Polikarpov I-16 Stalling?

[fuzzychickens]

I'll answer this.

The I-16 uses a carburator and in service it had problems with negative G's choking the supply of fuel to the engine.

This was modelled in IL2 and apparently made the transition to BOP.

So basically, don't push FOWARD on the stick for extended periods, instead roll you plane over so you don't pull neg-Gs.

Also, since this is realistically modelled, you have an excellent escape method against I-16s if you are in a fuel injected plane, just do a slow negative-G dive then roll into a immelman - the I-16 will have to either roll and follow (you get extra separation while he does this) or he'll try neg_G and his engine will cut and you have an easy kill.

Someone should sticky info on this so people don't think this is a bug in the game.