Would like to see an option where you can see plane components like you can with tanks. Also would like some stats regarding damage resistance and weak points and what it does to the plane aerodynamics.
Some planes can take some decent damage before becoming uncontrollable where as others crash and burn after a few hits. Some planes have water cooled engines which are prone to easy damage where as air cooled engines historically can take more damage. Would be cool to see those specs and would give players an idea of what they are flying if not familiar with the aircraft.
Maybe if you hover over a part it would show a pop up of what is the result if damaged. Could have a yellow and red tab for level of damage. Could show if wing is yellow, has a 45% reduction on roll speed ect ect. Hulll damage, 35% reduction in climb speed ect ect. I’m sure there is data coded for flight characteristic once damaged.
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Don’t think plane behaviour is hard-coded? I believe each surface produces modelled lift and it’s not obvious what the impact on actual performance is. Sometimes yellow wing tip is fine, sometimes it can make you instantly unstable. The balance is more important than the damage - plane with both wings slightly damaged will feel basically fine, but if just one wing is yellowed out it will be almost impossible to fly
Overall x-ray would be nice though
I think more important would be real stats like weight when in spawn configuration, weight without ordnance, engine power (88%, 100%, 110%), sustained turn performance, cruise speed, roll rate, belts loaded and projectile velocity