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The Zipfile in this thread contains a PDF with detailed BOP aircraft test data concerning turns, rolls, climbs, dives and the maximum speed of 20 BOP aircraft and additionally also some comparative historical data on these 20 aircraft as well as remarks and conclusions. This BOP test data sheds some light on the in-game strengths and weaknesses of the 20 BOP aircraft tested which is especially useful for online BOP play.

I have conducted detailed tests with 20 aircraft in IL-2 BOP XBOX 360 single player training and also in mock combat tests in XBOX LIVE BOP online with various virtual pilots on my friends list in order to create the aircraft test data PDF list. Personally I believe that the real life aircraft that are on this test data list were all GREAT combat aircraft in their own right with little to choose between them. The real life aircraft of course were not used in this test and are not the issue, instead the performance of their virtual counterparts in BOP was tested which is something quite different.

I have to say that IL-2 BOP is unique in that it is the only console WWII air combat simulator which in itself is a feat. Next to that it is no overstatement to state that it is overall a good game and basically a good simulator with good graphics at that. Both the online multiplayer and the single player BOP experience are also decent and the main single player extras that one might find wanting for are a single player mission/campaign creator and a single player German/axis campaign.

The BOP aircraft tests have yielded some remarkable results. As with all tests there is room for varied test interpretation and for error in testing as well, therefore all remarks and general conclusions will remain open for personal interpretation. Of course there are also many more altitudes and speeds which have not been included in the tests, this notwithstanding the list supplies interesting data on BOP virtual aircraft performance which is useful when playing BOP online.

The results of the tests concluded so far however SEEM to indicate at best a combination of some unhistorical and/or incorrect aircraft data/performance at work in BOP resulting in selective historically incorrect/unbalanced online BOP aircraft performance, or at worst an unethical selective aircraft performance unbalance by design. However, what SEEMS to be the case based on testing might not be how it actually is, so it is impossible to be certain of the true causes of the selective aircraft performance unbalances either way.

In any event: enjoy the test data!

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EDIT: 08.10.2009 LATEST UPDATE <------------------------------------ !!!

NEW DATA AVAILABLE !!!

I downloaded the BOP DLC and was interested to find out how the P47D and Ta 152 H-1 were modeled in BOP, so I performed some tests on them and included them on the list of 20 BOP aircraft that I had already tested. Next to that I have noticed some discussions/questions on BOP aircraft characteristics by new forum members and also the on-going discussions on BOP aileron and elevator sensitivity issues. Some flight performance data in the – now 22 aircraft – table list may be easier for some to interpret when viewed as CHARTS/GRAPHS instead of numbers, so I therefore included a GRAPHS PDF that also has sensitivity and firepower data not included in the tables.

So therefore I now have included three PDF (zip)files:

1. Version 1.1 of the – now 22 aircraft - BOP aircraft test data list PDF (now incl. P47D and Ta 152 H-1).

2. A CHARTS/GRAPHS PDF with graphs on the 22 tested BOP aircraft turn, roll, speed, climb, dive, nominal FIREPOWER data and also SUGGESTED aileron/elevator SENSITIVITY settings.

3. A sensitivity setting (Ta 152 H-1) test report PDF which supplies data on the effects of lower and higher aileron/elevator sensitivity settings on turn, roll, climb, dive etc. in combination with speed and flap settings.