Engines are too strong and reliable.

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Originally Posted by IceFire

They still have a kind of radar where if the object is in their viewable arc out to a certain distance they will see it. At least they can't see through the airplane anymore. That was a big change back a couple of patches ago too. You can sneak up on them but it's very hard because if you appear at all in their viewable arc at any point during the approach they will see you and react.

That was IMHO partially offset due to AI able to lean right/left and that way they seem to be able to cover even their sixes while still retaining control of their plane - a move which I think is next to impossible to a rookie human player. AI is IMHO too good at doing a lot of things simultaneously.

Originally Posted by IceFire

It could be better but I don't want people to think that it hasn't improved since the earlier days. I think they can't see through clouds anymore either but I'm not 100% if that was actually implemented or not.

It has improved way beyond what I thought possible before around 4.09.
But it still needs a little improvment IMHO. Especially the task overload a rookie in his first few combat actions would typically experience, despite all training - and not all oft them did recieve as thourogh a preparation as early war German/Japanese or mid-late war British/American pilots did.