24.01.2008, 18:14
High Plains Drifter Wrote:I have a feeling oleg uses some kind of aerodynamics software program to get a lot of estimations on his fm's. He has mentioned this a few times over the years. Only trouble is a lot of planes don't perform like they were estimated too even by the original designers.
He does get a few planes spot on. These are a joy to fly. 8)
The flight behaviour is calculated on the fly. It is much more sophisticated than just producing turnrate vs. speed vs. altitude tables.
One should never jump to conclusions
Remember the complaints about the P-47 climb rate a couple of years back? After several long threads someone posted a document that showed people were using references that stated the instantaneous rate of climb figures and comparing them to continuous climbs to altitude in game. If you used actual figures for extended climbs with an open radiator Oleg's sim matched perfectly.
Regarding Veteran's accounts: one Soviet ace is convinced to this day that an I-16 was about as fast (or faster) than a Bf-109. He not only engaged in combat but scored victories in that aircraft...
So, no Oleg didn't make massive changes to the FW-190 (just tweaked stall effects at one point), we simply got better at flying her.