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Originally Posted by Doktorwzzerd
From the Wikipedia article on War Emergency Power:
War Emergency Power (WEP) is an American term for the throttle setting on some World War II military aircraft engines. For use in emergency situations, it produced more than 100% of the engine's normal rated power for a limited amount of time, often about five minutes.[1][2] Similar systems used by non-US forces are now often referred to as WEP as well, although they may not have been at the time.
Apparently WEP actually is realistic, because whats in the game sounds remarkably like this description.
Also yeah your're sooooo much better than us for teaching stall recovery. Hope you feel like a big tough Canadian man 
I'm just kidding but really? I don't fly, but its hard to believe someone could possibly get a pilot's license in the US without having been taught how to recover from a stall. |
For the commercial license you need it for sure. In Europe it's not allowed, so we don't get to practice it. I did because I flew gliders, but that's it. In the gliders I flew you also had to leave ailerons neutral. So either the planes of WWII needed aileron input as well, or it's just to not make it too easy to get out of a spin. In RL it's tough enough, but in a game it seems easy just to put one joystick to the left/right, and that's it. That might be the reason. I do know you can get out of a spin in-game just using the rudder. This is easier since you won't get into another spin as fast after you've recovered.