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Old 08-22-2012, 12:12 PM
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I mostly fly the Spit 2 at the moment....I'm trying to get a handle on it and that'll take me some time and its fun to learn....although It seems I struggle against the 109s and don't really stand a chance if the enemy pilot keeps 'E' and doesn't fight but extends away (or up) and then picks his time to attack...There is nothing a spit pilot can do as far as I can see to combat this tactic apart from turn a lot and stay close to home (which I tend to do) and hope I get spotted by a friendly when I'm in distress....If the 109 pilot is niave enough to turn fight then I may stand a chance....

So my only kills in a spit tend to be against new pilots, pilots that have not seen me or already damaged aircraft....

The other day I flew a 109 just to see what the weaknesses may have been..I managed to suss out the auto-prop pitch which takes a lot of workload off the pilot and I was good to go....in 2 sorties I killed 5 aircraft by ripping wings off them and p/king....In one scenario I was chased to France by 3 Spits that I outran and then turned to pick at by boom and zooming when I was clear....I took one of them out.....and when I was hit it was only minor hits....

Conclusion...To my mind the 109 far outclasses the Spit by quite a way...and in future if I want some one sided battle for fun I'll jump in a 109....The 109 is relatively easy to fly in this sim......I remember one Battlle of Britain RAF pilot explaining that the main difference between the two was that the spit was easy to fly "Any idiot could fly a spit"....

As for killing the game well it doesn't for me...I am dissapointed in how embarrassingly bad the Spit flys in the sim after all the books I have read about how good it was......Although it won't stop me trying to master the Spit as the underdog in this sim....For me it would be better if they were more evenly matched just so I get a more even battle irrelevant of how close they are to R/L Fms.....

Anyways......I still love the Game!

PS....THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION......Dont kill me!!
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