FM Bug or Aircraft Feature? High Speed Dive

[Spurts]

Last night I did an altitude test and took the plane to 40,000ft. From there I wanted to see the behavior in a high speed dive.  Leaving prop set for max RPM and throttling engine to max MP, I put the plane in a 50-70 degree dive. I rapidly reached 540KTAS (per tacview) and the prop never oversped, the MP never redlined, and it held ~540KTAS from 24,000ft to 7,000ft when I pulled out of the dive.  Every other warbird I've flown would have killed the engine and lost the prop to try a full power and max rpm dive like that.  Is there some feature of the engine that lets it safely be put into dives like that or is the overspeed mechanic not implemented yet?

[JupiterJoe]

I suspect we'll see more nuance added to the flight-model and improvements to the FFB model as development continues, as we did with the Mustang.  I guess the Corsair used dive brakes to avoid ordinance collisions and prevent damage to the airframe & control surfaces, as mentioned above?  Anyway, it was a tough s.o.b., like the men who flew her. 

Edited June 23 by JupiterJoe

[Spurts]

Yeah, that's why I was shocked to see 620mph with no damage. I'm fine with it still being a WIP issue. 

Edited June 26 by Spurts

[JupiterJoe]

On 6/23/2025 at 1:06 PM, Spurts said:

Yeah, that's why I was shocked to see 620mph with no damage. I'm fine with it still being a WIP issue. 

Yeah, well it isn't on their list of known issues, which is terrifyingly short considering how many problems there are.  They're probably completely unaware of this particular issue and seeing as they haven't yet acknowledged your comments in this thread, probably remain oblivious.