P-39 performance after engine damage

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My cynical guess is that somebody at 1C had a serious case of hero worship for the the Soviet P-39 pilots when the game was designed. My slightly less cynical guess is that there's something seriously wrong with critical hit and engine-damage modeling for the P-39!

And I thought that the developers were biased towards Lavochkins only...
Anyway, La-5/7 also has similar problems (ultra tough engine), although to a lesser degree. I would be happy if the R-2800 would be at least half as tough as this.