As have I, friend.  But also being from an IT/Development background myself, I also understand that sometime the biggest irritating factors are indeed the easiest to fix... but they must wait for a greater release because of testing or other issues which may or may not be a factor with that smaller issue.  So I really think this is a good thing, to have one big patch than having to install 1000 small patches, which if installed in the wrong order (or if one is skipped) could cause a major nightmare for the end user (and for CS support!)

For the record, the VSI on the 727 doesn't read direct from the static ports, like it would in a light aircraft.  It does read from the static system, but according to the systems manual also:


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These instruments differ from a conventional vertical speed instrument by the addition of two accelerometers which generate pressure differences whenever there is a change in the normal acceleration of the airplane.

I think the issue is not necessarily in the static reading, but in the code that emulates those accelerometers.  My suspicion is that the code is accidentally working against the static air, and not with it, but I don't have the code to compare, and really don't care to violate the "reverse engineering" clause of every license agreement in existence to find out. :)

It will come.  They're under serious pressure from users like us to make it happen.  Just sit tight and make believe that you have less thrust than you do and that your VSI works.  The rest of the plane is still quite accurate in most regards.  8-)