There is a solution to hold cheaters back.
We have an example of similar problem, arised in spacesim Freelancer (2003 year game, same year as Forgotten Battles out
), which now have community similar to Il-2, more RPG oriented though. There are many Freelancer servers online now, some of them with ~100 ppl online in prime time.
http://www.freelancerserver.de/topservers.htm
There are many mods was made for Freelancer, some of them just cheats and some added great content, to avoid mod-abuse there was implemented anticheat system -- FLCD, made by independent devs --
http://www.flcd.de.vu/ -- which monitor consistency of Il-2 during play.
If someone will make similar anti-cheat system for Il-2, to sort out cheats and "wrong" mods (obviously, Il-2 development will continue with help modders of course) this would be great!