Threads like this are hilarious to me.I won't comment about the DA, because I don't fly there.But in the MAs, whether F3 gives an advantage or not, whether fair or not, whether you believe it is consistent or not, the fact remains . . . if you actually allow yourself to be shot down by an IL-2, you screwed up, period. The plane is not an anti-aircraft weapon of any sort, unless you allow it to be, through poor SA or making a significant ACM mistake.All the rest of the rationalization, excuse making, whining and stamping of feet is just to sooth bruised egos because someone allowed a slow, fat, dumb bomber to pwn him.