Jeez it's day one. I'm not a bomber guy, and the odds of me flying a 29 are a zillion to one.
Who cares. let em fly. Let em work out the details. Shut up and play the game 
Right. It got promptly filed to "ignore immediately" - the B29, that is. If otoh, we had the ME410, HE219, or Do217, I'd've been upping one to finger out how to manipulate it.
I mean, I saw the polling and understand why this was added but sometimes the majority gets it wrong. What we need are more Italian, German, and Japanese aircraft.
One thing I'd like to comment on, though, is the modeling of the overheating issue. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I think it'd be tres cool if statistical variation was part of the game. I thought more on how, conceptually, such a thing could be done. Conceivably, you could model statistical variation into "batches" of a given aircraft. You could select the variables in which to allow random variabilty within a given range - I don't know, most likely somewhere within +/- 3 sigma of mean, assuming such data might actually be available or reasonably guessed. The upper would unwittingly randomly select a specific version out of the batch - i.e., the foundation flight model with deltas on key variables figured in (e.g. consider the range of output power for a specific DB605). He'd then be "assigned" that specifc version from within the batch for that aircraft until it gets shot out from under him, then he rolls the dice again next time he ups.
Now, I recognize this would make life tougher for HiTech and crew but I still think it's a cool idea. I also recognize that, with the B-29 overheating issue, they are modeling a design defect as opposed to build variability. However, I still think its a cool idea. Why? Because nearly every fighter pilot's account I've read has stated that you'd get used to a specific aircraft - its sounds, smells, and handling and engine vagaries. I also think it'd add some cool realism to some of the reenactments - for example, so-and-so's aircraft was having trouble keeping up with the formation.
And what about the reliability of specific engines and weapons? Gun jams would be kewl, as would power failures, if frustrating is kewl.
