Is "real" A .C. performance a false aiming point?

[M.C.202]

Some of the biggest whine/squeak/snivel sessions are over things like this:

"My UberTurbo FW-F8F does not match the proper roll rate of 278.6529 deg per sec at 300mph."

The historic "feel" of an aircraft cannot be put into play in an across the game in a consistent or "non-gameable" manner.

The balance of elevator to rudder or aileron force levels, and the change of level of force needed as speed changed was one of the biggest  factors in making a plane a "sweet bird" to fly.

The ability for a player to scale the computer input device, and the fact that no "joystick" will allow (let alone demand) 60lbs of force to bank, but only 20 lbs to the elevator distorts the historic limits of an aircraft.

This hides the warts that limited the performance in action of some aircraft, and also makes a historically well balanced plane suffer in game play.

Should the true numbers be , ah... streched to cover this?


Thoughts?

[Staga]

hmm gotta try this someday...

"With is remaining speed (out of fuel) Juutilainen dodged and pushed the Me(-109) in vertical dive. It was the only thing to do. He hoped that the enemy would not follow him if he exceeded the 950kmh(590mph) limit - neither the Me nor the La were designed to withstand higher speed. He let the MT-222 (AH's G-2) fall vertically for 6500m (~20000ft). The pilot's ears were buzzing like telephone wires, the speed was over 1000 kmh (622mph) at 2000m(~6000ft) altitude. The Me flew rock-steady.

He pulled the stick, which was nearly immobile and used the trim wheel. The Me returned to level flight at the altitude of 150 m, the speed was 900 kmh(560mph). No enemies were in sight. The pilot pulled the stick and converted his speed to altitude, then proceeded to make a "normal" landing without power.

The Me had not been damaged, neither in the battle nor in the dive. The enemy retreated before the other Finnish pilots had any chance to engage them.

http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/juuti/juuti2.htm