SAAB B17 fix
The SAAB B17 we have in game has an incorrect gear speed, especially the B17A.
In real life the whole point with the B17 was to have it as a dive bomber, everything from the wings to the nose was designed to remain stable during a dive. The B17 didn’t have a traditional air brake, instead the gear had massive fairings and was meant to act as an air brake instead.
The gear was made to survive up to around 500 km/h or 310 mph or even more (but it could only survive that when it was locked, not while retracting).
But in War Thunder the landing gear on the B17A breaks at 320 km/h or 200 mph which is not correct and destroys the entire point of a dive bomber, think of the Stuka without air brakes for example.
That is a big problem with the SAAB B17 in game.
SAAB B17 flying
STWC-3 engine upgrade
The Swedish pirate copy of the famous engine called the STWC-3 (info on: STWC-3 - Arboga Robotmuseum) had normally 1050 hp on normal octane 87 which was the fuel Sweden had access to under World War 2.
But after the war Sweden got their hands on 100 octane fuel and began using it in their STWC-3 engines.
The better fuel made it possible to push out 1200 hp from that engine instead of 1050.
In game the 1200 hp on 100 octane could be an upgrade in the vehicle upgrade tree and should come to the SAAB B17, B18 and FFVS J22 series of aircraft.
It would be a great upgrade for some Swedish aircraft to make them competitive against other aircraft.
STWC-3 cut apart