Hello Aleatorylamp,
I believe I have most of the Airacobra versions that you mentioned.
There may be more features, animations, refinement on some details and such but if you look closely, they are probably based on Eric Johnson's AFX.
Are these the versions you are describing? Look at the descriptions and you will see what I mean.
http://simviation.com/cfs1aircraft41.htm
As is mentioned in one description, the original AFX was from FS5 and was probably pretty good for that era.
There is one other Airacobra out there that appears to be from a different AFX and has a clear Canopy, but it has more shape problems.
The descriptions on the Simviation page are not very accurate from a historical perspective.
If I were to build this aeroplane, it would most likely come in two versions. The first would be the P-39D and the second would be a Thompson Trophy Racer. If I got really ambitious, a P-39Q might also get built.
This is yet another one of those that I do not believe was a particularly good fighter but it would be nice to own one and the build does not look that complicated except perhaps for the flight model.
Regarding the IL 2 Sturmovik:
My belief from what I have read over the years is that it really wasn't very "worthy" from a flight performance perspective but was quite effective in its role as for ground attack. Even the slowest, most clumsy aeroplane is going to catch the most agile ground vehicle. It carried a lot of armour and was very resistant to ground fire which is what really saved it.
I actually picked up a pre-built 1:72 model of this aeroplane when the local Hobby Works store closed earlier this year.
- Ivan.
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