugfix. The lean-of-peak function now properly steps through finding the leanest cylinder first, then the richest, resetting reference temperatures at each stage — giving more realistic fuel flow numbers for both max-power and economy leaning. A peak-hold display was added (hold the LF button to see the captured peak EGT/fuel flow), sample rate during peak-finding doubled to 10Hz, and the on-screen digit font was redone for legibility.

More to notice on the ground. Magneto checks are more meaningful now: each magneto drops RPM independently, subtle fouling is detectable through the drop itself (not just an obvious sound cue), and there's a new magneto timing failure with its own audio tell. Cylinder temperatures are also individually varied per aircraft rather than uniform across cylinders.

Turbocharger simulation gained manifold pressure feedback, so pushing the throttle now shows a realistic lag before manifold pressure actually climbs as the turbo spools — and a new turbo bearing failure caps how much boost you can get above ambient pressure.

MSFS 2024 quality-of-life fixes: you can now properly walk out via the wing-walk and climb back in through the pilot's seat, a couple of objects that the 2024 LOD system was aggressively culling have been corrected, and a "Show Copilot from Inside" tablet option that shouldn't have been there in 2024 has been removed.

Smaller fixes worth knowing about: a bug that could stop circuit-breaker-protected failures from triggering at all has been fixed, along with excessive solar heating of the cabin, a gear warning light that wasn't illuminating correctly, and various radio/avionics quirks (ADF acceleration, MX170 nav ident button, RNAV511 waypoint sourcing, voltage-drop audio referencing the wrong nominal voltage). The cloud strobe propeller effect is no longer a toggle — it's just on permanently now.

Version 0.1.1 is available now through Just Flight.