I have seen this same situation and it always seems to be with the LA, I rarly record film though while I am flying, but maybe it has something to do with the LA 7 flight model itself, because I have also seen the damage change in the past few months as well, Just the other day I put 5 20mm m2s in a LA 7 wing, and nothing but a fuel leak came out of it, I have also seen them fly without a tail. Maybe the LA-7 model needs to be looked at, things can happen when u update games and have new versions. most the incidents I have run into with the LA- have been on the deck with me in a corsair, do not know if that matters. But on the same note, within the past month or so I have been taking Heavy damage in my corsair without heavy damage, i can recall several encounters
1. TA 152 dove in on me, put a 37mm tater squar into my fusalage, I heard the hit, as well as the player msged me saying he couldnt belive my plane took the hit and didnt lose anything. Neither could I as i had 0 damage on my plane other than a hole.
2. La-7 puts atleast 5 20mms into my plane in variouse locations, took 1 gun damage, ended up shooting him down.
3. 190 is behind me and i go into s scissors to force overshoot, he racks my plane twice on 2 passes befor I end up behind him, once again no damage.
I guess the damage model is a little tricky. I have aslo seen planes drop with just a few hits from 50 cals, but i have also seen them turn into flying tanks, any thoughts on this?? or has anyone noticed any damage difference latley?