FM and real flight

[Sternjaeger II]

I doubt that CoD will ever be as open source as X-Plane, but I wish I was proven wrong at some point!

I have to admit I haven't paid much attention to X-Plane, it doesn't deliver quite the punch that I was hoping for..

Turbulence seems good though, but we had that in IL-2 as well!

[BP_Tailspin]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

..that was the whole point: J-F's opinion was based on his impression, not facts, and something as simple as adjusting your control sensitivity can do the trick..

to me, a statement that is not supported by facts is random like any other statement..

so if you say "I think the behaviour in this specific aspect is wrong because I have this RAF report/pilot note/physics formula to support my theory then we can discuss it, but if you say because it doesn't seem realistic to me/because in the movies they're different/because Elvis told me so then you can appreciate that it's yet another waste of forum space.

The programmers read books, pilot reports, pilot notes, and whatever they can to research WW2 aircraft performance data; I hope you didn't think all the programmers were WW2 Pilots and Mechanics!

They do lots of mathematical calculations to determine the flight and damage models that they feel will represent the aircraft. But in the end they take an educated guess which is just fine, it’s the only choose they have.

We offer our "opinion's" after buying the game and then they adjust the FM and DM from time to time. They would never need to adjust the FM and DM if they only used "the facts" but as we all know patch after patch mod after mod they do adjust the FM and DM and everything else.

Its all good ... have some faith in Oleg and his team.