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Originally Posted by zipper
Over the years I've had the opportunity to fly a number of aircraft types that were available with different engines and, consequently, weights, and while I would agree that what you say is correct in specific detail it's been my impression that planes retain their basic personalities regardless of the engines of varying power that they have. I wouldn't use the current aircraft to define the types flight model in game but I wouldn't dismiss the general characteristics of the same planes out of hand, either.
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WW2 fighter aircraft would have been flown past thier recommended flight envelope in combat, this is the difference between flying within the recommended safety specifications and fighting for your life not caring what your putting the engine and airframe through.
At these extremes, weight and power are going to make a difference in the way the aircraft performs, these aircraft being referred to (Mig3 I-16) are simply flying museums and not in thier original combat formats and can never be taken to thier original combat performance outputs, so there should be no comparison, nice video and good to see them flying but data from those aircraft should be kept in perspective regarding historical performance and current build specification.
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