My first guess: the blackouts must be a bit excessive in SDOE, or else P-51 and P-38 drivers were blacking out quite a bit!

In EAW, I blackout once in a while and I usually know it's coming before it happens and can prevent it if I don't need all the Gs.

But in SDOE, I am always on the edge of a blackout.

i think we pull back on the stick to much cause we don't feel the g's

about the engine overheat i think it should definatly be modeled

is it in EAW?

While all sims try to duplicate real physics, some sims go further to "simulate" real word physics. SDOE does more physics work, modeling each part of the plane including inertia forces, air forces, and even the bending of the metal - its all there.

The down side to this is that it is hard to get the FM to perform to exact specs, like rate of climb, rate of turn. It is not an "on-the-numbers" FM, but it can (and often does) produce a much more beleivable FM, one where testing the limits is more fun - it's just organic man! It's alive!!!

In SDOE you design the plane like a real one. Eg. airfoil type, weight, horsepower of the engine, how far the elevators, ailerons move and the plane reacts accordingly. It doesn't reference any tables to say how should I perform at 20,000 ft. It performances based on how the plane is modelled.