Interesting interview with Tony Belas on the Delta/Alpha Wolves:
1) Red Wolf design had been taken pretty much as far as it could be taken design-wise by Daystate;
2) Delta Wolf was developed to allow Daystate to take electronic gun control further;
3) Truly unfortunate that DW was launched right when COVID lockdowns hit. This (designers out of the office, etc.) slowed the continuing development of the DW platform for about a year after its launch;
4) In the last year, DW development had gotten back up to speed with improvements to the hardware & software, user capability to update firmware, etc.;
5) So now was the time to launch the Alpha Wolf, with all of the updates which had been implemented for DW (and are now available for older production DW's too);
6) AW is a "DW in different clothes";
7) While skeleton, 'black gun' style guns are the most popular format in the U.S. (according to Tony), they are not as popular in other markets (e.g.: UK), where more traditional looks are preferred. Hence the Delta Wolf was put into more traditional clothes, creating the Alpha Wolf.
8) Alpha Wolf, Delta Wolf and Red Wolf will be side-by-side-by-side in the range - none are going away. Most development efforts will be going into the AW and DW as the newest guns in the lineup. But hints given that maybe it is now time for a little more software development for the RW in the future.
I don't think that the cantilever scope mounting rail will be a real world issue. From a design and engineering perspective, cantilevers can be very strong & rigid. Why did Daystate use it? Likely for appearance. They also have plenty of experience with it from previous guns like Pulsar. It also will save just a little bit of weight.
I'm certain that folks will start designing and 3D printing a forward support post for the cantilever scope mount. And some of those will sell as some folks will convince themselves that they are necessary (and hey, it is another accessory I can buy and put on my airgun).
I do hope that Daystate eventually creates and sells a walnut stock for the AW (assuming that I will ever find the 'need' to have a $3,400 air gun). The red lam stocks are cool and all, but some like me actually prefer the little more conservative look of a less flashy wood stock.
The interview with Tony is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPswrWzmTDg