BoB Spitfire 100 Octane fuel

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by klem

I can't really comment on the SpitII except to say that when I did some test runs it didn't achieve the max speeds I found on the web. It was quite close but slightly under but it was close enough for me to be happy.
Its probably the most accurately modelled a/c in there.

I wouldn't say it performs like an F16 but if you are comparing it with the 109s you don't, as I understand it, have an accurate 109 to compare it with (yet).

Klem my friend, we agree to disagree

The SpitII is the second most accurately modelled TIE fighter!
(The first one being the infamous LA5-FN Oleg gave us after a patch - which could perform continous loopings until it ran out of fuel).

Easy check: With a SpitII (Immelmann manouver): Full speed level, switch to vertical (3-5g), climb 200-400 meters, switch to level (3-5g) and roll back (head up). Check your speed.

Repeat this with a SpitI


~S~

[phoenix1963]

The good news for the devs ought to be that having a number of tests with different weights and engine outputs, but the same airframe ought to make the fms more accurate.

When in steady state flight like a speed test, the drag cancels the thrust and the lift cancels the weight. Obvious I know, but it makes it hard for the devs to know which bits are right, or whether errors are canceling.

If they match all the tests, they know they have a good model.

Sadly, I don't reckon this will happen in the next patch. Ilya mentioned something about FUTURE fm development as if the staff had left or were working on other things.

@Grathos - as Talisman says, we want accurate fms, not improvements for one side, and- yes- the 109s are too slow.

56RAF_phoenix