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Originally Posted by adonys
well, that's exactly the problem: the wings are the biggest target when deflection shooting, which is almost 100% the case in dogfighting against decent pilots. make one plane's wings pop-off even when only lightly touched, and make the other plane's wings resits to a meteorite fall.. and there you go.. a balanced fight  |
That is the case on non-historical 109 vs 109 fights. You are not very likely to saw the wing off with .303 (it is possible of course). Actually the 109 seems to be quite a tough bird from behind the Mk.I gunsight. I know you get all sorts of damage on your end but it seems it is not bothering you at all because you just keep climbing or running away like nothing happened. That's pretty OK with me actually. With the Spitfire wings it's the same - you think wow that was a good hit and the Spit just keeps flying and turning. Believe me or not, in fact he's struggling. Sometimes even small caliber fire makes huge damage regarding handling. The thing is that you just attack him again and finish him of, the Spit is not going anywhere unless you let him
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Originally Posted by adonys
as for the rest.. may I laugh a little?
- flying straight/shallow climb -> the spits will get closer to you before you'll finish to say "bummer!"
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No it will not - if it does, you are doing something seriously wrong. You will be able to extend horizontally from any Spitfire at any altitude.
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Originally Posted by adonys
- neg-G and dive -> the spits will outdive you before you'll finish to say "bummer!"
- neg-G, dive and roll -> guess what? read above..
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Nope. Especially the neg-G maneuveur is extremely effective. Of course, if the Spitfire pilot is any good he will not follow you into the steep dive, that would be very bad move. He will probably stay above you and attack you if you decide to climb again. If you play it smart though you can escape easily and surviving an enemy attack from your 6 is still win in my eyes.
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- spiral climb -> need I quote again from the first point above? guess not..
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This works superb, he will just stall below you. Immelman / hammerhead just before he does and he's done. That also requires a Spitfire pilot falling for that, obviously. There are suprisingly many...
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Originally Posted by adonys
yet, I'm not the best blue pilot around, and my viewpoint might be slightly biased.
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This, I am afraid
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Originally Posted by adonys
and in the end, it is not about the machines, as it is about the people who flew them. the better pilot would win more often, no matter how crappy is the machine he's flying on |
I agree, every fighter aircraft is just as good as it's pilot.