Mike Dora

More good news, also solved the SVA5 problem! I just made the offending parts not visible from the cockpit using the "hide component" trick on the "fastpivot" and "slowpivot" parts. I was surprised but very pleased to find that making them not visible from the cockpit, also worked in the external views.
 
For the record, these are the changes I made to the relevant *_data.ini files, at the end of the [AircraftData] section in each case. For the EII & EIV use this:
 
 
Component[012]=NoLeftAileron
Component[013]=NoRightAileron
 
[NoLeftAileron]
ParentComponentName=LeftOuterWing
ModelNodeName=LeftAileron
DestroyedNodeName=LeftAileron
DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE
HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE
 
[NoRightAileron]
ParentComponentName=RightOuterWing
ModelNodeName=RightAileron
DestroyedNodeName=RightAileron
DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE
HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE
 
 
And for the EIII and AIII (= Austro-Hungarian EIII) use this:
 
 
Component[014]=NoLeftAileron
Component[015]=NoRightAileron
 
[NoLeftAileron]
ParentComponentName=LeftOuterWing
ModelNodeName=LeftAileron
DestroyedNodeName=LeftAileron
DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE
HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE
 
[NoRightAileron]
ParentComponentName=RightOuterWing
ModelNodeName=RightAileron
DestroyedNodeName=RightAileron
DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE
HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE
 
 
Finally, for the SVA5, use this:
 
 
Component[019]=HideFastpivot
Component[020]=HideSlowpivot
 
[HideFastpivot]
ModelNodeName=fastpivot
ParentComponentName=Engine
ShowFromCockpit=FALSE
DamageRating=NONE
HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE
 
[HideSlowpivot]
ModelNodeName=slowpivot
ParentComponentName=Engine
ShowFromCockpit=FALSE
 
Hope this helps anyone else who had these irritations.
 
Cheers
 
Mike
DamageRating=NONE
HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE