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Originally Posted by IceFire
They likely can... I think the bigger issue with that is that the P-38 wasn't the only temperamental aircraft in the lineup. If one aircraft's reliability quirks are modelled than the whole lineup should get the same treatment. Not a small job by any means and somewhat more subjective and difficult to get right than the massive work done to add specific G load tolerances per plane for example.
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Good point IceFire! Now I do not know what the life expectancy of IL-2 1946 is given that a whole new generation of games like ClOD and BOM is being developed. But modeling aircraft so that they show more of their true "personalities" is exactly the sort of thing that stimulates me as an aviation historian and would keep me coming back to play again and again with renewed interest in whatever time we have left with this platform. I do not know how long the process of upgrading aircraft flight models to include more of their fundamental personality quirks would take, it is certainly a much bigger job than I initially assumed; however, getting closer to the technical reality of flying these beautiful but deadly mechanical beasts fascinates me. Selfish perhaps, but I am as entitled to my preferences as anyone else, right?
Learning about the frightful problems encountered with Hawker Typhoons, p-38's and b-29's makes the accomplishments of the men and women who built, flew, maintained and modified them to win battles seem that much greater to me. The b-29, rushed into production with little time to mature, for example had many, many problems including engines that tended to burn with alarming frequency. However, it is also perhaps the greatest plane of the war, faults and all, because it was used to successfully accomplish what no other could do - it ended things.