Once upon a time, this was my magnum opus.

This was the culmination of all that I had accomplished in this game.

This was almost everything I'd done and learned all compressed into a single airframe.

Then, it didn't happen.

I had issues (apparently unsolvable) with Reshade, so felt it'd be wasted posting without proper screenshots.

I put it off.

Now, the aircraft is outdated. It has several flaws, obsolete methods, and a myriad of others issues I'm sure I've long since forgotten.
Someday, I'll complete it.

Or so I tell myself.

Out of fear of ruining what I'd already accomplished, I never so much as nudged it. What you see is exactly as I first shared with my closest friends for feedback 1.3 years ago. It is identical - after all, it's a direct download; the original file, as well as any changes it may or may've not had, were lost when Steam annihilated everything months ago.

Well, why wait any longer?

This aircraft isn't complete. Nowhere near complete. It's not my magnum opus, rather it is a memorial to my work ethic and dedication: something which doesn't exist.

This post isn't real, you're not seeing it. The Archfiend, the great aerial power of Graingy, has never seen the light of day.

Step into a dream, my dream, of a year and a half ago when I thought I had what it takes to bring Graingy's greatest to the world of SimplePlanes. Feel what I felt, and pick apart what I built. See my failures on full display, for there is no other aspect under which they can hide.

Imagine the Archfiend as it could've been.

As it never was.

Finally, I am free.