I don't think the Strutter is there in 1918 to replace the Salmson. But it's one of the few things that might make a modicum of sense. I think it's the AI together with half decent flight characteristics. It's not that the Strutter turns like that, it's that the gunner hits you more often than not, when the Strutter turns like that, throwing those incredible hi-G turns, even with the AI gunners set to 'less accurate'.
Yes my experience of Strutters was the same, dive for more than 5 seconds and you start falling to bits.....and pull too tight a turn and bang go your wings.
Maybe you need to be the CO, then the cowards will follow you without question. Shouldn't be too long, but you might need to switch Jasta's to do it.
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
