Poor Exterior Performance

[alxvown]

After playing around with this aircraft a little, I have noticed that the exterior model may need further optimization.

I can easily pan my camera around with little lag when in the cockpit; however, when panning outside there are consistent stutters.

[alxvown]

I did do a quick test to ensure this performance issue did not have to do with the scenery/ AI traffic by removing both factors in my test.

 

Without any addon scenery or AI traffic my FPS in the cockpit holds around 30 FPS. 

 

Outside the FPS drops to 15-20 FPS. The system will lag harder whilst panning. Not sure if there may be room to improve the exterior modeling?