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Cute but utterly pointless. Research aircraft aren't sent into combat. Bizarre isn't it? Ever since MSFS was dropped there's an increasing move to turn IL2 into a generic flight sim. But that's an old argument already and I've hoisted my colours. If you were creating a mod based on a prototype that conceivably might have seen active service because (a) It actually worked (b) there were plans to produce it in quantity regardless of commonsense © It makes an interesting 'what if' scenario, then Im all for for it. But the Bell X-1 and the Miles M52 had only one purpose - to attempt to break the sound barrier - which takes it outside the remit of this game before you even consider where they'd find the room to fit military gear and turn it into a practical warplane.

If you insist on doing such things, then show some realism. If was possible to adapt these designs for active service there would be a redesign in any case, and quite possibly significant visual differences. There's nothing wrong with 'what-if's' at all. But please give it some credibility.

Okay, I'm done.