Friday Update, June 08, 2012

[Anders_And]

Originally Posted by Bokononist

The Merlin in the 1a had to be modified to accept 100 octane, the Merlin variant in the IIa was already adapted for 100 octane. The 100 octane 1a had similar performance to the IIa, as despite the fact that the IIa had a more powerful Merlin it also had extra weight due to more armoured plating around the pilots seat etc. So the IIa's advantages were, the ability to run at higher boost levels for longer, better protection for the pilot and better high altitude performance.

Well in this sim, as in il2 1946, high alt performance is way off for all planes anyway and since engine wear and tear is not modeled, the only advantage left is better pilot protection... maybe one day when Engine wear and tear will actually play an effect might these things be intresting!

It does indeed look however like the developers are actually looking at the Il2 bug report site.. so who knows, maybe this might come in the future