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I agree with nearmiss, the fist and most important issue in FM is to find and agree on the best A/C specs and then stick to the agreed to A/C specs unless a better more accurate spec is found and agreed to use.

Then the FM software uses the the A/C spec data. If you find a FM issue you can not assume it is the A/C spec data. The objective is to fly accurate FM (based mostly on pilot reports, test reports, and old problem reports) using many A/C specs with one integrated FM software package.

This is a very tough debugging and analysis problem and often results in player A/C flight opinions that almost all player have with certain A/C (roll rate, speed at specifixc altitudes, dive speed, climb speed, etc. etc.).

The hard working FM engineer must stick by his baseline A/C spec data and try and understand why the A/C is not performing based on old pilot reports and other old A/C testing/problem reports as many "expert Players" complain and give other spec referrences. The job of a FM engineer is never ending with alot of negitive feedback.

The AI is clearly dependent on the A/C FM with respect to AI quality and performance.