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Originally Posted by Pit
Personally I am rather dubious as to how "fatique" is going to be modeled...
I can tell you from PERSONAL experience of flying REAL combat aircraft (albeit in jets... F-111, F-4G/E, and F-16 )AND in combat, and having the WONDERFUL opportunity to fly several WWII A/C... compliments of the CAF (Confederate Air Force/ Commemorative Air Force)... pilot fatique is VERY different for each person... a pilot in very good physical shape and using proper techniques can sustain high G maneuvers and higher G's longer, and better than somebody that is not as conditioned or experienced in proper techniques... I also can attest that even if you ARE bone tired, that when bogies are sighted... that fatique goes away VERY FAST and is indeed replaced with serious adrenaline!!! BUT... after the engagements are over and you make it back to base... you almost have to be lifted out of the cockpit you are so beat. Especially if it is not the only sortie you flew that day!!! It is not typically, until AFTER you are safe from the engagments that the fatigue sets in... and in MANY cases the shakes!!! 
So how is this going to be modeled properly... ESPECIALLY since they flew several sorties a day??? I am curious but a bit apprehensive as to see how this will be done!! |
EDIT - Well guess it was already covered....
Quite right but you flew in combat planes with hydraulically assisted control surfaces... not WWII fighters where you had to arm wrestle the thing... So your fatigue comes from pulling G's and not pulling G's and fighting heavy resistance.... Which amounts to lifting weights as you're pulling high G's... not the same workloads...
I'm a ex CAF officer myself... not a pilot though and the effect of adrenaline is infact quite real... but one must not set aside the effect of physical fatigue... this is when even when you push yourself your body says HELL NO.... this is when you have reached your breaking point....
This limit is different for everybody and it will be interesting to see how it is implemented....
Regards,