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Originally Posted by IceFire
See but thats not really balancing...balancing implies intent but thats jumping to conclusions.
If what you say is true then its one of several things I can think of off the top of my head:
1) Error in modeling
2) Error in data
3) Data used is correct but for a later model of aircraft than the one/year represented (could be better engine tuning, fuel availability, etc.)
4) Was balanced for some strange reason
To assume balancing implies intent which has not been established. Anyone who is suggesting it is impressing their ideas on the situation.
Furthermore my "grotesque" lack of seeing this has somehow managed to survive years of flying this planeset. As far as I'm concerned I'm always going to outclimb a I-16 Type 24 in a Bf109F-2 in an actual fight.
To be honest I grow frustrated with all of the people who feel their "side" has been wronged (I'm not saying this about you PE_Tihi) and advance only the one cause. There are still problems with every plane on all sides...there were many more problems which have been fixed and nobody cares about the ones that were fixed and fixed well.
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1) Errors in modelling wouldn't last 7 years, and especially not such large ones.
2) Data is very easy to obtain, in Russia especially.
3) I didn't tell you everything- I16 type 24 didn't have cannon armament as portrayed in the game. Types 17 and 27 were cannon armed, but 27 was much heavier because of the cannon. Nevertheless- the plane in game uses the weight numbers of the machinegun armed type 24.
Even if one threw out of the plane the complete armament and everything else a screwdriver can remove, and put in a jockey-sized 50 kg pilot, plane would in all probabbility never reach even 17 m/s
4) Strange reason is supposed to be the predominance of the russian customers in the community in the first years of the game, and balancing the online wars.
What could be the reason for 'balancing' of the japanese planes against US Navy types- beats me.
And about the 109F2... I am afraid you are overly optimistic there. I16 climbs quite a bit faster at low altitudes- take a look at the Il2 Compare..