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why? Animation isn't done in 3d.

Tell that to Pixar

For IL2, it may not be done IN max, but you still need to figure out IF IT WILL FIT, and make sure to get all the pivot points in place. Honestly, I never did any animations for any of my IL2 aircraft, I left that to Oleg's team, but it still needs to fit. And why not animate it? In FS2004 and FSX, all animations are done in 3DS.

BTW, these tutorials are for all modelers, but aimed at flight sim in general.