@ WTE_Galway
First of all you are preoccupied by saying that "the users only copy FM data to create a new one".
Which is wrong. In the beggining, 2 years ago it was the truth, but now, it is not. Them more the people dig in the "code", the most accurate FMs they produce and it applies to every aspect of game.
And you take for granted that game's data in every aspect is "correct", or "balanced", etc...
While you can only "speculate" these things, i can talk with absolute values.
A VERY small sample from the bombs
Compare the FAB500 and SC500 Iron Bombs:
__________________Fab1000___________SC1000
Effective Radius___500 m ___________168 m
Weight of HE_______555 kg___________630 kg
Weight of Bomb___1000 kg__________1090 kg
And now lets see the 1 ton iron bombs, the last example:
FAB1000
And compare it with the German 1 ton
SC1000
__________________Fab1000___________SC1000
Effective Radius___500 m ___________168 m
Weight of HE_______555 kg___________630 kg
Weight of Bomb___1000 kg__________1090 kg
Now this does explain some issues in the game, doesn't it ? A lot of people had the "feeling" of being inneffective when they bombed targets, but they did not have the solid data to argue or support their "feeling". If they had this i would say they would have an argument, wouldn't they?
And we are talking for bombs having the Same KGs, they belong to the same "family" (iron bombs) and used for the same general purpose.
So the data are absolute. The numbers are absolute.
There are litterally dozens of things like this. So if someone put more appropriate data would this be a bad biased "hack"? And if so, then what can be said about the game's data?
And believe me if i start with the air cannons and Mgs.....
Cheers
P.S.
And because someone here talked about Pylon weights;
ALL the following Pylons have ZERO Weight on plane:
PylonRO_82_1
PylonRO_82_3
PylonPE8_FAB100
PylonPE8_FAB250
PylonMG15120Internal
The 4 of them are Russian Bomb and Rocket Pylons and the other is the German MG151/20 Internal cannon firing through the wing root.
The Dual pylon of MG151/20 (
PylonMG15120x2) weights 450 kilos.
And all there rest weight 150 kilos y default.
The TD Changed in 4.09m the rest pylons weight that instead of 150kg they weight 15 kg.
Judge for yourself. That practically means that it is adviasable to take Rockets on Russian fighters because there is no penalty for added drag, since it is 0.
And weight here mainly means Drag!