The 18 does as well but it is a much simpler model than the more advanced flex of the 16 and 14, with wing bounce at high AOA, turbulence, weapon release and on the ground.
Yeah but why have two versions (an old and new model) in DCS? You'll end up having two Kuznetsovs on a MP server - one for people who dont own the carrier module and one for the ones who do. Sorry but that's nonsense.
In my opinion the new Kuz should be free for everyone in DCS as it wont have the deck animations and comms of the US carriers. Carriers are a BASIC feature in DCS, locking them behind a paywall isn't a good idea in the long run. Keeping old and outdated models as the free alternative is just poor practice in my opinion.
Would be cool down the road and would compliment all the current planes we have in DCS rather well. But of course after the F-15E and Mig-23 with the various other aircraft that were "announced".
Honestly, avionics aside (as they are rather hard to do and implement into a FC3 plane), I'd love to have the chinese missiles. J-11 with the PL-12 would be pretty damn deadly.