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Originally Posted by ElAurens
Insuber, you know better sir.
The only aircraft that currently hit their real world numbers, or even come close are the Hurricane and the Spitfire IIa, and in the case of the IIa it doesn't really matter because no one will put it in a plane set.
Even the lowly Fiat G.50 cannot hit even it's pathetic real world performance.
This isn't a Red vs. Blue thing, even though there are those that are trying very hard to make it that.
It's about having a simulation that actually simulates the real world performance of the aircraft involved as accurately as possible.
Give the planes their real numbers and let the chips fall where they may.
That is all that should matter.
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El,
My dear friend, why do you think that I disagree with your statements about having an accurate sim, or the impartial nature of FM flaws? The "maybe" in my post was real irony, since I have not seen yet a single test for any CoD plane vs. the historical performance. If you have them I will be glad to give them a thorough read.
Among my many defects, I'm a rationalist and I use to run away from qualitative statements, as it is saying that A is undermodelled or B is overmodelled.
On the other hand we can comfortably say that the Hurri has a speed and climb advantage on the Emil, which was not the case back in 1940.
We can also say that the Emil can continue to fly without 2/3 of the right wing, as it happened to me last week on ATAG. And also that full speed dives on the Emil followed by a strong stick pull never do the slightest damage to the frame. And you can list many other flaws. Therefore, in this complete FM mess, I would be *very* surprised that the Hurri or any other plane is "close" to the real performances, in terms of climb rate, ceiling, top speed, stall speed, Vne, turn rate etc.
Ah btw I couldn't care less about the "blue vs red" thing.
have fun,
Insuber