Do variable swept wings make any notable difference in stock aero?

[Temeter]

Been experimenting a bit with variable wings (using infernal robotics disc washer) and I fail to  find a scenario where the variable wing swept would change anything. Going from almost straight wing to 45 degrees at mach 2, both on low and high altitude, didn't seem to have any effect on either the debug info showing the wings lift/drag, nor my top speed. Comparing high speed, 6g turns I couldn't find a difference either.

All of this seems a bit confusing to me. I thought Stock Aero was supposed to reflect the reality of mach shockwaves depending on wing shape? Considering how brutally high drag is in stock aero, shouldn't the effect be rather stronger than in reality?

Edited May 12, 2018 by Temeter

[bewing]

17 minutes ago, Temeter said:

I thought Stock Aero was supposed to reflect the reality of mach shockwaves depending on wing shape?

Nope. Maybe you are thinking of the FAR mod package?

Stock aero does not model any of that stuff.

 

[Temeter]

20 minutes ago, bewing said:

Nope. Maybe you are thinking of the FAR mod package?

Stock aero does not model any of that stuff.

Thanks for the answer! I've read that it does sometime already back around the release of the aero patch, guess that was just misinformed.^^

[Norcalplanner]

I recall NathanKell stating that the thermal model accounted for shockwave heating (or reduction thereof).  This is one of the reasons a shielded docking port on the nose of a plane or a blunt heat shield on reentry don't get any hotter than they do.