And again, do you think the current situation, as it comes to aircraft simulation, is 100% realistic in DCS? I personally don't think so, but that doesn't stop me from greatly appreciating all the hard work ED, the 3rd parties, modders, etc. have put into the sim to make an enjoyable and mostly realistic experience. You know, just because DCS is a "study sim" doesn't mean one can't guess; if we couldn't have any guesswork done, we'd have just about nothing in the sim.
As for implying that making somewhat speculative aircraft is equivalent to Ace Combat realism?
I lol'ed. :P
On data availability: There definitely is a lot out there on those aircraft you/I mentioned, OTOH there's also a lot that isn't out there. There's some stuff that, for example, only the devs have access to.
TL;DR: I'm here to have fun in a simulated air war environment, not for perfect switchology/technical realism - although that can be nice sometimes! :thumbup:
BTW, there was an F-22 mod floating around a while ago, the mod list it was linked from was taken down, IIRC...it used a Su-27 or 33 cockpit/avionics and had the RCS of an unstealthy fighter. Such a mod with F-15 systems/cockpit would have been cool, but honestly, something like FC-style avionics + basic cockpit would be just fine. Is that optimal? No, I want what you (seem to) want - realism, but I'm willing to accept less so I can have more fun. :wallbash:
Quicky edit: By the way, sorry for this OT stuff...Maybe this should be its own topic/poll.