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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

The person saying that it seems to be indexed to #of engines/durability rating was incorrect, according to this post by Bill Dolson:

"Durability and service rating are completely different fields and are not directly related. A high durability aircraft might have a high service rating, or a low one. The F4F was a very reliable airplane, the B-29, not so much. Both were fairly durable for the type of airplane."

The response that it was up to the modder to change this was aimed at a player who was concerned that this factor would adversely affect the japanese player's chances...

# of engines was a factor in the rating. It's not the only factor. Number of engines usually increase the maintenance time and effort, but other factors do too. Some planes were extremely easy to repair, others had siginificant down time.

The AE team believes that the values delivered with the game will be the most accurate. However, as we often see on this forum, every number in this game has a critic. Sometimes the critic might be out to lunch, and sometimes the critic might be making a reasonable, but different, interpretation of the data available. The nice thing about this game is that if you don't like the numbers for whatever reason, you are free to change them and create your own mod.

Bill

SBD’s were better loved by their crews, that and the success at Midway and the Canal meant that that the SB2C didn’t stand a chance..   Beyond the extra range, the SBD was a better weapons platform..