Mitsubishi Stuka and Thunderbolt

[The_WOZ]

Let me put it this way, without these pseudo random numbers every single hit would knock out the engine, break controls, set fires, tear wings, etc, every single time

And no, the game doesn't call a special "letsporkthep47.rnd()" function, it uses de very same random number generator for the whole game. So by your logic the entire game is wrong

Also look at the size of the R-2800 distributors in this picture, each is as big as an human head.



Now, I'm not claiming that the damage model is perfect as it is, and I don't fly the P-47 so I can only tell what I have seen when flying against it online.
I would expect the engine to be somewhat more fragile, given the complex instalation with the turbocharger on the belly and all the plumbing it needs. But still it shouldn't have more probability to seize than the F6F or F4U.

Personally I wouldn't guide by getting the engine killed on a single hit by AI, it always had that supernatural hability to do tremendous damage with few rounds.

I have the same problem with the Hs-129 and AAA, it would aim directly to the engines and knock them down on a single hit, rarely it hits other thing that the very precise spot that kills the engines.