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Old 10-05-2012, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by flyingblind View Post
Very interesting. One point which might be worth considering is whether the real life weight includes a pilot. If not then the game weight would need to be a little heavier to allow for this although you would be unlikely to have a 700lb guy sat in the seat!
Pilot is part of service load and included. It should still be noted that wartime tare figures and in game tare figure have little in common, what one has to look for is that fully loaded planes in game and real life have the same weight, and that usables like fuel and ammo correspond to historical figures. Empty weight historically, depending on air force and time, sometimes does not include guns, radio, armour and other things like survival gear, flares, gunsights, guncams, oxygen equipment etc., while in game it does.
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