You can't leave the throttle above 80% for any length of time, otherwise the engine will fry. The one mission where you are forced very much against your will to use the plane won't require any more than that. Just hang out a little west of the city, run the throttle at 80% and have at it. The I-16 won't take many hits, so unless you are an arcade playing weakling, be very cautious about your approach to the bombers. Should you use it in multi (Texroadkill), which you shouldn't (Texroadkill), the same rules apply (Texroadkill) and it will be annihilated by a Spitfire or any other decent plane in seconds (Texroadkill). But, that doesn't mean that you should constantly dive for the ground after taking a single hit from a Spit IX to exploit the "no dumbass penalty" (Texroadkill), then blame it on the plane 6 hours later after an entire room has called you on it and it was pretty obvious you were taking a dive (Texroadkill). Not naming any names, just saying it happens.
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