[PeterD]

the 262 HG is realiable, just don't slam the throttle! as long as you increase/decrease progressivaly you should be fine until someone shoots ur engine . if that happens just turn the smoked engine off, put the nose slightly down and if you cruise at around 350mph or more it shouldnt explode, itll just start burning then the flames will stop and so on, until you land, which i recommend to get the hell out of the plane or hit refly as soon as its stopped because at slow speeds it tends to explode.

dunno i personally never exploded by a damaged engine unless i was blown up when the engine was hit. i think the go229 is the same, not sure tho.