[Boris The Spider]

OK - am getting the hang of this now and have installed a variety of aircraft - starting to find my way around things

Excellent news! Now the fun really begins getting all those mods you've always wanted installed. Soon you will forget what the "old" IL-2 was like.

Now, the new P26 - where does that fit in? As far as I can see all you have to do everything for a "normal" mod but not run the AC Installer. Why then does this work? I thought the latter was crucial?

The current Peashooter uses the Ki-27 FM which is already in the game and therefore already in the AC Installer. As I understand it there will be a completely new Peashooter eventually, then you will need a new AC Installer, perhaps 3.9. When that happens just d/l the new installer and copy/paste the new Buttons file into the folder the current one is in and when asked to replace or overwrite just say yes.