V8.0 flight model: How to change maximum turn rate for ships

[cnk]

Since the introduction of the new flight model I could not get my L destroyer to feel more agile again, no matter how much increased thruster values, or reduced mass or drag.

I found that somehow the turn rate was limited to a maximum value, but could not find infos on how to change that (it is not mentioned in the flight model wiki page https://wiki.egosoft.com/X4%20Foundatio ... JPMFlight/).

Originally I wanted to ask the community about that, but stumbled upon the solution while looking through the xml defaults:

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<defaults xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <!-- ... -->
  <dataset class="ship_l">
    <properties>
      <!-- ... -->
      <physics collisionmassmultiplier="100000.0">
        <maxspeed angular="30" />
      </physics>
      <!-- ... -->

By overwriting <maxspeed angular="30" /> with a higher value in the ship's _.macro.xml file

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<macros>
  <macro name="ship_arg_l_destroyer_02_a_macro" class="ship_l">
    <component ref="ship_arg_l_destroyer_02" />
    <properties>
      <!-- ... -->
      <physics mass="160.472">
        <inertia pitch="110" yaw="110" roll="84.764" />
        <drag forward="40.583" reverse="260.472" horizontal="23.26" vertical="23.26" pitch="69.094" yaw="69.094" roll="69.094" />
        <accfactors reverse="0.85" />
        <maxspeed angular="60" /> <!-- increase to have higher maximum turn rate -->
      </physics>   
      <!-- ... -->
</macros>

The maximum turn rate limit can be increased (or decreased) as desired and finally my ship feels not like its stuck in pudding.

[ChemODun]

Thanks sharing this useful info!