Good morning !

It´s true and to my view a flaw of this game that part of the aircraft performance is not displayed correctly.Let´s say climb/turn performance Bf109 vs Spitfire, Turn/Stall characteristics P-51, Me 262 etc. Still I don´t mind and enjoy the game and I am confident the DEV´s they will take care of it.Still I wonder at some point who was the technical advisor, if at all, to this game or if his advise was sacrificed for the gameplay.

As mentioned before by others, part of the success of the Me 109 was the long term experience many ace pilots had with the plane also in combat during the Spanish civil war, honing their skills and tactics. Even the plane might have been superior in some fields over the Spitfire and Hurricane it was mostly up to the pilots experience to win or loose the dogfight. By the time of the Battle of Britain some pilots had already seen combat with the 109 over Spain, Poland and France.

To my view the Hurricane is also underrated vs. the 109. Actually the 109E was quite tricky to fly in low speed maneuvers, because of the spring loaded slats that could extend unevenly and cause a sudden snap roll or at least to loose a good position for a shot while turning with the Hurricane.Just a look at the wing will tell you that for tight low speed turns the Hurricane was much more forgiving, especially for a less experienced pilot.

Internal papers of the Luftwaffe of those days, rating aircraft performance against each other, saw even the Me 110 ahead in performance (also turning !) which was quickly revised during the Battle of Britain, telling pilots not to get into a turning fight with Hurricanes. Just dive for the deck and run....


Greets

Wireflyer

(180h PA-28,350h F-33, 120h PA-42,2600h A319,320,321, 1800h A333-A346 and counting...)