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How to turn off the engine (so that I can request a repair)? I have attempted turning off most systems, fuel pumps, AC/DC generators, main electrical switches. But the engine still keeps running even if the cockpit itself is without power. Is there a "kill engine" switch?

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I think there is a problem with the videos showing single hits tearing planes apart. Can you guess? These are only the "best" videos they had, not every dogfight of ww2 was recorded on a video and of those that got recorded they probably threw away those that show planes not being destroyed. You can bet there was a lot of situation where planes got hit by 50+ shots and still kept flying. That is a bit far-fetched, because if those rounds dont hit something important that is needed to keep the plane flying then it is just a hole somewhere on the plane. Planes dont have hitpoints in real life. And if you look at a plane from behind there is many very non perpendicular surfaces that increase the probability of a grazing hit + bullet losing a lot of kinetic energy before hitting + plane moving fast after detonation of HE

Guys, I think you are leaving out a lot of things. It depends on where the shell hits, how fast it is when it hits, what the angle is and how strong the part of the plane is when it is hit. Most of the time the claims of guns being too weak are simply hits by bullets that lost a lot of kinetic energy before reaching the target and then they more often than not have to hit the plane at a flat angle. If you shoot at an enemy plane with a .50 at 500m distance with both planes having a lot of airspeed the bullet will have lost a lot of kinetic energy before it hits.Also the kinetic energy still matters even on an explosive round because it would be able to punch into the metal before detonating. And if it is an explosive round, a lot of the energy from the explosion is lost because the target is moving at high speed. That is why for example you can get away after being hit by 2 strela missiles in a F86 if you fly very fast. And as for structural damage, I dont think there is any bad modeling involved, sometimes the bullet hits just the right area to make a tail break off. The same happens when fly in a huey. If you get hammered by a 14.5mm gun you can often take many hits and the copter still being able to fly, and sometimes one single hit tears of your tail. And this very precise damage model is far better than "I hit the enemy plane with my powerful gun in a random spot, the plane DESERVES to explode/die because I earned the shot"

What are the differences between the BF109, Dora, Pony? I read from several sources that the FW190 was a more modern and better combat plane than the BF109, but a quick look at wikipedia for performance statistics and the BF appears to be able to fly faster, climb faster and fly higher and carry larger weapons than the Dora. Also how does the pony compare to the other two?

The bug still appears

Yes you are wrong. the pregnant example is completely useless here. The more people and money are thrown at a task, the faster it will get done. Works for everything, skyscrapers, Call of Duty, DCS. Same if you connect more hamsters to more hamsterwheels you get more power

The way it works is this: ED sells more copies, can hire more people so its not 5 guys in a basement coding and being slowed down by overseeing 3rd party modules. So more 3rd party stuff does not slow down the development, it accelerates it, because more modules, more sales, can hire more staff

Landing gear is too brittle now. Take a look at the track. the vertical speed was near zero, still the gear instantly bends mig21.trk

Landing gear gets stuck, only front wheel retracts.

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2 questions about the su-27 1. On neutral trim it feels very hard to keep the plane level. It wants to pitch up unless the trim is set vertical to counter it very agressively. Is that normal or something being wrong with it? 2. What are the things that look like flaps on the front edges of the wings? How to control them? 3. Is it required to make use of the different autopilot settings to keep the plane steady (like on the KA-50) or is it just a matter of having a firm grip on the stick?

Not downloading for me, ran the updater (non steam)