I haven't tried it yet (updated yesterday with the hotfix but i went out for the night) but from what i hear it sounds like they did a realistic job on it.
The blurry spinning blades that were seen in IL2 are definitely not realistic if we want it to appear the way it's viewed with a human eyeball and not through a camera. In reality props are more visible as blurry discs/blades at low RPM and almost disappear completely at high RPM, that's the reason many props come with painted tips on the blades to assist in determining their radius when they are turning.
That is unless there's sunlight glinting off the prop.In that case it can indeed cause a strobe effect if the combination of RPM and the light's angle of incidence is suitable.
I distinctly remember a real life pilot on this forum saying that one of the first things they teach you in flight school is how NOT to focus your eyes on the prop to prevent epileptic seizures (in case you have a condition and don't know it yet).
So it sounds they did a pretty good job on it in the sim. I'll go out and test this shortly to see it for myself.
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05-21-2011, 05:13 PM
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