Are random system failures modeled?

[VBF-12_Gosling]

Originally Posted by salmo

There are a number of aircraft "wear" parameters in-game (See parameter list http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...338#post342338 ). I'm interested in:
(1) whether the game code for part failure if "wear" is gets too high is implimented.
(2) Presumably "wear" would not increase too much in a new plane on single mission, so I'm wondering if there is scope for introducing persistent aircraft states. ie. The same aircraft "wears" over a number of missions, until serviced.
(3) I've not experienced any spontaneous system failures (broken hoses/hydrolic lines, failed electrics etc). Has anyone else had any spontaneous sytem failures?

I think I might have. I was night flying in a Hurricane over France (So it might have been flak). I started getting a little vibration for no apparent reason. Then, as it was dark, I could clearly see yellow flame from the rear right exhaust. No amount of Mixture / Prop pitch / Throttle adjustment could get rid of it and all the others were "humming along" blue. Also, there were no engine instrument anomolies to indicate a snag. Needless to say, I took the aircraft home, handed it back to the Chief Tech and left him to it.... Blown Cylinder I reckon.

Gosling
VBF-12