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You are right, the handling is bad up there. Could be that terrible handling is indicative of lots of induced drag, which makes it seem like the power is lacking. I understand it’s EA though, we’ll see where this goes. Still loving the module...

This was very helpful, thank you for taking the time to write all that up. You’re offering advice without a complete understanding of what I’m saying, and what I’m asking. What you’re saying is applicable at all altitudes. I’m specifically mentioning high altitudes. The AI is easy enough to defeat at medium to low altitudes, even if they do fly “perfectly.” (Hint: regardless of their lack of energy bleed, their BFM is far from perfect.) The performance gap seems even wider at high altitude though, which is where, if anything, the gap should be closing / starting to turn in the favor of the Jug. The explanation offered by Voyager is a helpful starting point, though.

I understand that, but at altitudes where the Jug’s turbo still allows for max power while other aircraft are starting to lose quite a bit, I didn’t think it would make that big of a difference. Below 20k is another story though... Both have been AI on hardest difficulty. I understand people say that the AI cheats, but they’re still quite easy to defeat. Any other matchup isn’t difficult, so I’m really just judging relative performance. The AI isn’t the issue here.

Hello all, One of the many things I enjoy about DCS is that the flight models tend to be so thoroughly researched that I happily cede any disagreements I think I have regarding aircraft performance. These disagreements tend to be exceedingly rare (especially compared to some other sim out there...). With that said, the P-47 is obviously EA, so I thought I'd ask: is the high altitude performance on-par with what people were expecting? I find that the aircraft is a joy to fly below 15,000', and is quite maneuverable (although it does bleed a lot of energy to do so). However, I thought the Jug would be a real champion above 20-25,000', but I'm finding that when fighting with P-51s (for comparison) and Fw-190Ds, the Jug seems to be a bit lackluster. The engine gauges show that appropriate power is being made, but the aircraft just seems to get beat down on energy pretty quickly. Please do not turn this into an advice thread. I am looking to get a sense of people's thoughts on the P-47's high altitude performance. Many thanks,

109G6/14 and Griffon Spit to round out what we currently have. And then... TEMPEST! Done to DCS standards it would be absolutely brilliant.

Yes, the MiG-21 is the most finely modeled aircraft in DCS in my opinion. I'm not a big Tomcat fan, but I will buy anything that LNS puts out! Excellent job, gents :)

What is your climb speed? If you rotate and just point for the moon, you'll probably just achieve the results you posted about. You need to first accelerate to develop excess Ps, and then you can climb dramatically faster -- applies to both MIL power and AB takeoffs. EDIT: and like it's been mentioned before, there's a big difference between climb angle and angle of attack.