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Originally Posted by cheesehawk
If you can't stay relatively close to the 109's performance in a Hurri or Spit (it's easier in the Hurri due to the Rotal), then its your flying. This isn't 1946 where you set a control to a specific point for maximum performance, everything needs to be constantly tweaked.
I'm not the greatest Spit pilot, but I can easily manage almost 100kph faster than my 109 in the IIa at sea level, and the performance difference increases from there.
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Sorry Cheese, this isnt accurate mate. In a Boom and Zoom situation, or any kind of climb, the performance of the Hurri isnt even close to the 109. (and the Spit1 isnt even worth discussing). Maybe in a straight line the hurri can almost keep up, but you start them together and make the conflict vertical, then the 109 will eat the hurri for lunch. The 109 can outlimb the hurri by a factor of almost 2 on every leg!
I'd be keen to put the Spit2 against a 109 in a side by side race actually as I personally dont have any experience as to how overmodeled everyone says it is. Although again I come back to the historical data - isnt the Spit2 supposed to be faster????
I think the 109 drivers are just worried about loosing the advantage.
I dont see how four Spit2's located at an inland airfield can be so scary for you? As you all keep telling us, if you have the height advantage, and work together you can easily prevail. I think you will just need to adapt your tactics.
Or better yet, come fly the spit1 for a week on the server, with good pilots like MoGas and MrX in 109's, then tell me you dont think there is a massive advantage to the 109 pilots.