Flight Modeling vs. Flight Handling.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Codex

No two engines were ever identical. In particular the power output and emissions they produced where all different. While they were within tolerances and differences were very marginal, there were differences non the less.

Right.

And it's those differences that can account for differences in performance.

The point I was trying to make is that people should stop using the term "identical" when really they mean "similar". Because if they were identical, they wouldn't have differences.