[BillSwagger]

Okay, so the IL-2 aircraft which are modeled by factory/test pilot data should demand the same data in independent tests where possible. This will reveal how accurate the flight models of IL-2 are to the same data, but only if a computational average is taken of many identical tests of the same aircraft.

I would add a sort of checks and balances needs to take place if the end goal is historical accuracy.

Say, for example, after determining a computational average and deciphering whats the real performance, you design a few models around that data.

In theory, it should simulate the behavior of the aircraft. Now what if you have 20 combat reports and 10 of them say something different than what is being depicted in game? Example, if the combat reports show plane A repeatedly catching up or out running plane B in level flight and your models in game aren't doing this, how do you resolve that issue?

Combat reports have no scientific weight, and i can understand the bias behind it because the guy that survives the fight is usually the one that gets to tell the tail.

There are also many reasons Plane A could still catch plane B in level flight, because of engine troubles, energy from a dive, and perceptions or misconceptions from the pilot.

If you are able to identify a significant portion of combat reports that show commonalities that reach beyond these sort of specifics, why should they not be considered?
Obviously, the problem would be converting a combat report into a scientific method, and the number of reports that show a commonality would have to reach beyond a handful of reports that don't appear to be biased or resolved by the conditions above.
The problem for science here is that its too subjective, but i think methods could be devised to make it more objective. I still carry the opinion that combat reports do mean something.

In relation to the Spitfire, it just seems like the in game model does it all. So i start to ask myself, what were its limitations. And if it had no limitations why use planes like P-40s or Tempests, Mustangs, P-39s. They were replacing Spitfire units with P-47s as backwards as that sounds. I know that's not good enough reason to not make an accurate model, but consider the things a realism search hasn't answered.







Bill