LW VS VVS PLANES at 4.10

[DKoor]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

As you can probably tell by my sig pic, I am a huge fan of the Curtiss Hawk series of fighters.

The Hawk 81 through 87 series (P40 to P 40N) were robust aircraft which made them very well suited to the fighter/bomber role that they eventually fell into. The Allison V-1710 12 cylinder engine was probably the toughest inline engine of the war. So much so that even today, the unlimited class air racers that run Merlin engines almost all use the connecting rods from the Allison V-1710 because they are so much stronger than the Rolls-Royce rods are.

Do we see this reflected in the sim?

Hardly.

One rifle caliber hit ahead of the leading edge of the wings and the engine is either stopped instantly, or barely able to make power above idle speed.

And the airframe itself leaves something to be desired. The wings are pretty strong, but fuselage hits always cut multiple control cables (true for many types in game and no doubt reflects the 9 year old+ game engine).

Sorry, I can't stop myself when it comes to my favorite aircraft of all time.

This game is quite funny TBH... in one hand you have aircraft such is LaGG, Fulmar, FW-190 and some others which can soak up tons of LMG ammo directly in prop/engine and still spinning, and on the other hand you have P-40, P-51, Bf-109 and others, which, if you sneeze harder in their engine it seizes at best and will set on fire/explode in few sec in worst case scenario.

It wouldn't bother me really if the difference isn't this huge.

BTW send me some of whatever the topic starter is on, I could use some .